Test suites may be composed of sequences of Fibre Channel frames, or may include error condition testing of any legal or illegal codes, illegal codes can be generated directly on the 10B level to provide the user complete flexibility in test design. The FCT-5500 can emulate either host or target. For simple testing requirements, the user can easily generate custom tests. For more complex or detailed testing, the FCT-5500 is supported by third party test developers who can provide extensive test suites that are customized to the device or application. Can generate new words or modify existing words from library.
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The FCT-5500 can perform loop initialization as the master or can participate as a slave. The FCT-5500 has the full AL state machine implemented in hardware The Arbitrated Loop Initialization dialog box is used to enter AL initialization parameters.