IW #10 & Plugfest #15

Event Overview
&
Whats New With The UTD 1.4.2?
May 16, 2011

Tim Mostad
Logo Workgroup Technical Program Manager

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Welcome
10th Interoperability Workshop &15th Plugfest
put on by SATA-IO
110 attendees
30 companies (22 total PF test teams, 12 IW products)
11 roaming test teams
12 stationary test suites

Our sponsors:

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Agenda
Event Timeline
Logo Definitions
Overviews of the IW and Plugfest
Whats New With UTD 1.4.2?
IW Product Handling Rules
General Reminders
After the IW

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Event Timeline
Monday, May 16, 2011
8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Name badges and schedules
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Technical training
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Hosted Lunch
1:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Technical training continued
4:30 p.m. SATA-IO hosted reception
(free drinks and appetizers!)

Plugfest
Testing Tue-Wed
60-min timeslots

Tuesday, November 16
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Test Sessions (IW only)
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Plugfest Test Sessions
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Hosted Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Test Sessions
Wednesday, November 17
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Test Sessions (IW only)
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Plugfest Sessions
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (not hosted)
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Test Sessions
5:00 p.m. Pack-up & shipping (Plugfest only)
Thursday, November 18
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Test Sessions (IW only)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (not hosted)
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Test Sessions (IW only)
5:00 p.m. Pack-up & shipping (IW only)

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Interop Workshop
Testing M-Th
2 hr timeslots

IW / Logo Definitions
Interop - Interoperability Program
Logo Workgroup (WG)
SATA-IO group that develops the Interoperability
Program and Tests
Organizes / staffs the IW test suites

IW Interoperability Workshop
IL Integrators List
A list of end products that have passed testing at
either a IW or Certified Test Lab
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IW / Logo Definitions Continued

UTD Unified Test Description

Describes all the tests executed as part of the Interoperability Program,

including references to SATA specification requirements as appropriate

MOI Method of Implementation

Vendor unique (by tool model(s) or tool revision) test procedures for each
test

Test Types
Normative Tests which are required for IL listing
Informative Tests that are in development

Pass is NOT required to be placed on the IL

Optional Not present on all products (Pwr Mgmt, NCQ, etc)

If implemented on a product then a PASS is required for IL listing

VTM Management company contracted by SATA-IO

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IW Overview
What is an Interoperability Workshop
(IW)?

A structured testing event where all testing conforms to

approved or proposed test requirements in the UTD and by
MOI procedures

Results are collected and analyzed to verify results

consistency
Test suite staff & schedule are driven by SATA-IO
All testing is done by Test ID (TID)

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Plugfest Overview
What is a Plugfest?
Participant defined testing
SATA-IO collects no results
Test suites staffed by individual manufacturers,
Testing as 1-on-1 vendor interactions under NDA

How / Why are they different?

Early product tested at Plugfest
Final product tested at IW or Test Lab

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Overview of Plugfest Testing

Your company signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement

You may be exposed to pre-release product information of Participants.

You agree to treat the test activities, the test results, and the pre-release
product information as confidential information (Confidential Information)
and to refrain from disseminating or disclosing the same to others, except
to your employees having a need to know

Stationary vs Roaming

Roaming teams : devices, cables, add-in hosts

Stationary teams: host controllers/motherboards, systems, test tools

Stationary schedules posted on windows

Be courteous cancel if not interested

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Make contact with the company

55 min test slots - Stop testing at 5 minutes of the hour

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Whats New with UTD Rev. 1.4.2?

TSG-15 : Gen3 (6Gb/s) TX Minimum Differential
Voltage Amplitude (Changed due to ECN 51)
In Device/Host Expected Behavior section:
OLD: For this test the amplitude distribution will be either measured or projected to
a 1E-12 BER contour at the 50% location of the bit interval. The amplitude
difference at 1E -12 BER will be evaluated and compared to the Pass/Fail Criteria.
NEW: For this test the amplitude distribution will be measured to include a
minimum of 5E6 Unit Intervals of data The eye height at the 50% (+/-5%) location
of the centered bit interval will be evaluated and compared to the Pass/Fail Criteria.

In Pass/Fail Criteria section:

The differential voltage [(TX+) (TX-)] measured at the Transmitter shall comply
with the respective electrical specifications of section 7.2.1
Min 240 mVppd for a device, and 200mVppd for a host.

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Whats New with UTD Rev. 1.4.2?

ECN050 (cont)
Since eye measurement is affected it is effectively also
incorporated into the RSG01-RSG05 tests via the MOIs
The corresponding difference of 200mV (was 240mV)
device amplitude calibration and 240mV host amplitude
calibration means if a device was right on the hair of
compliance at 240mV it may have problems at 200mV

ECN051
Formally incorporates FCOMP (formerly known as the
Long Framed Composite Pattern) into the base spec

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Whats New with UTD Rev. 1.4.2? (cont)

OOB-06 : COMWAKE Gap Detection Windows
In Measurement Requirements section:
Suggested test methodology requires sending the following test
sequence continuously from a suitable generator:
For Devices:
6 x (COMINIT/COMRESET burst + 480UIOOB gap) +
1 x (45,000UIOOB gap) +
6 x (COMWAKE burst + 160UIOOB gap) +
1 x (130,000UIOOB gap)
For Hosts:
6 x (COMINIT burst + 480UIOOB gap) +
1 x (300,000UIOOB gap) +
6 x (COMWAKE burst + 160UIOOB gap) +
1 x (130,000UIOOB gap)
Further down in the same section:

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A minimum of 5 COMINIT/RESET and 5 COMWAKE bursts shall be captured

and the mean of all captured values shall be reported.
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IW Product handling rules

2 product samples + 1 backup Identical except s/n
Exact same hardware
Exact same firmware and features
Exact same capacity
Marked with TID labels DO NOT REMOVE
Allows parallel test execution during the IW

Once testing starts:

NO hardware updates allowed
NO firmware updates allowed
NO configuration changes allowed (via software, f/w or
jumpers)
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General Reminders
Registration information

Badges / Schedules
Feedback forms
IW : Product Info Sheets

Morning & afternoon snacks near Sponsor Suite

Room 503

Hospitality suite for questions/issues

Room 502

Plugfest on 5th floor, testing completed COB Wednesday

IW on 4th floor, testing completed Thursday
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Before you leave the event

Drop off necessary items to Hospitality Suite
Return monitors or borrowed equipment
Please turn in your feedback forms for the event
(Interop only) IMPORTANT: Drop off a single
sample of your product

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