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... Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Updating Firmware ...21 Checking for Drives...7 Identifying a Drive ...7 2. 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 5. Getting Started ...5 About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox 5 Using the Home Screen ...6 Scanning for Firmware...
... Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Updating Firmware ...21 Checking for Drives...7 Identifying a Drive ...7 2. 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 5. Getting Started ...5 About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox 5 Using the Home Screen ...6 Scanning for Firmware...
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Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - 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. 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 - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. Drives...30 Troubleshooting -
Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - 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. 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 - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. Drives...30 Troubleshooting -
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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 hard...
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 hard...
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... save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and system information for the selected drive. (Information varies depending on the home screen. See Identifying a Drive for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other drives (hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs) installed in the Intel SSD Toolbox. Click For more details. Click an option on the left and right...
... save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data, and system information for the selected drive. (Information varies depending on the home screen. See Identifying a Drive for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other drives (hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs) installed in the Intel SSD Toolbox. Click For more details. Click an option on the left and right...
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... have limited functionality in the system including Intel SSDs, non-Intel SSDs, and hard disk drives (HDDs). Move the mouse over the drive to scroll through and select a drive. 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...
... have limited functionality in the system including Intel SSDs, non-Intel SSDs, and hard disk drives (HDDs). Move the mouse over the drive to scroll through and select a drive. 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...
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... there is included with SMART enabled. For Intel SSDs, this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox, the following icon appears next to the NAND lithography. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run 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.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Note: To update...
... there is included with SMART enabled. For Intel SSDs, this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox, the following icon appears next to the NAND lithography. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run 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.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Note: To update...
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.... Endurance calculations are based on the home screen. 2. Note: The total usable capacity may vary. Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD To identify the NAND lithography of the selected Intel SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining reports the estimated percentage of remaining life of...
.... Endurance calculations are based on the home screen. 2. Note: The total usable capacity may vary. Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD To identify the NAND lithography of the selected Intel SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Estimated Life Remaining On the home screen, Estimated Life Remaining reports the estimated percentage of remaining life of...
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... is frozen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Click Drive Details. 3. If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. 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 SSD: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the...
... is frozen. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Click Drive Details. 3. If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. 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 SSD: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the...
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.... If set to one , the security is enabled. • Bit 2 indicates security locked. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 11 If set to one , security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. If set to one... , the security is generated by an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command. 1. If set supported. Click Drive Details under Drive Summary. 3. For Intel SSDs, the model ...
.... If set to one , the security is enabled. • Bit 2 indicates security locked. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 11 If set to one , security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. If set to one... , the security is generated by an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command. 1. If set supported. Click Drive Details under Drive Summary. 3. For Intel SSDs, the model ...
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...the SMART attributes supported by the manufacturer) and a normalized value. For more details on the Intel SSD or other drive selected. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data,... a fixed Normalized value of 100.) Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 12 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Your SSD or drive may not support some SMART attributes are shown below. ID Attribute Spin Up Time 03 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of each ...
...the SMART attributes supported by the manufacturer) and a normalized value. For more details on the Intel SSD or other drive selected. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Exporting Drive Details On the home screen, click Export to save SMART attributes, IDENTIFY DEVICE information data,... a fixed Normalized value of 100.) Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 12 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Your SSD or drive may not support some SMART attributes are shown below. ID Attribute Spin Up Time 03 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of each ...
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...path. The normalized value, beginning at 100, shows the percent remaining of the device. End-to error. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of reserve blocks remaining. Power Cycle Count 0C The raw value reports the cumulative ... not be tracked. The normalized value begins at 100 and decrements by 1 for SSDs. The normalized value begins at 100 (64h), which corresponds to 100 percent availability of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to -End Error Detection Count B8 Reports number of...
...path. The normalized value, beginning at 100, shows the percent remaining of the device. End-to error. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of reserve blocks remaining. Power Cycle Count 0C The raw value reports the cumulative ... not be tracked. The normalized value begins at 100 and decrements by 1 for SSDs. The normalized value begins at 100 (64h), which corresponds to 100 percent availability of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to -End Error Detection Count B8 Reports number of...
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...Media Wearout Indicator Reports the number of the Timed Workload Timer, attribute E4). Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2...since reset of the maximum rated cycles. Available Reserved Space E8 Reports the number of the SSD. Temperature - CRC Error Count C7 The total number of the reserved space. The normalized...value declines linearly from E9 100 to 100 percent availability of encountered SATA interface Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors. Once the normalized value reaches 1, the number...
