Keysight Technologies X-Series Quick start guide

Option SS2

Additional Solid State Drive, Windows 10, for PC8 or PC9

Keysight X-Series

Multi-touch Signal Analyzers,

N9048B PXE EMI Receiver

N9038B MXE EMI Receiver, Multi-Touch

Installation Note

Notices

The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

Keysight Technologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but

not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Keysight Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or

consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

Manual Part Number

N9032-90007

Edition

Edition 1, April 2022

Supersedes: July 2021

Printed in USA/Malaysia

Published by:

Keysight Technologies, Inc.

1400 Fountaingrove Parkway

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Installation Note N9032-90007 3

Solid State Disk Drive

This document provides detailed instructions for the installation and use of a solid state disk drive

in an X-Series signal analyzer, MXE EMI receiver, Multi-Touch, or PXE EMI receiver. Please be sure to

read this entire document before attempting to put this solid state disk drive into use.

Contents

Tools Required

—TorxDriverT-10

—USBMouse

—USBKeyboard

— USB storage device with > 3 GB free memory

Products Affected: N9000B CXA Signal Analyzer

N9010B EXA Signal Analyzer

N9020B MXA Signal Analyzer

N9021B MXA Signal Analyzer

N9030B PXA Signal Analyzer

N9032B PXA Signal Analyzer

N9038B MXE EMI Receiver

N9040B UXA Signal Analyzer

N9041B UXA Signal Analyzer

N9048B PXE EMI Receiver

N8973B Noise Figure Analyzer

N8974B Noise Figure Analyzer

N8975B Noise Figure Analyzer

N8976B Noise Figure Analyzer

Requirements: Option PC8 or PC9

Option W10 (Windows 10)

To Be Performed By: (X) Keysight Service Center

(X) Advanced User

(X ) Customer

Estimated Installation Time:

Estimated Adjustment and Verification Time:

1.0 Hours

0 Hours

Quantity Description

1 Installation Note

1 Programmed Solid State Disk Drive Tray Assembly

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Solid State Disk Drive

What you will find in this User’s Guide

Overview ........................................................................................................................ page 5

Disk Drive Interconnect Life Expectancy ...................................................................... page 5

Putting the Additional Disk Drive Into Service............................................................. page 6

When Ordered as an Upgrade from a Smaller Solid State Disk Drive................... page 7

When Ordered as an Additional Disk Drive When an Instrument is Being Used In a Controlled

Secure Environment................................................................................................page 9

Before the Instrument Has Been Placed Into a Secure Environment ................page 9

After the Instrument Has Already Been Placed in a Secure Environment...... page 10

Initializing the Instrument Operating System ............................................................ page 11

Determining Installed Options & Processor Assembly Type ...................................... page 15

Data Backup or Restore using Alignment Data Wizard (for processor type PC8 or PC9) page 16

Backup Operation .................................................................................................. page 17

Restore Operation .................................................................................................. page 20

Disk Drive Removal and Installation........................................................................... page 23

Software Updates........................................................................................................ page 24

FPGA Code Compatibility ...................................................................................... page 24

FPGA Code Update ..................................................................................................... page 25

Updating the Instrument FPGA Code ................................................................... page 25

Instrument Security Information................................................................................. page 26

Utilities, Adjustments, and Performance Verification Tests....................................... page 26

Adjustments Required............................................................................................ page 26

Performance Testing Required .............................................................................. page 26

Installation Note N9032-90007 5

Solid State Disk Drive

Overview

This option provides a removable solid state disk drive for your X-Series Signal Analyzer, MXE EMI

receiver, Multi-Touch, or PXE EMI receiver. This option could have been purchased for one of the

following reasons:

1. To provide an additional solid state disk drive for use when the original solid state drive must

be left inside of a controlled secure environment.

2. To upgrade an instrument to a larger solid state disk drive.

While there may be other reasons to have purchased this solid state disk drive, this document will

specifically cover the requirements needed for putting this drive into use for the reasons listed

above.

Since this option was ordered as an upgrade; only default factory calibration data will have been

copied onto this drive at the factory. You will need to follow the procedure included in this

document in order to copy the calibration data to it from the instrument that it will be used in.

The instrument model and serial numbers will not need to be transferred to the new disk drive, as

the master copy of all of these is stored on the instrument A7 Midplane board assembly.

The license keys stored on the Midplane board assembly will be automatically copied to the new

disk drive when the instrument first boots up.

