Patent ID: 6973593

Claim:
A system analyzer for a data storage system having a control module and a memory module, the system analyzer comprising: a logic analyzer; an input port that couples to the data storage system; an output port that couples to the logic analyzer; a pre-processor which is interconnected between the input port and the output port, the pre-processor being configured to: receive, while a first point-to-point signal is exchanged between the control module and the memory module, a second point-to-point signal which is a copy of the first point-to-point signal, generate a pre-processed signal based on the second point-to-point signal, and provide the pre-processed signal to the logic analyzer; an adaptor module; a cable having a first end which connects to the adaptor module, and a second end which connects to the input port, the adaptor module being configured to: buffer the second point-to-point signal, and pass the second point-to-point signal through the cable and the input port to the pre-processor; another cable having a first end which connects to the output port and a second end which connects to the logic analyzer; the pre-processor, when providing the pre-processed signal to the logic analyzer, being configured to: pass the preprocessed signal through the output port and the other cable to the logic analyzer.