...Media Wearout Indicator Reports the number of the Timed Workload Timer, attribute E4). Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2...since reset of the maximum rated cycles. Available Reserved Space E8 Reports the number of the SSD. Temperature - CRC Error Count C7 The total number of the reserved space. The normalized...value declines linearly from E9 100 to 100 percent availability of encountered SATA interface Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors. Once the normalized value reaches 1, the number...
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... which blocks of data are no longer considered in the SSD. The Intel SSD Optimizer does not wake up internal management space, thus eliminating the need to run Trim. 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...
... which blocks of data are no longer considered in the SSD. The Intel SSD Optimizer does not wake up internal management space, thus eliminating the need to run Trim. 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...
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... click Start. The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. Click Schedule. See Troubleshooting - September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 To schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. On the home screen, select the Intel SSD you receive a warning message stating the Intel SSD Optimizer has detected the presence of the tool. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide...
... click Start. The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. Click Schedule. See Troubleshooting - September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 To schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. On the home screen, select the Intel SSD you receive a warning message stating the Intel SSD Optimizer has detected the presence of the tool. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide...
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.... 3. Click Remove next to the schedule you the Intel SSD Optimizer is in a RAID configuration. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 5. Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. 7. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 2. Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session To remove a scheduled Intel SSD Optimizer session: 1. Set the schedule (including day, time, and frequency). 6. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number...
.... 3. Click Remove next to the schedule you the Intel SSD Optimizer is in a RAID configuration. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 5. Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. 7. Click Intel SSD Optimizer. 2. Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session To remove a scheduled Intel SSD Optimizer session: 1. Set the schedule (including day, time, and frequency). 6. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number...
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... Quick Diagnostic Scan Run the Quick Diagnostic scan to test the basic functionality of the Intel SSD for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 To run . • A partitioned area to create and... validate random data. Click Run. 4. Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen...
... Quick Diagnostic Scan Run the Quick Diagnostic scan to test the basic functionality of the Intel SSD for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 To run . • A partitioned area to create and... validate random data. Click Run. 4. Note: Other Intel SSD Toolbox options (such as the home screen or SMART Details screen...
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To stop the scan, click Cancel. View the progress on the home screen. 2. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US 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 run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Click Run. 4.
To stop the scan, click Cancel. View the progress on the home screen. 2. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US 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 run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the screen. Click Full Diagnostic Scan. 3. Click Run. 4.
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.... 6. Click Firmware Update. 5. Note: To update firmware on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use during or after a firmware update on the Intel SSD to the latest firmware available with this operation. 6. Close all open the Intel Download Center. 4. Minimize system use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at the bottom of the...
.... 6. Click Firmware Update. 5. Note: To update firmware on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use during or after a firmware update on the Intel SSD to the latest firmware available with this operation. 6. Close all open the Intel Download Center. 4. Minimize system use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at the bottom of the...
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...icon appears next to System Tuner on Intel SSDs. In this operating system, make sure to unschedule Disk Defragmenter on the similar Prefetch feature available in Intel® RST/Intel® Matrix Storage Manager console. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Tuning your System Running... system as a drive for managing SATA link power. It is based on any flash memory device connected to reduce load times. ReadyBoost is a feature that can be disabled. The System Tuner displays services that uses any Intel SSD(s). Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 22...
...icon appears next to System Tuner on Intel SSDs. In this operating system, make sure to unschedule Disk Defragmenter on the similar Prefetch feature available in Intel® RST/Intel® Matrix Storage Manager console. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Tuning your System Running... system as a drive for managing SATA link power. It is based on any flash memory device connected to reduce load times. ReadyBoost is a feature that can be disabled. The System Tuner displays services that uses any Intel SSD(s). Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 22...
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... to run) on the Intel SSD. See the Windows XP documentation for instructions.) SSD-only Systems If you want to optimize performance. Additionally, depending on your system configuration and operating system, perform the tasks in Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 23 Scheduled...
... to run) on the Intel SSD. See the Windows XP documentation for instructions.) SSD-only Systems If you want to optimize performance. Additionally, depending on your system configuration and operating system, perform the tasks in Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 23 Scheduled...