SANBlaze SBExpress-DT5 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Validation Test System

SANBlaze Technology, Inc. unveils SBExpress-DT5, a PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD validation test system that works in conjunction with the Certified by SANBlaze automated testing, bringing enterprise class NVMe validation right to the developer’s desktop.

SANBlaze SBExpress-DT5 PCI NVMe Test System
(This photo is a representation only; the final product may look slightly different)

Leveraging the SBExpress-RM5 Gen5 NVMe test system technology, SBExpress-DT5 is a self-contained system, quiet and portable, for a work-from-home environment or traveling to customer sites or satellite offices.

It is the 6th generation SBExpress system and is both evolutionary, growing from its family of predecessors, with advanced test capabilities such as Vendor Defined Messaging (VDM) testing, MI over PCIe and in-band and SMBUS testing at 1MHz. All features of the enterprise test suite Certified by SANBlaze are supported by DT5 at Gen5 PCIe speed.

SBExpress-DT5 employs the company’s riser technology and uses the same set of NVMe Gen5 risers as the 16-drive RM5 (rackmount) system. All firm’s risers are capable of single and dual port operation and can switch on the fly under software control.

Risers are available for all NVMe form factors at Gen5 speed, including:

U.2/U.3 single/dual port
EDSFF in all form factors including
- E3 – All widths
- E1 – Short, long, asymmetric

SBExpress-DT5 supports enterprise class testing at PCIe Gen5 speed, including:

Certified by SANBlaze test suite with automated report generation and performance plotting
L1.1 and L1.2 Low Power State testing with CLKREQ monitor
Vendor Defined Message (VDM) testing
SRIOV and multi-root testing
SMBUS testing up to 1MHz
MI/MCTP testing over SMBUS, VDM and in-band transports
Power on/off testing under SW control, all devices
Clock disable testing to all devices
Hardware PERST testing to all devices
Single/dual port testing ‘on the fly’ under software control
SRIS/SRNS and SSC advanced clock mode testing (see whitepaper)
Power monitoring of each device under test
Full Gen5 bandwidth (x4 Gen5) to each riser and x16 Gen5 to root complex
Remote system control for power up/down/reset
Gen5 x 16 ‘Top Slot’ for PCIe Add-In Card (AIC) testing (e.g., FPGA or PCIe Analyzer)

The SBExpress-DT5 proves useful for a variety of roles, including firmware teams, manufacturing teams, development engineers, systems engineers, and field application engineers.

APIs are available in Python for system control and integration into corporate test infrastructure.

SBExpress-DT5 and SerialTek Kodiak analyzer

Designed to integrate with SerialTek’s Kodiak PCIe Gen5 analysis system, the SBExpress-DT5 becomes a full test, debug, and analysis platform for your Gen5 devices in a small footprint.

Pair SBExpress-DT5 with Kodiak analyzer for more power
Analysis can be automated with built-in triggering when an error occurs leading to much quicker and more accurate problem resolution as described in the white paper Triggering a PCIe Analyzer from your SBExpress system.