D9030SATC SATA 6 Gb/s Compliance Test Software

The Keysight Technologies, Inc. SATA compliance test software for Infiniium oscilloscopes provides you with a fast and easy way to validate and debug your SATA 1.5-Gb/s (Gen1), 3.0 Gb/s (Gen2) and 6.0 Gb/s (Gen3) silicon, host bus adapters, port multipliers, high-density disk drives, solid-state disk drives and optical disk drives. The software provides automated compliance test support for the i (internal), m (eSATA) and u (mSATA, SATA USM, SATA microSSD and M.2 form factor) interface points and displays the results in a flexible report format. In addition to the measurement data, the report provides a margin analysis that shows how closely your device passed or failed each test. To make measurements with the SATA compliance test software, you will also need a test fixture for signal access to make measurements. Wilder Technologies’ SATA Gen3 test fixtures are recommended for compliance testing. The product information is available at https://www.wilder[1]tech.com/en/products/sata. The Luxshare-ICT test fixtures are also recommended for all host and device compliance testing. You can find more information on the required test fixtures at http://en.luxshare[1]ict.com/product/index.html.

Features

The SATA software offers several features to simplify the validation of SATA designs:

• Supports Gen1, Gen2 and Gen3 SATA, eSATA, mSATA, SATA USM, SATA MicroSSD and M.2 Form Factor PHY, TSG and OOB Compliance Test

• Setup and measurement wizard with guided connection

• Support for BIST-T, A, S (transmit only) and BIST-L (far-end retimed loopback) test modes

• Intelligent test selection and margin analysis specific to interface selection

• Spread-spectrum clock modulation depth and frequency accuracy measurements

• Complete SATA-IO logo validation tests for PHY general, transmit signal and OOB requirements per Unified Test Document 1.5

• Automated out-of-band (OOB) burst and gap margin analysis and tests for detect/reject on COMRESET, COMINIT and COMWAKE bursts that are in/out of specified ranges

The SATA 6 Gb/s compliance software performs a wide range of tests required to meet the physical layer transmitter test requirements of the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.3 specification. The Serial ATA Revision 3.3, or SATA 6Gb/s, specification requires that an oscilloscope with a minimum bandwidth of 12 GHz be used for validating the 6 Gb/s physical layer transmitter. The Keysight Technologies, Inc. Infiniium Series oscilloscopes, combined with the SATA software, provides the necessary bandwidth and analysis capability for validating SATA 6 Gb/s transmitters, as well as control of the 81134A pattern generator or N4903B J-BERT with Option 002 or M8020A J-BERT for performing automated out-of-band (OOB) signal parametric and timing tests. The 81134A pattern generator or M8020A J-BERT can be configured and used for SATA 6 Gb/s testing as well. The SATA-IO sponsors an official certified logo program, which requires that SATA products be tested at official interoperability workshops or at a certified independent test lab, in order for that product to be included on the SATA-IO integrators’ list and to use its certified logo. Keysight’s SATA physical layer test solutions, which provide complete coverage for PHY, TSG and OOB test categories, are used for gold suite testing at SATA-IO interoperability workshops as well as in several independent SATA test labs.

Saves You Time

The SATA software saves you time by setting the stage for automatic execution of SATA electrical tests. Part of the difficulty of performing electrical tests for SATA is connecting the oscilloscope to the target device, configuring the scope’s measurement system for compliance testing, issuing the proper commands to perform the tests and then analyzing the measured results by comparing them to limits published in the specification. The SATA electrical test software does much of this work for you. In addition, if you discover a problem with your device, debug tools in the scope are available to aid in root[1]cause analysis. The SATA electrical test software offers the required tests to verify compliance with the physical layer requirements tables, Serial ATA Revision 3.3 specification. The software automatically configures the oscilloscope for each test and provides an informative results report that includes margin analysis relative to the specified conformance limits. See Table 2 for a complete list of the measurements made by the SATA electrical test software.

Comprehensive Tests

The SATA software extends the ease-of-use advantages of Keysight’s Infiniium Series oscilloscopes to testing SATA designs. The Keysight automated test engine walks you quickly through the steps required to select and perform required tests for the interface you have selected (Gen3i Host, for example). You can select a category of tests or specify individual tests. The user interface is oriented to minimize unnecessary reconnections, which saves time and minimizes potential for measurement error. You can save tests and configurations as project files and recall them later for additional testing and review of previous test results. Straightforward menus let you perform tests with a minimum of mouse clicks.

Configurability and Guided Connection

The SATA software provides flexibility in your test setup. The SATA test software provides you with user defined controls for critical test parameters, such as test pattern source selection and number of unit intervals (UI) desired for the test group. After configuring the tests according to your needs, the test software guides you to make connection changes with diagrams. This includes the oscilloscope channels used for the test and the routing of any necessary SMA cabling, power dividers, DC blocking capacitors and test fixtures needed to perform the tests.

Comprehensive Result Analysis

In addition to providing, you with measurement results, the SATA software provides a report format that shows you not only where your product passes or fails, but also reports how close you are to the limits specified for a test parameter. You can specify the level at which warnings are issued to alert you to the electrical tests where your product is operating close to the official test limit defined by the specification or your own requirements for a given test parameter. The SATA compliance and validation software generates thorough HTML reports that clearly identify passing and failing conformance tests in a summary table along with relevant screen images and interim data values for complex measurements. The HTML report provides you with a complete report of your testing summary, references to the specification and requirements tables where each measurement is defined for traceability to the official test requirements for your SATA interface.