SANBlaze Technology, Inc.
SANBlaze Technology, Inc. is a pioneer in storage testing and validation technologies. SANBlaze systems are deployed in the test and development labs of most major storage hardware and software vendors worldwide.
SANBlaze is revolutionizing the SAN and Device Driver markets by offering NVMe testing end-to-end. They are first to market a solution that tests Native NVMe and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) for complete end-to-end testing of your entire system using single port or dual port drives.
NVMe Testing
The SANBlaze SBExpress full feature set provides a unique set of functions applicable in all aspects of a product lifecycle; from development to design validation to test and QA. The ability to drive NVMe SSDs with a wide range of configurable attributes provides engineers with a flexible, scalable tool to simulate real disk and memory access environments and issues. Development, qualification, and certification test cycles can be highly automated, thus reducing overall test time, and rapidly surfacing errors and non-conformance.
Gen6 SSD Testing
The industry’s first platform to support NVMe® over PCIe® Gen6 validation and compliance testing is now available.
The new SBExpress Rackmount Gen6 platform provides a seamless upgrade path to Gen6. This Gen6-ready platform provides broad test capabilities for development, QA, validation, and manufacturing teams. The new Gen6 platforms include the company’s Certified by SANBlaze (SBCert™) compliance test suite, widely recognized as the industry benchmark for all generations of NVMe testing.
SBExpress-RM Rackmount PCIe Gen6 NVMe Test System
The SBExpress-RM6 Rackmount is a 16-bay enterprise-class NVMe test appliance supporting PCIe speeds from Gen1 to Gen6. The SANBlaze software IP for Gen6 is fully downward compatible across all previous SANBlaze generation platforms.
iRiser5 Intelligent Device
The iRiser5 device brings precise signal control and measurement to Gen5 PCIe NVMe testing with the SANBlaze SBexpress-DT5 and SBExpress-RM5 PCIe NVMe test systems.
The patented SANBlaze iRiser5 can monitor drive power at up to 1M samples per second, giving near real-time power response as drives come online and handle resets or power cycles.
Signals under control are timed at an 80nS interval in relation to each other, giving the user ultimate control over complex testing scenarios, such as a drive reset at a specific time after power is asserted.
The iRiser5 operates seamlessly with the SANBlaze standard riser capabilities, such as SRIS and Power state testing, losing no functionality with the addition of the iRiser5 as an initial purchase, or post purchase as a hardware upgrade.
Features of iRiser5
- Precision control of PCIe/NVMe power and control signals while continuously monitoring the power of each device under test (DUT)
- A sequence of events can be scheduled on each signal line with up to 10 nanoseconds (nS) glitch precision, with each event action loading at 80nS interval to hours.
- Simple or complex sequences can be defined and loaded to iRiser from the host system.
SBExpress-RM5
The SANBlaze SBExpress-RM5 is a complete turnkey PCIe® Gen5 NVMe SSD Drive validation test system. The SBExpress-RM5 feature set provides unique functions applicable to all aspects of a product lifecycle, from development and QA, to design validation and manufacturing test cycles.
The ability to drive Gen5 NVMe SSDs with a wide range of configurable attributes provides engineers with a flexible, multi-controller supported validation test platform.
Development, qualification, and certification test cycles can be highly automated, thus reducing overall test time, and rapidly surfacing errors and non-conformance.
The SANBlaze SBExpress-RM5 hardware provides a rackmount chassis with sixteen dual or single port front-accessible drives.
Software Features
- Test coverage for all aspects of the Version 1.4 IOL NVMe specification, as well as support for the 2.0 version.
- NVMe-MI (Management Interface) testing over SMBus
- Conformance Test Suite 7.0 with Dual Port drive support SGL, SR-IOV, full namespace control and reservations
- Drive multiple ports of traffic simultaneously
- Read / write / compare testing
- Error injection
- Custom command builder
- Drive and test single or multiple NVMe target device
- Send specific or custom op codes in an easy to use scriptable format
SBExpress-DT5CD Client Drive
The SANBlaze SBExpress-DT5CD (Desktop PCIe® Gen5 Client Drive NVMe Test System) is a complete turnkey NVMe SSD validation test system. With industry leading Certified by SANBlaze automated testing, the SBExpress-DT5CD brings Enterprise Class NVMe validation testing for Client Drives, right to the developer’s desktop.
All attributes available through the SANBlaze automated environment support Python, REST and CLI/XML API control.
The “out-of-the-box” Certified by SANBlaze test suite, or tests highly customized by your engineering team, can be run from the engineer's desk, providing a robust test environment for finding issues before your customers do.
Highlights
- Full Enterprise level Certified by SANBlaze test suite with over 900+ built-in tests qualification in a desktop enclosure for Client Drives
- Upgrade options available for OCP, FDP, SPDM, VDM, and more
- Ability to run tests in the GUI and at the Command Line Interface (CLI)
- L.1.1, L.1.2 ASPM power measurement
- PCIe PRP error injection
- iRiser5 with signal and glitching
- EDSFF to M.2 and U.2 and U.2 to M.2 adapters
SBExpress-DT5
The SANBlaze SBExpress-DT5 (Desktop, Gen5) is a complete turnkey PCIe® Gen5 NVMe SSD validation test system. With industry leading Certified by SANBlaze automated testing, the SBExpress-DT5 brings Enterprise Class NVMe validation to the developer's desktop.
