Specifications

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1.1.1. Definitions
1.1.1.1. Product
General reference to any SATA product supportable by the Interop Program for testing.
1.1.1.2. Device
A product falling under the Device product class which is a storage peripheral. This includes hard disk drives, half-
height, and slimline ATAPI devices.
1.1.1.3. Frame Information Structure (FIS)
The user payload of a frame, does not include the SOF, CRC, and EOF delimiters.
1.1.1.4. Frame
A frame is an indivisible unit of information exchanged between a host and device. A frame consists of a SOF
primitive, a Frame Information Structure, a CRC calculated over the contents of the FIS, and an EOF primitive.
1.1.1.5. Framed Long COMP Pattern
The pattern utilized in the Receiver Tolerance testing outlined in section 2.16 will be constructed of the Long COMP
contained within a valid frame including CRC calculated to the COMP itself. The Long COMP is defined in SATA 2.6 -
ECN-09 which updated the Framed COMP Pattern with the redefined LBP with SATA 2.5 ECN #18.
1.1.1.6. Host
A Host or Host Bus Adapter (HBA) is a product that connects to the host system’s expansion bus to provide
connectivity for devices. Host Bus Adapters are also often referred to as controller cards or merely controllers
1.1.1.7. Lone Bit Pattern (LBP)
The Lone Bit Pattern (LBP) used for Interoperability Testing is that which is defined in SATA 2.6, which was previously
updated by SATA Revision 2.5 - ECN 018.
1.1.2. Conventions
Lowercase is used for words having the normal English meaning. Certain words and terms used in this document
have a specific meaning beyond the normal English meaning. These words and terms are defined either in clause
1.2.2.1 or in the text where they first appear.
The names of abbreviations, commands, fields, and acronyms used as signal names are in all uppercase (e.g.,
IDENTIFY DEVICE). Fields containing only one bit are usually referred to as the "name" bit instead of the "name"
field.
Names of device registers begin with a capital letter (e.g., Cylinder Low register).
1.1.2.1. Keywords
Several keywords are used to differentiate between different levels of requirements and optionality.
1.1.2.1.1. informative
A test, test area, or product type which is currently optional and should become normative at a future time.
1.1.2.1.2. mandatory
A keyword indicating items to be implemented as defined by this document.