Specifications

SATA-IO Confidential 3
Version History
Version
Date
Comments
1.00 06/12/2008 Initial Release to Public
1.0.95
12/18/2008
GTR-01: Made consistent with ATA/6 correction e04127r0
GTR-02: Made consistent with ATA/6 correction e04127r0
GTR-03: Added range to be less than or equal to 128K
IPM-03: Partial and Slumber are required if supported
IPM-08: If any of the sequences fail, the result is fail
IPM-11: Partial and Slumber are required if supported; duplicated note from IPM-
03 regarding MOI specific method to detect speed
SSP-06: Add both DMA modes are tested if supported
NCQ-02: Add pass/fail for Log Page 0
Note added to PHY Section 2.16
Update to MDI-01 to add uSATA tab test
MDI-01: Edited for consistency (note that device thickness was not added which
keeps this section consistent for all form factors).
MDI-02: Edited for notational consistency
MDP-01: Edited for notational consistency
MHI-01: Edited for notational consistency
1.01RC1 01/05/2009 Second Release to Public
1.01RC2
09/02/2008
Editorial formatting changes to mechanical section
1.01RC3
09/10/2009
Fixed MDI-01 for 1.8” to match SATA Spec.
1.1
10/15/2009
Third Release To Public
Revision History
Rev 1.1
PHY/TSG/OOB
SATA 2.5 ECN 018 Updated LBP
RX/TX
SATA 2.5 ECN 021 Gen 1 Return Loss (RX-06 / TX-06) added
SATA 2.5 ECN 023 Common mode return loss adjusted (RX-04 / TX-04 limits adjusted)
SATA 2.5 ECN 024 NRZ/Idle state requirements (all RX / TX measurements adjusted)
System Interop Added ATAPI drive support
Cable Mechanical Insertion / removal and pull-out
PreTest - Added
Informative tests:
RSG and Host Digital
Rev 1.2
Product Electrical RSG 10/33/62 MHz normative
Product Electrical RX/TX Removed 2ns option for RX-01 / TX-01
Device Digital
Split Host and Digital IPM apart,
GTR-05 informative,
Added IPM 10 second time outs
Device Mechanical Add Slimline
PreTest Changed from 2 ALIGN to 4 ALIGN Framed COMP Pattern
Informative tests: Host Digital
Rev 1.3
Changed references from SATA 2.5 to 2.6
Product Electrical PHY/TSG/OOB
SATA 2.6 ECN 008 JTF Calibration impacted TSG-09 / -10 / -11 / -12
SATA 2.6 ECN 016 Long Term Frequency stability & SSC impacted PHY-02 / -04
SATA 2.6 ECN 017 OOB impacted OOB-02 / -03 / -04 / -05, -06 / -07
Product Electrical RSG Added 5 MHz Sj
SATA 2.6 ECN 009 Framed COMP pattern use SATA 2.5 ECN 018 LBP pattern
Product Electrical RX/TX RX-02 / TX-02 obsolete
PreTest Changed back to 2 ALIGN Framed COMP Pattern