Disk Drive Interconnect Life Expectancy

If this upgrade has been ordered to use as an additional solid state disk drive for use when the

original solid state drive must be left inside of a controlled secure environment you will want to be

aware of the following information with regards to the life expectancy of the interconnect between

the removable disk drive and the instrument.

The life expectancy of both the connector on the removable disk drive and the mating connector

internal to the instrument is 1,500 cycles. If this is exceeded it is very likely that a failure will occur

between these connections. Keysight highly recommends that this cycle limit not be exceeded to

prevent an unwanted failure of the instrument.

This kit is only for use on instruments with the PC8 or PC9 processor installed. Option SS1

should be used if the operating system is Windows 10 and the processor is PC6, PC6S, PC7, or

PC7S. Refer to Determining Installed Options and Processor Assembly Type to confirm which

processor and operating system is installed.

Should an incorrect version of the X Series calibration file(s) be installed in an instrument, no

error messages will be displayed. The instrument may however perform outside of the warranted

specifications for that instrument. It is therefore extremely important to ensure that the

instrument specific calibration data is properly copied onto this drive before the instrument is

used for making any measurements.

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Solid State Disk Drive

Putting the Additional Disk Drive Into Service

As mentioned in the Overview section of this document this option could have been purchased for a

number of different reasons. This section will outline what steps are required to properly configure

the new solid state disk drive before putting it into use.

Before using this solid state disk drive upgrade in any instrument there are three areas of concern

that will need to be addressed.

1. The solid state disk drive upgrade will have been shipped with the currently shipping version

of the instrument software, which may very well be a different version from what is currently

being used in the instrument for which it was purchased.

While an instrument may function properly with different software versions, the software

stored on the different measurement boards within the instrument (FPGA code) may not be

compatible with both versions. Also, the factory calibration data file used by the different

instrument software versions could be incompatible.

2. The solid state disk drive upgrade will have been shipped with a default factory calibration

data file. Before using this drive the instrument specific calibration data file will need to be

copied to it.

Even if the instrument software version that the solid state disk drive upgrade was shipped

with is the same as what is in the instrument the instrument specific factory calibration data

will still need to be copied and transferred onto the new disk drive.

3. This Option SS2 solid state drive is only for use in instruments with the PC8 or PC9 processor.

Do not install this on instruments with a PC6, PC6S, PC7, or PC7S processor. Instruments

running Windows 10 with a PC6, PC6S, PC7, or PC7S processor should use the Opt SS1 drive.

Depending on which reason this drive was purchased the instructions for putting it into service will

vary. Please follow the appropriate instructions below for the reason that most closely fits why this

particular drive was purchased.

Installation Note N9032-90007 7

Solid State Disk Drive

When Ordered as an Upgrade from a Smaller Solid State Disk Drive

1. With the original solid state disk drive still installed in the instrument, determine what version

of the instrument software is currently installed on it. For instructions on how to verify the

currently installed software version see the Software Updates section in this document for

instructions. Record the currently installed software version below.

Instrument S/W Revision: ______________________

2. Backup the instrument factory calibration data to a USB storage device. See the Data Backup

or Restore using Alignment Data Wizard (for processor type PC8 or PC9) section in this

document for instructions.

3. Determine FPGA Configuration (if possible). Press System, on left side pane select Power On.

Look for FPGA Configuration selection to appear. If FPGA Configuration does not appear

continue on. If FPGA Configuration selection appears, check the box below corresponding to

the currently loaded FPGA. See Figure 1.

[ ] Enhanced Sweep Speed

[ ] Time Domain Scan

Figure 1 FPGA Configuration

4. Replace the original instrument disk drive with the solid state disk drive supplied with this kit.

See the Disk Drive Removal and Installation section in this document for instructions.

5. Turn the instrument on with the new solid state disk drive installed and see the Initializing the

Instrument Operating System section in this document for instructions.

6. Ignore any hardware related error messages that might appear at this time, as they may be

related to software version incompatibilities that will be resolved in the following steps of this

procedure.

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Solid State Disk Drive

7. Determine what version of the instrument software is currently installed on the new solid state

disk drive. Record the installed software version below.

Instrument S/W Revision: ______________________

8. Compare the instrument software revision as recorded in step 7 to that which was recorded in

step 1.

If the instrument software versions are exactly the same skip to step 9 in this procedure.

If the instrument software revision recorded in step 7 is older than that which was recorded in

step 1 update the instrument software on the new disk drive to the latest version. See the

Software Updates section of this document for instructions on how to obtain and install the

latest instrument software revision.

