Specifications

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Table of Contents
1.
Goals, Objectives, & Constraints............................................................................................................................... 8
1.1. References ......................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1.1. Definitions ................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1.2. Conventions ................................................................................................................................................ 9
1.2. Product Classes ............................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.1. Expected Behavior .................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.2. Measurement Requirements .................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.3. Pass/Fail Criteria ....................................................................................................................................... 10
1.3. Methods of Implementation .............................................................................................................................. 11
1.4. Test Product Considerations ............................................................................................................................ 11
1.4.1. Common Host/Device/Port Multiplier BIST Considerations ...................................................................... 11
1.4.2. Device specific considerations .................................................................................................................. 11
1.4.3. Cable Considerations ................................................................................................................................ 11
1.4.4. Host Considerations .................................................................................................................................. 12
1.4.5. Port Multiplier Considerations ................................................................................................................... 12
2. Interoperability Specification Test Summary ........................................................................................................... 12
2.1. General Test Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 15
2.1.1. GTR-01 Software Reset......................................................................................................................... 15
2.1.2. GTR-02 -- 3Gb/s Backwards Compatibility ............................................................................................... 15
2.1.3. GTR-03 DMA Protocol Support ............................................................................................................. 16
2.1.4. GTR-04 General SATA Support ............................................................................................................ 17
2.1.5. GTR-05 : Unrecognized FIS receipt (Informative) .................................................................................... 17
2.2. Native Command Queuing ............................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.1. NCQ-01 : Forced Unit Access................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.2. NCQ-02 : Read Log Ext log page 10h support ......................................................................................... 18
2.2.3. NCQ-03 : Intermix of Legacy and NCQ commands ................................................................................. 19
2.2.4. NCQ-04 : Device response to malformed NCQ command ....................................................................... 20
2.2.5. NCQ-05 : DMA Setup Auto-Activate ......................................................................................................... 21
2.3. Asynchronous Signal Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 21
2.3.1. ASR-01 : COMINIT response interval ....................................................................................................... 21
2.3.2. ASR-02 : COMINIT OOB Interval ............................................................................................................. 22
2.3.3. ASR-03 : COMRESET OOB Interval ........................................................................................................ 22
2.4. Software Settings Preservation ........................................................................................................................ 23
2.4.1. SSP-01 : Initialize Device Parameters ...................................................................................................... 23
2.4.2. SSP-02 : Read/Write Stream Error Log .................................................................................................... 23
2.4.3. SSP-03 : Security Mode State .................................................................................................................. 24
2.4.4. SSP-04 : Set Address Max ....................................................................................................................... 24
2.4.5. SSP-05 : Set Features Write Cache Enable/Disable ............................................................................. 25
2.4.6. SSP-06 : Set Features Set Transfer Mode ............................................................................................ 26
2.4.7. SSP-07 : Set Features Advanced Power Management Enable/Disable ............................................... 26
2.4.8. SSP-08 : Set Features Read Look-Ahead ............................................................................................. 27
2.4.9. SSP-09 : Set Features Release Interrupt .............................................................................................. 27
2.4.10. SSP-10 : Set Features Service Interrupt ............................................................................................ 28
2.4.11. SSP-11 : Set Multiple Mode .................................................................................................................. 28
2.5. Interface Power Management .......................................................................................................................... 29
2.5.1. IPM-01 : Partial State exit latency (host-initiated) ..................................................................................... 29
2.5.2. IPM-02 : Slumber State exit latency (host-initiated) ................................................................................. 30
2.5.3. IPM-03 : Speed matching upon resume (host-initiated) ........................................................................... 31
2.5.4. IPM-04 : NAK of requests when support not indicated ............................................................................. 31
2.5.5. IPM-05 : Response to PMREQ_P ............................................................................................................ 32
2.5.6. IPM-06 : Response to PMREQ_S ............................................................................................................ 32
2.5.7. IPM-07 : Device default setting for device initiated requests .................................................................... 33
2.5.8. IPM-08 : Device Initiated Power Management enable / disable ............................................................... 34
2.5.9. IPM-09 : Partial State exit latency (device-initiated) ................................................................................. 34