UNH-IOL-NVMe-PCIe-Interoperability-v19.0-2023.01.04.pdf

NVMe over PCIe Transport Specification 1.0

Technical Document

2012 May 7 (Version 0.1) Initial Release

David Woolf:

2012 November 5 (Version 0.3)

2013 April 30 (Version 0.4)

David Woolf: Preparation for plugfest, reorganization of interop tests to be more OS focused.

2013 May 21 (Version 1.0)

David Woolf: Clarification of test steps refined during May 2013 NVMe Plugfest.

2013 September 10 (Version 1.1)

David Woolf: Changes to test 1.3 to allow for use of stressing data patterns and varying transfer sizes. Addition

of tests 1.4, 1.5, 1.6.

2013 December 16 (Version 1.1 DRAFT)

David Woolf: Modified Appendix A

2013 December 23 (Version 1.1 DRAFT)

David Woolf: Corrected link to vdbench parameter file in Appedix A. Modified the command to start vdbench to

include the ‘-vr’ modifier to cause all writes to be validated immediately.

2014 March 11 (Version 1.1)

David Woolf: Corrected link to vdbench parameter file in Appedix A to account for corner case discovered

during February 2014 NVMe Plugfest.

2014 July 10 (Version 1.1)

David Woolf: Added test 1.7

2014 July 14 (Version 1.1b)

David Woolf: Added Appendix D. Added note to all tests to refer to Appendix D if using a non-CEM form

factor. Renamed document t o version 1.1b, to match latest NVMe specification and the IL policy to be used for the

next plugfest.

2014 August 21 (Version 1.1b)

David Woolf: Edited Appendix A, and test 1.2 and 1.3 to clarify that an NVMe device should be unformatted

when performing Test 1.3.

2014 August 25 (Version 1.1b)

David Woolf: Further clarifications to test 1.3 and 1.4 to clarify that an NVMe device should be unformatted

when performing these tests.

David Woolf: Clarifications to test 1.6 (hotplug) procedure and observable results.

David Woolf: Clarifications to Appendix A and B on preparing drives for testing.

2014 December 9 (Version 1.1b)

David Woolf: Corrected URL for vdbench parameter file downloads

2015 April 7 (Version 1.2)

David Woolf: Added additional adapter types to Appendix D.

2015 September 28 (Version 1.2)

David Woolf: Clarified procedure in tests 1.6.

2015 November 5 (Version 1.2.1)

David Woolf: Test 1.5 now mandatory for hosts. References in Introduction and References sections now refer

to NVMe 1.2 specification. Clarified step 6 in test procedure for test 1.3, to show that any partition information on

the drive should survive the host restart.

2015 November 19 (Version 1.2.1)

Jeff Hensel: Updates to procedure for Test 1.5 reflect booting from an NVMe device using UEFI in a more

2016 January 19 (Version 1.2.1)

David Woolf: Updates to accommodate dual port testing in tests 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 1.7.

2016 March 1 (Version 1.2.1)