If the instrument software revision recorded in step 7 is newer than that which was recorded in

step 1 update the instrument FPGA code. See the FPGA Code Update section in this document

for instructions on how this is done.

9. Restore the instrument factory calibration data that was previously backed up from the

original disk drive. See the Data Backup or Restore using Alignment Data Wizard (for

processor type PC8 or PC9) section in this document for instructions.

10.The instrument is now ready for use.

Installation Note N9032-90007 9

Solid State Disk Drive

When Ordered as an Additional Disk Drive When an Instrument is Being Used In a

Controlled Secure Environment

If the instrument that this solid state disk drive upgrade was purchased for has not yet been placed

in the controlled secure environment follow the steps below under the heading Before the

Instrument Has Been Placed Into a Secure Environment to properly configure the drive for use. If

the instrument is already in the controlled secure environment follow the steps below under the

heading After the Instrument Has Already Been Placed in a Secure Environment.

Before the Instrument Has Been Placed Into a Secure Environment

1. With the original disk drive still installed in the instrument, verify that the instrument software

is the latest version. For instructions on how to verify the currently installed software version,

as well as how to know what the latest version is, see the Software Updates section in this

document for instructions.

2. If the instrument software is not the latest version update the instrument software to the latest

version available. See the Software Updates section of this document for instructions.

3. Once the instrument software has been updated backup the instrument factory calibration

data to a USB storage device. See the Data Backup or Restore using Alignment Data Wizard

(for processor type PC8 or PC9) section in this document for instructions.

4. Replace the original instrument disk drive with the additional disk drive supplied with this kit.

See the Disk Drive Removal and Installation section in this document for instructions.

5. Turn the instrument on with the additional disk drive installed. See the Initializing the

Instrument Operating System section in this document for instructions.

6. Verify that the instrument software on the additional disk drive is the same version that is on

the original disk drive.

7. If the instrument software on the additional disk drive is not the same as what is on the

original disk drive update the instrument software on this drive to the latest version available

as well. See the Software Updates section in this document for instructions.

8. Once the instrument software has been updated restore the instrument factory calibration

data that was previously backed up from the original disk drive. See the Data Backup or

Restore using Alignment Data Wizard (for processor type PC8 or PC9) section in this document

for instructions.

9. Write the instrument model number and serial number on the original disk drive and reinstall it

in the instrument.

10.Write the instrument model and serial number on the additional disk drive and place it back in

the static safe bag that it was shipped in and place it in a safe place until it is needed again.

11.The instrument is now ready for use.

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Solid State Disk Drive

After the Instrument Has Already Been Placed in a Secure Environment

If the instrument that this additional disk drive is intended to be used with is already inside of a

controlled secure environment you will not be able to transfer the instrument specific factory

calibration data to the additional disk drive. When the instrument is eventually removed from the

controlled secure environment, with the original disk drive left inside the controlled secure

environment, follow the procedure below to put the additional disk drive into service.

1. Install the additional disk drive into the instrument and power it on. See the Initializing the

Instrument Operating System section in this document for instructions.

2. Verify that the instrument software is the latest version. For instructions on how to verify the

currently installed software version, as well as how to know what the latest version is, see the

Software Updates section in this document for instructions.

3. Since the instrument specific factory calibration data file is not available to be copied onto this

additional disk drive a complete instrument calibration, including all adjustments, will need to

be performed.

4. When the instrument is to be placed back into the controlled secure environment backup the

factory calibration data to a USB storage device. See the Data Backup or Restore using

Alignment Data Wizard (for processor type PC8 or PC9) section in this document for

instructions.

5. Place a copy of the latest instrument software, as verified in step 2 above, onto the same USB

storage device.

6. Remove the additional disk drive from the instrument and write the instrument model and

serial number on it for future identification. Place the additional disk drive back in the static

safe bag that it was shipped in and place it in a safe place until it is needed again.

7. Return the instrument to the controlled secure environment along with the USB storage

device.

8. Re-install the original disk drive into the instrument and turn it on.

9. Verify that the instrument software on the original disk drive is the same version that was just

placed on the USB storage device.

10.If the instrument software on the original disk drive is not the same as what was just placed on

the USB storage device update the instrument software on this drive using the software

installed on the USB storage device. See the Software Updates section in this document for

instructions.

11.Once the instrument software has been updated restore the new instrument factory

calibration data from the previously backed up calibration data file on the USB storage device.

See the Data Backup or Restore using Alignment Data Wizard (for processor type PC8 or PC9)

section in this document for instructions.

12.The instrument is now ready for use and the USB storage device can be properly disposed of if

necessary.

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