STB Suite 8.7 features several new pieces of information presented at run-time as well as recorded in the log files.
New Device Display
The device display has been improved to display more information at a glance. Each drive has an individual status line which makes seeing overall test progress much easier –
Drive Status:
Note that it is plain to see which drives are running and which test step each drive is on. The drive shown in yellow with the status “Done with all tests” is a drive which has had testing stopped by the user. The drive shown in violet is paused during test pass 1, and the two drives shown in blue are running, one on test step 1 and the other on test step 3. The check boxes show which drives were selected for testing.
Select All drives
Also note – there is a check box next to each adapter in the system. Checking this box will select all drives attached to this adapter. This allows much quicker selection when many drives are attached to each adapter.
Drive Control
Right-clicking on any drive will bring up a list of drive control options –
Each drive can be individually stopped, paused, resumed, etc.
Drive Status details
The Get Status choice displays current drive performance metrics along with estimated time to complete, throughput measurements for the selected drive as well as overall aggregate system throughput –
New Log File Information
There are many new pieces of information now included in the DMM log files.
Log File Name
Starting with the log file name there is a new option found in the Advanced Options tab – Add Date-Time to Logfile Name. Checking this option will append the date and time to the log file name –
General Test Run Information
The start of each log file includes information about the test system and test environment –
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>> SCSI Toolbox32, Version 8. 7. 0 (build) 130104, running on \\W7TEST <<
>> Default Driver: 10, Operating System: Windows 7<<
Information includes:
-The STB Suite version and build number
-The name of the test system
-Which driver is being used
-What operating system is being used
-How many drives are selected for testing
Specific Drive Information
Next the specific information about the drive is logged –
Device: 4:269:0 Vendor: SEAGATE, Product: ST33000650SS Serial: 9XK03MAW0000S105QVKP, Version: 0721
Capacity: 3,000.59 GB, BlockSize: 512 (0x200)
This information includes:
-The drives address (HBA, Target, LUN)
-The vendor and product, and firmware version information
-The drives serial number
-The drives capacity and blocksize
Test Sequence File Information
Next, the file name of the test sequence that is running is displayed –
Script Filename: C:\Users\mikej\Documents\aaa-DoD5220.seq
User-defined Text Information
The operator name and general test information which was entered at test run time is displayed –
— OPERATOR NAME: mdj
— SPECIAL TEXT: DoD5220 Disk Purge Test – 3 pass write & verify
Test Step Information
Details of each test step is logged next. This information includes the User-defined text for each test step along with all test parameters –
— TEXT FOR THIS TEST: DoD5220-write pass 1
01/14/2013 09:40:58 TEST 1 of 4:
Write Test; Sequential; for 2,000,000 Blocks
Fixed-Length Transfers of 128 (0x0080) Blocks
Start Block: 0
Data Pattern: All Zeros
Queue Depth = 1
FUA = OFF
Stop-on-Error Type: Stop Current Test
Next, performance metrics and test results for the test step is logged –
01/14/2013 09:41:15 Test Completed Successfully
Transfer Rate: 57.41 MB/sec
I/O Per Second: 919.12 IO/sec
Number of Blocks Transferred: 2,000,000
Fastest Command Completion Time: 0.496 ms
Slowest Command Completion Time: 18.927 ms
Average Command Completion Time: 1.066 ms
Standard Deviation of Command Completion Times: 0.414 ms
01/14/2013 09:41:15 PASSED
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