The Agilent N4217A analysis probe for InfiniBand captures InfiniBand traffic and, in combination with the Agilent 16700 Series logic analyzer systems, provides triggering, cross-correlation, and detailed measurements for complete InfiniBand system hardware and software debugging. The probe connects to a copper InfiniBand 4x cable, allowing the logic analyzer to trace and trigger on InfiniBand traffic from the physical 10b level, through 8b logical, and on to high-level InfiniBand protocol-based measurements. The N4217A probe also offers SFP connectors for the optional insertion of copper or optical InfiniBand 1x modules.

Features:

• Capture and trigger on InfiniBand 4x or 1x traffic at 2.5 Gb/s per lane. Custom-defined protocol fields or layers are supported in the trigger macro.
• View the InfiniBand protocol.
• LEDs provide loss-of-signal information.
• Detects 8b/10b coding, disparity, framing and control symbol errors.
• All packets or cells are time-stamped in the logic analyzer for time-correlation with other system buses.
• 4x copper connection
• 1x SFP connectors that allow the use of 1x copper or 1x optical SFP modules.