SCSI Toolbox :: Newsletter - May 2004
IN THIS EDITION
April Survey Winner
Agreement Signed with CatC
Performa 5.03 Announcement
Did you know...
Ask Dr. SCSI - "What do those Sense Key..."
April Survey Winner
Congratulations to James Yeh at Xyratex International. He won $100 gift
certificate for ThinkGeek.com. We'll have another survey next month for
another chance to win!
Agreement signed
with CatC
SCSI Toolbox has signed an agreement with Computer Access Technology Corporation
(CATC) www.catc.com to co-market each
others products.
CATC (NASDAQ: CATZ), is a global communication protocols expert company,
providing test & measurement solutions for Computer I/O, Storage and
Networking protocols, enhancing productivity and time to market.
Performa 5.03 Announcement
The SCSItoolbox version 5.0.3 Performa release will be shipping during
the first part of June.
This release includes:
- Disk Manufacturing
Module
- I/O transfer size raised from 64K to 1016K
- Fixed length or random length transfer size per I/O
- Re-running test bug fixed
- Test status page displays more information
- View test configuration
improved
- Tape Manufacturing
Module
- I/O transfer size raised from 64K to 1016K
- Re-running test bug fixed
- View test configuration
added
- Total Jukebox Test
- Changed to specify HBA/Target/LUN of each tape drive
- Numerous bugs fixed
- Support for Microsoft iSCSI driver added
Current Performa subscribers
will be receiving your update CD early in June. If your maintenance has
lapsed you can renew your Performa coverage at http://www.scsitoolbox.com/products/performa/default.asp?product=STB
Did you know...
…that a text report is created for each device that is
tested in the Disk and Tape Manufacturing Modules? The file will be created
in your SCSItoolbox folder, with a filename that reflects the address
and serial number of the device. For instance if you test a drive at HBA
2, Target 1, LUN 3 the file will be “02-001-03-CXB37H1136.log”.
This file will show all of the tests in the test sequence, showing all
test parameters and results. If an error occurred during testing the error
information will be logged there as well.
Ask Dr. SCSI 
Q. “What do those Sense Key, Sense Code, and ASQ
numbers mean?”
A.
Sense information is how a storage devices can tell the computer that
they are connected to that there was a problem executing a command. Sense
data is arranged in a hierarchy where the Sense Key gives an overall error
type, and the Sense Code and Additional Sense Qualifier (ASQ) supply more
specific details about the error. You can download a complete list of
Sense Data codes at http://www.t10.org/lists/1spc-lst.htm.
