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SCSI Toolbox, LLC - SCSItoolbox Release Notes
SCSI Toolbox 5.0 Release Notes
New additions to SCSItoolbox:
- Tape Manufacturing Module (TMM):
- Multi-threaded Tape test program
- Tests included:
- Write
- Read
- Read with data compare
- Write Filemark
- Read Filemark
- Rewind
- Space Forward by block
- Space Forward by filemark
- Space Forward to End Of Data (EOD)
- Space Reverse by block
- Space Reverse by Filemark
- Compression On
- Compression Off
- Clear Log Pages
- Save Log Pages
- Download Firmware
- Synchronize all drives
- Run an External Program
- All test results logged to Access Database
- Individual text log created for each drive tested
- 13 data patterns available
- test can run by time or by amount of data transferred
- Cable/Datapath Integrity Test
- 14 data patterns designed to isolate crosstalk problems, stuck bits,
termination problems
- Disk Manufacturing Module (DMM) - Additions added to DMM
- Synchronize all drives
- Run an external program
- Test Status updates in real time
- Test numbers added for easier reading
- Protocol Control Control (PC2)
- Stand alone application to control SCSI protocol parameters on LSI U320
HBA's
- Graphic User Interface displays:
- Offset Value
- Period Value
- IU Value
- DT Value
- QAS Value
- WIDE Value
- All of the above parameters can be changed and written back to the HBA
- Single button clicks to set:
- 5 MB/s
- 10 MB/s
- 20 MB/s
- 40 MB/s
- 80 MB/s
- 160 MB/s
- 320 MB/s
- Wide
- Narrow
- All of the above settings can be set for all devices or for an individual
device
- Single button click Hardware SCSI bus reset
Fixes to SCSItoolbox:
- Disk Format command fixed to work on any LUN
- Library/JukeBox commands - expanded to access up to 128 drives and 128 mailboxes
- Total Jukebox test - allows entry of HBA/Target/LUN for each drive
- Main Menu LUN selection spin control fixed - clicking "up" increments
the LUN, etc
- Support for up to 16 Host Bus Adapters
- Tape Write Test uses 256K variable writes
Developers Toolbox (DTB) Version 5.0 Release Notes
New additions to DTB:
- High Level Disk Test functions added
- Multi-threaded, multiple HBA, multiple target
- Tests include:
- Write
- Read
- Read with data compare
- Verify
- Seek
- Format
- Spin up/down
- Synchronize all drives
- Execute an external program
- Multiple tests are defined in a test sequence
- Test Sequences are run as individual vidual threads against as many
drives as you want
- 13 data patters available
- Once a test sequence is issued, individual drives status can be monitored
- Test can be paused or stopped at any time
- High Level Tape Test functions added
- Multi-threaded, multiple HBA, multiple target
- Tests include:
- Write
- Read
- Read with data compare
- Space Forward by block
- Space Forward by Filemark
- Space Forward to EOD
- Space Reverse by Filemark
- Rewind
- Write Filemark
- Read Filemark
- Compression On/Off
- Synchronize all drives
- Execute an external program
- Multiple tests are defined in a test sequence
- Test Sequences are run as individual threads against as many drives
as you want
- 13 data patterns available
- Once a test sequence is issued, individual drives status can be monitored
- Tests can be paused or stopped at any time
- Protocol Functions (works with LSI U320 HBAs)
- Various functions to change any negotiated parameters
- SetSpeed to 5 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 10 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 20 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 40 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 80 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 160 MB/s
- SetSpeed to 320 MB/s
- Reset SCSI Bus - issues a hardware reset
- SetWide
- SetNarrow
- Read Negotiated Parameters
- Write Negotiated Parameters
Fixes to DTB:
- Random data pattern more randomized
- CompareBuffers() function now returns index+1 on a miscompair - so a miscompare
of index zero can be caught
- ReadCapacity - Declares and .h files changed to reflect passing a pointer
to highblock and blocksize
- Buffer size increased to 2MB
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