Finisar's Xgig Protocol Analyzer is the industry's premier analyzer
used by all SAN fibre-channel device manufacturers to develop and
validate their products and by service engineers to resolve SAN
storage, switch, and HBA device issues.
SAN vendor
field engineers use the Xgig independently for SAN debugging by
connecting it to an identified trouble link and generating a trace
output which they analyze. Having an Xgig located in your data center
reduces the time to resolution by not having to wait for your vendor's
field engineer to locate and bring an analyzer to your site when a
failure occurs.
The Xgig analyzer can be used in
conjunction with
NetWisdom to
further reduce the time to resolution by automating its captures and
analysis to pre-identified trouble links. NetWisdom alarms triggered
due to a fault or breach of a pre-defined threshold discovered by a
probe on a SAN link, can point an Xgig analyzer to the SAN link for
traffic capture. Rovers can extend the reach of a single analyzer to
many SAN links for automated capture due to NetWisdom alarms. The Xgig
capture is analyzed by NetWisdom using
Expert Software
and included in reports. Traces are saved and
can be sent to vendor support centers for analysis bypassing the need
for a field engineer visit.
Xgig Analyzers can be
configured with 1, 2, or 8 analyzers in a single rack-mountable
chassis. Xgig is also available as a portable chassis as shown
above.
Line rate speeds supported include 1Gbs, 2Gbs, 4Gbs, and 8Gbs
fibre channel links.
Xgig includes Expert software
which supports troubleshooting and protocol-level SAN problem
resolution without having expert level SAN protocol knowledge and
having to interpret raw traffic traces. Problems uncovered are reported
and recommendations are offered on what corrective actions to take to
resolve the problem.
Xgig also includes TraceControl
software, TraceView software, and PerformanceMonitor software.
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White Paper: Protocol Analyzers vs. Logic Analyzers - Using the Right Tool for the Job
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