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Devices                                                  sata(7D)



NAME
     sata - Solaris SATA framework

DESCRIPTION
     Serial ATA is an interconnect technology designed to replace
     parallel  ATA technology. It is used to connect hard drives,
     optical drives, removable magnetic media devices  and  other
     peripherals  to the host system. For complete information on
     Serial ATA technology, visit the  Serial  ATA  web  site  at
     http://www.serialata.org.


     Up to 32 SATA devices may be plugged directly to  each  SATA
     HBA  and  up  to  15 SATA devices may be plugged directly to
     each SATA port multiplier  supported  by  the  Solaris  SATA
     framework.  The  actual  number  of  pluggable devices my be
     lower, and is limited by the number of device ports  on  the
     SATA  HBA or the SATA port multiplier. The maximum data rate
     is either 1.5Gb/sec. or 3.0Gb/sec., depending on  the  capa-
     bility  of  a SATA device, port multiplier and SATA HBA con-
     troller.


     The Solaris SATA framework adheres to the  Serial  ATA  1.0a
     specification and supports SATA-2 signaling speed 3.0Gb/sec.
     SATA devices that are connected to SATA HBAs controlled by a
     SATA  framework-compliant HBA driver are treated by the sys-
     tem as SCSI devices. The Solaris SCSI disk  driver  (sd(7D))
     is  attached as a target driver for each device node created
     by the SATA framework. You can use the cfgadm(1M) utility to
     manage hot plugged and unplugged SATA devices.

FILES
     /kernel/misc/sata          32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


     /kernel/misc/amd64/sata    64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     bute:













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     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Architecture                | x86                         |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/kernel               |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     cfgadm(1M),  prtconf(1M),  cfgadm_sata(1M),   attributes(5),
     ahci(7D), marvell88sx(7D), nv_sata(7D), sd(7D), si3124(7D)


     Serial ATA 1.0a Specification  -  Serial  ATA  International
     Organization.


     Serial ATA II (Extension to Serial ATA 1.0.a.) - Serial  ATA
     International Organization.


     http://www.sun.com/

DIAGNOSTICS
     The messages described below may appear on the  system  con-
     sole  as well as being logged. All messages are presented in
     one of the following formats and are followed by  the  diag-
     nostic message:

       sata: WARNING: :




     or:

       sata: NOTICE: :




     ...where  identifies a  specific
     SATA HBA issuing a diagnostic message shown below.

     SATA port X: link lost.

         Communication (via serial link) between the HBA and  the
         device  plugged  to  the  specified SATA device port has
         been lost.





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     SATA port X: link established.

         Communication (via serial link) between the HBA and  the
         device  plugged  to  the  specified SATA device port has
         been established.


     SATA port X: device reset.

         The device plugged to the specified SATA device port has
         been  reset.  The reset may be due to a communication or
         command error, command timeout, or an  explicit  request
         from the host.


     SATA port X failed.

         The specified SATA device port failed and is in an unus-
         able  state. You can change the port state by deactivat-
         ing the port and activating it again using  cfgadm  SATA
         hardware-specific commands (see cfgadm_sata(1M)).


     SATA port X error.

         An error was detected  in  specified  SATA  device  port
         operations.


     SATA device detached at port X.

         Communication (via serial link) between the HBA and  the
         device  plugged  to  the  specified SATA device port has
         been lost and could  not  be  re-established.  The  SATA
         framework  assumes that the device is unplugged from the
         specified SATA device port.


     SATA device detected at port X.

         Communication( via serial link) between the HBA and  the
         device  plugged  to the specified empty SATA device port
         has been established. The SATA  framework  assumes  that
         the  new  device is plugged to the specified SATA device
         port.


     SATA disk device at port X.

         This message is followed by a disk description  specify-
         ing  the  disk  vendor, serial number, firmware revision
         number and the disk capabilities.



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     SATA CD/DVD (ATAPI) device at port X.

         This message is followed by a  SATA  CD/DVD  description
         specifying the DVD vendor, serial number, firmware revi-
         sion number and the DVD capabilities.


     SATA device at port X cannot be configured. Application(s)
     accessing previously attached device have to release it
     before newly inserted device can be made accessible.

         The port cannot be configured because there is  applica-
         tion using the previous attached device, so the applica-
         tion must release it, then the newly inserted device can
         be configured.


     Application(s) accessing previously attached SATA device
     have to release it before newly inserted device can be made
     accessible.

         The target node remained and it belongs to a  previously
         attached  device. This happens when the file was open or
         the node was waiting for resources at the time the asso-
         ciated  device  was  removed.  Instruct  event daemon to
         retry the cleanup later.


     sata: error recovery request for non-attached device at
     cport X.

         When error recovery is requested, the device is not  yet
         attached.


     SATA device at port X is not power-managed.

         When property pm-capable on the target device node  set-
         ting fails, the SATA device won't be power-managed.


     SATA disk device at port X does not support LBA.

         The disk device plugged into specified SATA device  port
         does not support LBA addressing and cannot be used.


     Cannot identify SATA device at port X - device is attached.

         IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE data cannot be  retrieved  suc-
         cessfully after the device is attached to the SATA port.




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     sata: :hba attached
     failed.

         The SATA HBA instance attach operation failed. This  HBA
         instance cannot be configured and is not available.


     sata: invalid ATAPI cdb length.

         The length of the command cdb is greater than  that  the
         device can support.


     sata: invalid sata_hba_tran version X for driver      name>.

         The specified SATA HBA driver and the SATA framework are
         incompatible.  The  driver  cannot  attach and SATA HBAs
         controlled by this driver (and devices plugged  to  this
         SATA HBA ports) are not available.


     sata_hba_attach: cannot create SATA attachment point for
     port X.

         The specified SATA device port cannot be  configured  in
         the  system  and a device plugged to this port could not
         be not be configured and used.


     sata_create_target_node: cannot create target node for dev-
     ice at port X.

         The device target node for the  device  plugged  to  the
         specified  SATA  device  port could not be created. As a
         result, the device cannot be configured and used.



















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