The DT5 is 100% Software Compatible with the SBExpress-RM5 sixteen device system. The DT5 provides features —formerly the exclusive domain of the qualification and incoming inspection teams — right to the engineer's desk. Using the same Single/Dual Port U.2, M.2, and EDSFF/E3 risers as the 16-bay rack mount system, the desk top DT5 packs the same enterprise class features including ZNS,Opal/Ruby, SRIS, Specification Validation, Power Control, Automated Scripting and Python, XML and REST APIs as its big sister the RM5.
Highlights
- Enterprise class NVMe qualification in a desktop enclosure
- 100% compatible with SBExpress-RM5 for "Prototype to Production" scaling
- Priced for individual user, low overall cost of ownership
- Plug and Play, testing in under five minutes
- Quiet enough for home, capable enough for the Enterprise
OCP
The Open Compute Project (OCP) was formed to quicken innovation for open-source hardware solutions in hyper-scale data center environments. OCP requires that Solid State Storage Drives (SSDs) adhere to the OCP’s NVMe Cloud SSD Specification v2.0 or the newer Datacenter NVMe SSD specification v2.5.
SANBlaze provides built-in software for testing an OCP drive, which must be tested to a minimum standard above and beyond the standard mandatory NVMe features, as well as specifying minimum reliability, thermal, endurance, management, and form factor requirements.
NVMe Express
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN NVMe Initiator is the key piece of test equipment for anyone needing to test NVMe target devices. The VirtuaLUN feature set provides a unique set of functions applicable in all aspects of a product lifecycle; from development to design validation to test and QA. The ability to drive NVMe targets with a wide range of configurable attributes provides engineers with a flexible, scalable tool to simulate real disk and memory access environments and issues. Development, qualification and certification test cycles can be highly automated, reducing time and surfacing issues and errors.
NVMe over Fabrics
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN storage emulation for NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) is the key piece of test equipment for anyone developing products supporting the NVMe-oF storage protocol using Fibre Channel, RoCE/RDMA, and TCP/IP technology. The VirtuaLUN feature set provides a unique set of functions applicable in all aspects of a product lifecycle; from development to design validation and test and QA. The ability to emulate NVMe-oF targets and initiators with a wide range of configurable attributes provides engineers with a flexible, scalable tool to simulate real environments and test director class switch environments at a fraction of the cost of real devices.
FC-NVMe
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN storage emulation for FC-NVMe is the key piece of test equipment for anyone developing products supporting the FC-NVMe storage protocol. The VirtuaLUN feature set provides a unique set of functions applicable in all aspects of a product lifecycle; from development to design validation and test and QA. The ability to emulate FC-NVMe targets and initiators concurrently with native FC targets and initiators on the same wire with a wide range of configurable attributes provides engineers with a flexible, scalable tool to simulate real SAN environments and test director class switch environments at a fraction of the cost of real devices.
Initiator Testing and Target Emulation
SANBlaze Technology, Inc. is a pioneer in storage emulation testing technologies and a leading provider of storage, networking and multifunction solutions for embedded systems. SANBlaze emulation systems are deployed in the test and development labs of most major storage hardware and software vendors worldwide.
Certified By SANBlaze Scripts
With the Certified by SANBlaze program NVMe SSD Manufacturers can run a series of automated tests to determine if their drives are running correctly and that they are compliant with the latest specs. Alerts of Failures, Skipped or Warnings are shown if one or more drives is not behaving the way that it should, allowing for the quick diagnosing of any problems before the drives go out into the field.
The Certified by SANBlaze tests are bundled with the software when customers purchase a SANBlaze SBExpress-RM5 (rackmount) or an SBExpress-DT5 (desk top) unit. Simply choose the tests you want to perform, add them to the test bed, and click Start. The Certified by SANBlaze software does the rest, reporting the results in real-time and in beautifully-created reports.
Protocols Supported
SANBlaze manufactures target and initiator emulators for NVMe, FC-NVMe, NVMf, FCoE, Fibre Channel, SAS, iSCSI and other storage protocols. Our highly configurable systems are unique in their ability to emulate actual storage devices. Our target emulators allow you to create read/write drives and tapes, control latency and configure error conditions. Our initiator emulators behave as a real initiator, not just a traffic generator or protocol tester, providing real login and command control.
Recent Developments
Introduction of the industry's first NVMe Gen6 SSD test systems.
New SBExpress Rackmount Gen5+ and Desktop Gen5+ are Gen6 Ready to Deliver Latest-Generation Validation and Compliance Testing
OCP 2.5 conformance testing software for NVMe SSDs.
The Certified by SANBlaze tests are bundled with the software when customers purchase an SANBlaze SBExpress-RM5 or an SBExpress-DT5 desk top unit. You simply choose the tests you want to perform, add them to the test bed, and click Start. The Certified by SANBlaze software does the rest, reporting the results in real-time and in beautifully created reports.