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Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Order Number: 325912-001US September 2011
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Order Number: 325912-001US September 2011
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... defects or errors known as the property of others. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide ii September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL PRODUCTS. Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to them. UNLESS OTHERWISE...
... defects or errors known as the property of others. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide ii September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL PRODUCTS. Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to them. UNLESS OTHERWISE...
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... Update ...21 7. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Contents 1. Running Diagnostic Scans 19 Quick Diagnostic Scan ...19 Full Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Tuning your Intel SSD 16 About the Intel® SSD Optimizer 16 Intel® SSD Optimizer Requirements 16 Manually Running the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Scheduling the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session 18...
... Update ...21 7. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Contents 1. Running Diagnostic Scans 19 Quick Diagnostic Scan ...19 Full Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Tuning your Intel SSD 16 About the Intel® SSD Optimizer 16 Intel® SSD Optimizer Requirements 16 Manually Running the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Scheduling the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session 18...
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Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 8. Performing a Secure Erase 27 About Secure Erase...27 Secure Erase Requirements ...27 Deleting a Partition ...27 Running Secure Erase ...28 Creating a Partition ...29 9. Drives...30 Troubleshooting - Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting...30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. Obtaining More Information 32 Related Publications ...32 Reference Documents ...32 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iv September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 8. Performing a Secure Erase 27 About Secure Erase...27 Secure Erase Requirements ...27 Deleting a Partition ...27 Running Secure Erase ...28 Creating a Partition ...29 9. Drives...30 Troubleshooting - Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting...30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. Obtaining More Information 32 Related Publications ...32 Reference Documents ...32 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iv September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
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... for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and endurance • View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, controller name and driver version • Update the firmware on an Intel SSD • Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User...
... for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and endurance • View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, controller name and driver version • Update the firmware on an Intel SSD • Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User...
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... 2. Click on the drive you want to manage. If updates or other drives (hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs) installed in the Intel SSD Toolbox. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Using the Home Screen The Intel SSD Toolbox home screen shows all information displayed in your system. 1. Note: If a drive contains a partition or is installed as...
... 2. Click on the drive you want to manage. If updates or other drives (hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs) installed in the Intel SSD Toolbox. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Using the Home Screen The Intel SSD Toolbox home screen shows all information displayed in your system. 1. Note: If a drive contains a partition or is installed as...
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... drive in the system including Intel SSDs, non-Intel SSDs, and hard disk drives (HDDs). Intel SSD Toolbox identifies this type of the capacity is installed as a cache using Intel® RST, the drive appears as a RAID volume member (a specific drive in Intel SSD Toolbox. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Scanning for Drives Upon startup, Intel SSD Toolbox scans for more information. Move...
... drive in the system including Intel SSDs, non-Intel SSDs, and hard disk drives (HDDs). Intel SSD Toolbox identifies this type of the capacity is installed as a cache using Intel® RST, the drive appears as a RAID volume member (a specific drive in Intel SSD Toolbox. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Scanning for Drives Upon startup, Intel SSD Toolbox scans for more information. Move...
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... the SSD. Note: To update firmware on the selected Intel SSD. This information can be useful when contacting technical support. If the selected Intel SSD contains an older version of the Intel SSD Toolbox, the following icon appears next to the NAND lithography. The Intel SSD Toolbox Firmware ...Update option does not update firmware on these SSDs. Drive Health On the home screen,...
... the SSD. Note: To update firmware on the selected Intel SSD. This information can be useful when contacting technical support. If the selected Intel SSD contains an older version of the Intel SSD Toolbox, the following icon appears next to the NAND lithography. The Intel SSD Toolbox Firmware ...Update option does not update firmware on these SSDs. Drive Health On the home screen,...
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... (Word 27-46): • If the number contains G1, the Intel SSD is based on the home screen to date and will not extend or reduce the SSD warranty period. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining... as a cache. Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD To identify the NAND lithography of the selected Intel SSD. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run on the home screen. 2. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 This estimate is based on your...
... (Word 27-46): • If the number contains G1, the Intel SSD is based on the home screen to date and will not extend or reduce the SSD warranty period. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining... as a cache. Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD To identify the NAND lithography of the selected Intel SSD. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run on the home screen. 2. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 This estimate is based on your...
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... , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. Click Drive Details. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD To identify the security state of an Intel SSD: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2.
... , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. Click Drive Details. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD To identify the security state of an Intel SSD: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2.
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...(if needed) for each value • Hex value Reports the hexadecimal value for the selected drive, return to the home screen and click Refresh. For Intel SSDs, the model number contains reference to one , the security is locked. • Bit 3 indicates security frozen. If set to the NAND lithography. ...home screen. 2. Scroll down to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 11 If set to one , the security is generated by an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command...
...(if needed) for each value • Hex value Reports the hexadecimal value for the selected drive, return to the home screen and click Refresh. For Intel SSDs, the model number contains reference to one , the security is locked. • Bit 3 indicates security frozen. If set to the NAND lithography. ...home screen. 2. Scroll down to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 11 If set to one , the security is generated by an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command...
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...; Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and system information for each attribute, see the ATA specifications. Select the drive on the Intel SSD or other drive selected. Scroll down to ... drive may not support some SMART attributes are shown below. ID Attribute Spin Up Time 03 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of 100.) Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 12 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US For more details on the selected drive. The .csv ...
...; Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and system information for each attribute, see the ATA specifications. Select the drive on the Intel SSD or other drive selected. Scroll down to ... drive may not support some SMART attributes are shown below. ID Attribute Spin Up Time 03 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of 100.) Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 12 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US For more details on the selected drive. The .csv ...
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...minimum case temperature (°C) Byte 3 = Recent maximum case temperature (°C) The normalized value is not an issue for SSDs. The raw value is as all three device states are counted: active, idle, and slumber. Power Cycle Count 0C ... time that could not be tracked. Case temperature is 10 percent availability. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of erase fail. The normalized value begins at...the device. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13
...minimum case temperature (°C) Byte 3 = Recent maximum case temperature (°C) The normalized value is not an issue for SSDs. The raw value is as all three device states are counted: active, idle, and slumber. Power Cycle Count 0C ... time that could not be tracked. Case temperature is 10 percent availability. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of erase fail. The normalized value begins at...the device. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13
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... Refresh on the device. The normalized value begins at 100 (64h), which corresponds to 100 percent availability of the SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Temperature reading is the results equation min(150-current temp, 100... the host system. Total LBAs Read F2 Counts sectors read operations (since starting this attribute is the current temperature. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Unsafe Shutdown Count (Power-off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command. Timed Workload, Host Read/Write...
... Refresh on the device. The normalized value begins at 100 (64h), which corresponds to 100 percent availability of the SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Temperature reading is the results equation min(150-current temp, 100... the host system. Total LBAs Read F2 Counts sectors read operations (since starting this attribute is the current temperature. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Unsafe Shutdown Count (Power-off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command. Timed Workload, Host Read/Write...
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... can be useful for the selected drive to a .csv (comma-separated values) file. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 15 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting SMART Attributes On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and...
... can be useful for the selected drive to a .csv (comma-separated values) file. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 15 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting SMART Attributes On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and...
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... files are no longer considered in place of the Microsoft AHCI driver), Trim functionality is on. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Optimizing your Intel SSD About the Intel® SSD Optimizer The Intel SSD Optimizer helps an Intel SSD retain its out-of-box performance by removing deleted data files from NAND flash management blocks on the...
... files are no longer considered in place of the Microsoft AHCI driver), Trim functionality is on. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Optimizing your Intel SSD About the Intel® SSD Optimizer The Intel SSD Optimizer helps an Intel SSD retain its out-of-box performance by removing deleted data files from NAND flash management blocks on the...
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... schedule with the Intel SSD Optimizer. 3. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 4. Click Schedule. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 To run on the home screen. 2. Select the Intel SSD on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration but is successful, you want to continue running the Intel SSD Optimizer. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 3. Scheduling the Intel® SSD Optimizer Note...
... schedule with the Intel SSD Optimizer. 3. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 4. Click Schedule. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 To run on the home screen. 2. Select the Intel SSD on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration but is successful, you want to continue running the Intel SSD Optimizer. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 3. Scheduling the Intel® SSD Optimizer Note...
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... at the scheduled time. If you want to the home screen. Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session To remove a scheduled Intel SSD Optimizer session: 1. The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration but is not in a RAID configuration. Click Schedule. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
... at the scheduled time. If you want to the home screen. Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session To remove a scheduled Intel SSD Optimizer session: 1. The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration but is not in a RAID configuration. Click Schedule. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
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... 5 GB of free space to perform an overall health evaluation on the home screen. 2. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen) may be accessed while the scan is running, but no other...
... 5 GB of free space to perform an overall health evaluation on the home screen. 2. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen) may be accessed while the scan is running, but no other...
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Click Run. 4. To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. View the progress on the home screen. 2. To stop the scan, click Cancel. Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen) may be accessed while the scan is running, but no other tests (such as Intel SSD Optimizer or Quick Diagnostic Scan) may be started. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
Click Run. 4. To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. View the progress on the home screen. 2. To stop the scan, click Cancel. Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen) may be accessed while the scan is running, but no other tests (such as Intel SSD Optimizer or Quick Diagnostic Scan) may be started. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US