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SierraM6‐4SAS/SATAProtocolAnalyzerUserManual
Cascading with STX SYNC Expansion Cards
Youcanusecascadingofanalyzerunitsforhigherportcount,bydaisychainingtheunits
throughtheprovidedExpansionandClockIn/Outinterfacesontheanalyzerfront.
Connect“Out”connectorsto“In”connectorsofthenextunitinthechain,forbothSignal
andClockinterfaces.Youmustprovideexternal
hubsforconnectingthehostPCtothese
unitsusingUSBorEthernet.Youcancascadeuptoeightunits.
IfyoumixSierraM6‐4,SierraM6‐2,andSTXA6‐4analyzers/emulators,putSierraboards
first,thenSTX.
Note:Becausechainconnectionsforcascadingboardscausedelayofsignals,trafficondifferent
boardsisnotcompletelytimesynchronized,withaboutoneDWORDdifferencebetween
consecutiveboxes.
Cascading
Tosetuptheunitsinacascade:
1. ConnectallunitstotheHostPCusingeitherUSBorEthernetcables.Youcanuse
hubs.
2. LocatetheExpansionandClockportsonthefrontofeachunit.
Figure 1.7: Expansion and Clock Ports on Front Panel
3. ConnecttheOUTClockconnectorofUnit1totheINClockconnectorofUnit2using
thesuppliedstackingcables.Similarlyconnectanyadditionalunits.
4. ConnecttheOUT10‐pinconnectorofUnit1totheIN10‐pinconnectorofUnit2
usingthesuppliedstackingcables.Similarlyconnectanyadditionalunits.
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