STB Suite

8.8

STB Suite version 8.8 Release Notes

Fixes to STB Original Mode

  • Fix STBTrace driver crash which could occur when you have two ATA Channels, two quad        HBAs, and a PERC card in system.
  • Fix View Log Pages "Print All Log Pages to File" to correctly print pages 0x10, 0x15
  • Fixed User-Defined CDB tabbing from CDB11 to CDB12.
  • Fixed User-Defined CDB CDB12 being set to 0x0C instead of 0x00
  • Fixed User-Defined CDB to retrieve increment size as a hex instead of a decimal number
  • User Build/Run Script – fixed the edit functionality to work correctly with 16-byte CDBs

 

New Features in STB Original Mode

  • Added Trim (SSD) command functionality to ATA/SATA Commands
  • Updated SATA SMART attribute definitions
  • Added ability to search within list box controls such as SATA IDENTIFY, SMART, LOGS, etc
  • Added new SATA View Logs function to view & save all SMART & GPL Logs
  • Added new features to SES Data function merges/displays data from SES Pages 0x05, 0x07, & 0x0A

Fixes to DMM (Disk Manufacturing Module)

  • Enable DB Logging (Access & .csv text)
  • Fix test transfer rate computations
  • Fix CPAM transfer size when Queue Depth > 1
  • Fix Pre-Test Action Check/Change Capacity to restore full capacity by entering "FULL" (SAS/SCSI/FC only)

New Features in DMM

  • Updated "Save Logs Pages" test to use default.def file to format output the same as Original Mode View Log Pages.
      08/09/2013  10:20:36  TEST 1 of 1:
                              Save Log Pages Test
                              Stop-on-Error Type: Stop Current Test
    Log Sense Data Follows:
    Page 02 – Write Error Counter Page
    Errors corrected without substantial delays 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    Errors corrected with possible delays 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04
    Total rewrites 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    Total Errors Corrected (soft errors) –  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04
    Total Times Correction Algorithm Processed – 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
    Total Bytes Processed – 00 00 00 01 FE 40 FD F0
    Total Errors Uncorrected (hard errors) – 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     Page 03 – Read Error Counter Page
    Errors corrected without substantial delays 00 00 00 00 07 39 D7 E9
    Errors corrected with possible delays 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 16
    Total rereads 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    Total Errors Corrected (soft errors) –  00 00 00 00 07 39 EA FF
    Total Times Correction Algorithm Processed – 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E 21
    Total Bytes Processed – 00 00 00 8E A0 3E BD D0
    Total Errors Uncorrected (hard errors) – 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     Page 05 – Verify Error Counter Page
    Errors corrected without substantial delays 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

– External Test steps now also log to DB files

Fixes to DTB (Developers Toolbox API)

  • Fixed transfer rate computations
  • Fixed CPAM transfer size when Queue Depth > 1
  • Linux .so – Fixed Write/Read ratios parameter for Streaming/OLTP/FileServer/Workstation tests
  • Linux .so – Fixed dme.o to support > 8 LUNs

New Features in DTB

  • Added DB (Access & .csv text) logging
  • Updated API documentation
  • Added new API VCSCSIAddDiskExternalProgramWCmdLine
  • Added ability to overlay the “Time” to the start of a block

 

Fixes & New Features in Install

  • Use latest Aladdin run-time/driver package for Windows 8 & Server 2012 support
  • Install DMM Add-on (DTB) external tests
    • DMMFingerPrint
      DMMGetEVPD
    • DMMSataWriteSame
    • DMMSCSIWriteSame
    • DMMSATASetFeatures
    • DMMDiscardGList
  • Make DTB default to use the STBTrace driver