Accredited Standards Committee*
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
1. Opening Remarks
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Attendance and Membership
4. Old Business
4.1 SAT-3 SPC-4: ATA NV Cache SAT Translation (08-018r3) [Overby]
4.2 SAT-3: Work Items and Open Issues List (08-229r0) [Overby]
4.3 SAT-2: Letter ballot comment resolution document (08-371r2) [Overby]
5. New Business
5.1 SAT2 correction to Additional Task Management Translations 08-374r1 (08-447r0) [Martin]
6. Review of Recommendations
7. Meeting Schedule
8. Adjournment
John Lohmeyer called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday November 4, 2008. He thanked Curtis Stevens of Western Digital for hosting the meeting. As usual, the people present introduced themselves.
The draft agenda was approved without changes.
Attendance at working group meetings does not count toward minimum attendance requirements for T10 membership. Working group meetings are open to any person or organization directly and materially affected by T10's scope of work. The following people attended the meeting:
Name S Organization
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Mr. Kevin Marks P Dell, Inc.
Mr. William Martin P Emulex
Mr. Ralph O. Weber P ENDL Texas
Mr. Rob Elliott P Hewlett Packard Co.
Mr. Jeff Wolford A Hewlett Packard Co.
Mr. Dan Colegrove P Hitachi Global Storage Tech.
Mr. John Geldman P Lexar Media, Inc.
Mr. Brad Besmer A LSI Corp.
Mr. John Lohmeyer P LSI Corp.
Mr. George Penokie A LSI Corp.
Mr. Robert Griswold P Microsoft Corp.
Mr. Frederick Knight P NetApp
Mr. Mark Overby P Nvidia Corp.
Mr. Gerald Houlder P Seagate Technology
Mr. Mark Evans P Western Digital
Mr. Michael Rogers A Western Digital
Mr. Curtis Stevens A Western Digital
17 People Present
Status Key: P - Principal
A - Alternate
AV - Advisory Member
E - Emeritus
L - Liaison
V - Visitor
4.1 SAT-3 SPC-4: ATA NV Cache SAT Translation (08-018r3) [Overby]
Mark Overby asked that 08-018r3, SAT-3 SPC-4: ATA NV Cache SAT Translation be deferred until the next meeting.
4.2 SAT-3: Work Items and Open Issues List (08-229r0) [Overby]
Mark Overby asked that the latest SAT-3 work items and open issues list (08-229r0) be deferred until the next meeting.
4.3 SAT-2: Letter ballot comment resolution document (08-371r2) [Overby]
Mark Overby reviewed SAT-2: Letter ballot comment resolution document, 08-371r2. The bulk of the meeting was spent reviewing the letter ballot comments. Mark will incorporate the agreed-upon changes in 08-371r3.
5.1 SAT2 correction to Additional Task Management Translations 08-374r1 (08-447r0) [Martin]
Bill Martin presented SAT2 correction to Additional Task Management Translations 08-374r1, 08-447r0. This proposal would change the previously-accepted wording in 08-374r1 about aborting ATA commands. Brad Besmer suggested an alternative change. There was extensive discussion and eventually the group tentatively agreed on new wording describing ATA collateral abort. Bill agreed to revise 08-447r0 and to prepare a new proposal with the agreed-upon ATA collateral abort wording. Both proposals will be considered at the SAT-2 teleconference on November 14.
The following recommendations were made to the T10 plenary for inclusion into SAT-2:
08-374r1 SAT-2 Additional Task Management Translations [Besmer] unanimous {October}
08-344r2 SAT-2 ATA PASS-THROUGH sense data format [Elliott] 5:1:3 {October}
A face-to-face SAT-2 working group meeting is scheduled for:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. during T10 week.
Teleconference calls were scheduled for:
Friday, November 14, 2008 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. PST on SAT-2 Collateral Abort
Friday, November 21, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until noon PST on SAT-2 ATA Security Protocol
Friday, December 5, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until noon PST on SAT-2 Letter Ballot Comments
Additional teleconference calls may be announced on the T10 reflector as needed.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m. on Tuesday November 4, 2008.