Software Tools

fcXplorer and the FC SDK

fcXplorer, AIT’s Fibre Channel Simulator and Analyzer Test Software provides an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) for AIT’s Fibre Channel Simulyzer™ interface modules. fcXplorer troubleshoots, optimizes, plans and configures Fibre Channel traffic loading. Low- and High-level protocol analysis features provide capture, filter, time stamp and interpretation of Fibre Channel traffic and generation of advanced statistics. fcXplorer can alert engineers to potential performance and configuration problems allowing users to quickly identify and remedy any anomalous network condition.

AIT’s Fibre Channel Software Development Kit provides a complete suite of software Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) and tools to support intuitive and effective access to the features and functions of the AIT Simulyzer™ hardware modules. The SDK provides examples and support for upper layer protocols inlcuding ASM, RDMA, CLBM, and FCLP.

Fibre Channel Analyzer

Cipher, AIT’s Fibre Channel (as well as Ethernet & Firewire) analyzer application, provides data capture and advanced analysis tools to help users capture, view, analyze, and diagnose network issues easily and efficiently.  Cipher provides users with the ability to define “protocol decoders” to be used for decoding proprietary and application specific protocols and message fields. Additionally, Cipher is built to handle the large amounts of data common when working with high speed network technologies such as Fibre Channel.

Network Interface Controllers

In support of Fibre Channel network interface requirements for simulation and network communications applications, AIT provides multiple NIC module options for supporting upper layer protocols such as:

• ASM
• FC-AE-1553
• RDMA
• FC-AV
• FC-AE-LP

Fibre Channel Switching & Interconnect

Fibre Channel Switches

In support of lab and system integration applications, we provide a 16-port Fibre Channel/HS1760 Lab switch. For airborne & rugged applications, a 2-port Fibre Channel/HS1760 Compact PCI switch is provided.

Key Switch Features:

• AS5653 Compliant
• Up to 16 port supported (in Lab switch)
• Non-blocking switches with support for 1.0625 Gbps on each port
• FPGA based design (Also available as an IP Core)

High Speed Digital Switch Matrix & Optical Power Management

In support of interconnect in system integration and lab applications, and also in support of optical power management (measurement and attenuation of optical signals), a protocol independent (physical layer) switch matrix and power management system, VERTA, is provided.

VERTA  supports:

• Optical Power Management
• Concurrent & Parallel Test
• Flexibility of UUT and Tester interconnect
• Optical and Copper Fibre Channel
• 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel