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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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... a design with this document may contain design defects or errors known as the property of others. Copyright © 2011 Intel Corporation. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide ii September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel may be claimed as errata which may cause the product to deviate from future changes to obtain the latest...
... a design with this document may contain design defects or errors known as the property of others. Copyright © 2011 Intel Corporation. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide ii September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel may be claimed as errata which may cause the product to deviate from future changes to obtain the latest...
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... Systems with Shock Sensor 24 Intel SSDs in RAID Configurations Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver 24 Mobile Systems without Intel® Rapid Storage Technology or Intel® Matrix Storage Manager ..... 24 Changing System Tuner Settings 25 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iii Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Contents 1.
... Systems with Shock Sensor 24 Intel SSDs in RAID Configurations Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver 24 Mobile Systems without Intel® Rapid Storage Technology or Intel® Matrix Storage Manager ..... 24 Changing System Tuner Settings 25 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iii Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Contents 1.
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Troubleshooting...30 Troubleshooting - Drives...30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. 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. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 8. Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - Obtaining More Information 32 Related Publications ...32 Reference Documents ...32 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iv September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US
Troubleshooting...30 Troubleshooting - Drives...30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. 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. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 8. Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - 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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Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Getting Started About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox is drive management software that allows you to: • View current drive information for Intel® Solid-State Drives, including: • Drive Health • Estimated Life Remaining • SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel® SSDs) • IDENTIFY DEVICE Information data (also available for...
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Getting Started About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox is drive management software that allows you to: • View current drive information for Intel® Solid-State Drives, including: • Drive Health • Estimated Life Remaining • SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel® SSDs) • IDENTIFY DEVICE Information data (also available for...
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... system. Click For more details. Note: If a drive contains a partition or is installed as a cache, it appears as a separate drive on the drive you select.) Model Firmware Version Serial Number Drive Details Drive Capacity Drive Health Estimated Life Remaining SMART Details 2. Drive Summary information appears for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other actions are recommended...
... system. Click For more details. Note: If a drive contains a partition or is installed as a cache, it appears as a separate drive on the drive you select.) Model Firmware Version Serial Number Drive Details Drive Capacity Drive Health Estimated Life Remaining SMART Details 2. Drive Summary information appears for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other actions are recommended...
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... the left and right of a RAID array using Intel® RST, the drive appears as a RAID volume member (a specific drive in Intel SSD Toolbox. Drives. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Scanning for Drives Upon startup, Intel SSD Toolbox scans for all drives in the RAID array) or a RAID volume member (a specific drive in a RAID volume). If your system documentation for...
... the left and right of a RAID array using Intel® RST, the drive appears as a RAID volume member (a specific drive in Intel SSD Toolbox. Drives. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Scanning for Drives Upon startup, Intel SSD Toolbox scans for all drives in the RAID array) or a RAID volume member (a specific drive in a RAID volume). If your system documentation for...
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... type, bus architecture, form factor, and capacity of firmware than what is included with SMART enabled. It is recommended to show detailed model information. For Intel SSDs, this version of firmware installed on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at http://www...
... type, bus architecture, form factor, and capacity of firmware than what is included with SMART enabled. It is recommended to show detailed model information. For Intel SSDs, this version of firmware installed on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at http://www...
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...be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion of the selected Intel SSD. Note: The total usable capacity may vary. Click Drive Details. 3. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 Scroll down and view Model Number (Word 27-46):... • If the number contains G1, the Intel SSD is 50nm. Note: Estimated Life Remaining is reported for Intel SSDs with SMART enabled. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining reports ...
...be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion of the selected Intel SSD. Note: The total usable capacity may vary. Click Drive Details. 3. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 Scroll down and view Model Number (Word 27-46):... • If the number contains G1, the Intel SSD is 50nm. Note: Estimated Life Remaining is reported for Intel SSDs with SMART enabled. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining reports ...
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...indicates security frozen. Click Drive Details. 3. If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. See the ATA-7 Specification for more information. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 ...September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US If set to one , the security is frozen. Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2. If set supported. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD To identify the security state of an Intel...
...indicates security frozen. Click Drive Details. 3. If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. See the ATA-7 Specification for more information. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 ...September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US If set to one , the security is frozen. Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2. If set supported. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD To identify the security state of an Intel...
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... supported. The information displayed is locked. • Bit 3 indicates security frozen. Click Drive Details under Drive Summary. 3. See the ATA-7 Specification for the selected drive. Select the drive on the screen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Obtaining Drive, SMART, and System Information Viewing Drive Details The Drive Details screen displays standard IDENTIFY DEVICE information data for more information.
... supported. The information displayed is locked. • Bit 3 indicates security frozen. Click Drive Details under Drive Summary. 3. See the ATA-7 Specification for the selected drive. Select the drive on the screen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Obtaining Drive, SMART, and System Information Viewing Drive Details The Drive Details screen displays standard IDENTIFY DEVICE information data for more information.
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...attribute. • Description The name of the SMART attribute. • Raw The raw value assigned to the SMART attribute by the drive manufacturer. • Normalized The value of an attribute adjusted to a scale spanning typical increments of 100 to 1, or 200 to 1....value of zero (0). 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 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART ...
...attribute. • Description The name of the SMART attribute. • Raw The raw value assigned to the SMART attribute by the drive manufacturer. • Normalized The value of an attribute adjusted to a scale spanning typical increments of 100 to 1, or 200 to 1....value of zero (0). 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 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART ...
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...the life of errors encountered during Logical Block Address (LBA) tag checks within the SSD data path. SATA Downshift Count B7 The count of the number of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to -End Error Detection Count B8 Reports number of the device. ...The raw value shows the count of allowable erase fails. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of program fails. This type of the reserved space. The ...
...the life of errors encountered during Logical Block Address (LBA) tag checks within the SSD data path. SATA Downshift Count B7 The count of the number of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to -End Error Detection Count B8 Reports number of the device. ...The raw value shows the count of allowable erase fails. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of program fails. This type of the reserved space. The ...
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... SSD. The threshold value for this workload timer. Total LBAs Written F1 Counts sectors written by the host. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2 Reports internal temperature of the reserved ...space. The normalized value is powered off Retract Count) C0 The raw value reports the cumulative number of unsafe (unclean) shutdown events over the life of encountered SATA...
... SSD. The threshold value for this workload timer. Total LBAs Written F1 Counts sectors written by the host. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2 Reports internal temperature of the reserved ...space. The normalized value is powered off Retract Count) C0 The raw value reports the cumulative number of unsafe (unclean) shutdown events over the life of encountered SATA...
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... opened in a program such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, and controller name and driver version. 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 system...
... opened in a program such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, and controller name and driver version. 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 system...
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...) driver version 9.5 or earlier If your system, the operating system marks the file for deletion but for non-RAID configurations only. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 16 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US By running the Intel SSD Optimizer, the tool identifies which can be used in a RAID configuration. • Make sure...
...) driver version 9.5 or earlier If your system, the operating system marks the file for deletion but for non-RAID configurations only. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 16 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US By running the Intel SSD Optimizer, the tool identifies which can be used in a RAID configuration. • Make sure...
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... but is in a RAID configuration. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 4. The Intel SSD Optimizer does not wake up or turn on the computer to run a scheduled session. • Do not schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer to run when a backup is in session. •...
... but is in a RAID configuration. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 4. The Intel SSD Optimizer does not wake up or turn on the computer to run a scheduled session. • Do not schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer to run when a backup is in session. •...
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... in a RAID configuration but is encrypted, click Accept to the schedule you receive a warning message stating the Intel SSD Optimizer has detected the presence of either RAID or encryption on the selected SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Set the schedule (including day, time, and frequency...
... in a RAID configuration but is encrypted, click Accept to the schedule you receive a warning message stating the Intel SSD Optimizer has detected the presence of either RAID or encryption on the selected SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Set the schedule (including day, time, and frequency...
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... to run . • A partitioned area to create and validate random data. 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,... (depending on the amount of the Intel SSD for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Running Diagnostic Scans Quick Diagnostic Scan Run the Quick Diagnostic scan to test the basic functionality of the Intel SSD, and then compares it back ...
... to run . • A partitioned area to create and validate random data. 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,... (depending on the amount of the Intel SSD for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Running Diagnostic Scans Quick Diagnostic Scan Run the Quick Diagnostic scan to test the basic functionality of the Intel SSD, and then compares it back ...
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Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Click Run. 4. 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. To stop the scan, click Cancel. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. View the progress on the home screen. 2. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1.
Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Click Run. 4. 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. To stop the scan, click Cancel. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. View the progress on the home screen. 2. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1.