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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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... 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. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. Designers must not rely on ...
... 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. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. Designers must not rely on ...
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... 4. Optimizing your System ...22 Running System Tuner ...22 Additional Tips for Drives...7 Identifying a Drive ...7 2. Running Diagnostic Scans 19 Quick Diagnostic Scan ...19 Full Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Getting Started ...5 About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox 5 Using the Home Screen ...6 Scanning for Optimizing Performance 23 Dual-Drive Systems ...23 SSD-only Systems ...23 Mobile Systems with Shock Sensor...
... 4. Optimizing your System ...22 Running System Tuner ...22 Additional Tips for Drives...7 Identifying a Drive ...7 2. Running Diagnostic Scans 19 Quick Diagnostic Scan ...19 Full Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Getting Started ...5 About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox 5 Using the Home Screen ...6 Scanning for Optimizing Performance 23 Dual-Drive Systems ...23 SSD-only Systems ...23 Mobile Systems with Shock Sensor...
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Drives...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 Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. 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. Troubleshooting...30 Troubleshooting -
Drives...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 Firmware Update 30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer 31 10. 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. Troubleshooting...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...
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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... or is installed as a cache, it appears as a separate drive on the drive you want to scroll through and select a drive. Click on the home screen: Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 6 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Drive Summary information appears for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other actions are recommended on the...
... or is installed as a cache, it appears as a separate drive on the drive you want to scroll through and select a drive. Click on the home screen: Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 6 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Drive Summary information appears for drives and refresh all Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) and other actions are recommended on the...
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... or may be assigned a drive letter. All located drives appear on the home screen. Drives. Drives containing partitions If a drive contains a partition, the partition appears as a separate drive on the home screen. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 7 Identifying a Drive Information displayed for a drive may include: • Assigned drive letter (drive partitions and drives installed as a cache...
... or may be assigned a drive letter. All located drives appear on the home screen. Drives. Drives containing partitions If a drive contains a partition, the partition appears as a separate drive on the home screen. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 7 Identifying a Drive Information displayed for a drive may include: • Assigned drive letter (drive partitions and drives installed as a cache...
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... consider replacing the SSD. If the selected Intel SSD contains an older version of the selected drive. The Intel SSD Toolbox Firmware Update option does not update firmware 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. This information can be...
... consider replacing the SSD. If the selected Intel SSD contains an older version of the selected drive. The Intel SSD Toolbox Firmware Update option does not update firmware 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. This information can be...
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...and will not extend or reduce the SSD warranty period. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 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 used for Intel SSDs only with valid partitions only. Estimates are estimated and may...
...and will not extend or reduce the SSD warranty period. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 9 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 used for Intel SSDs only with valid partitions only. Estimates are estimated and may...
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...If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2. If set to one , the security is enabled. •...locked. If set supported. See the ATA-7 Specification for more information. Click Drive Details. 3. 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. Scroll down and view Security Status (Word 128). • Bit...
...If set to one , the security is supported. • Bit 1 indicates security enabled. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 10 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. 2. If set to one , the security is enabled. •...locked. If set supported. See the ATA-7 Specification for more information. Click Drive Details. 3. 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. Scroll down and view Security Status (Word 128). • Bit...
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... to the home screen and click Refresh. 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 each piece of drive information The following are commonly referenced values. Select the drive on the selected drive. • Model Number (Word 27-45) Model...
... to the home screen and click Refresh. 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 each piece of drive information The following are commonly referenced values. Select the drive on the selected drive. • Model Number (Word 27-45) Model...
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... reports a fixed Raw value of zero (0) and 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. For more details on the...Raw The raw value assigned to the SMART attribute by the manufacturer) and a normalized value. Each drive operates under SMART Summary. 3. Intel® 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...
... reports a fixed Raw value of zero (0) and 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. For more details on the...Raw The raw value assigned to the SMART attribute by the manufacturer) and a normalized value. Each drive operates under SMART Summary. 3. Intel® 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...
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Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of hours reported. 09 ...the number of the device. Case temperature is 90. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Power-On Hours Count The raw value reports the cumulative number of ... The normalized value is 10 percent availability. Temperature - Airflow (Case) Reports the SSD case temperature in a slumber state. • If DIPM is turned off cycles) over the life of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due...
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of hours reported. 09 ...the number of the device. Case temperature is 90. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Power-On Hours Count The raw value reports the cumulative number of ... The normalized value is 10 percent availability. Temperature - Airflow (Case) Reports the SSD case temperature in a slumber state. • If DIPM is turned off cycles) over the life of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due...
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...number will not decrease, although it is the current temperature. Total LBAs Written F1 Counts sectors written by the host. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Temperature reading is 10 percent availability. The raw value increases by...reserved space. Note: To reissue the ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command and refresh the SMART information for this workload timer. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Unsafe Shutdown Count (Power-off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command. An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever...
...number will not decrease, although it is the current temperature. Total LBAs Written F1 Counts sectors written by the host. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Temperature reading is 10 percent availability. The raw value increases by...reserved space. Note: To reissue the ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command and refresh the SMART information for this workload timer. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Unsafe Shutdown Count (Power-off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command. An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever...
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... shows details about your computer's operating system and hardware configuration, such as Microsoft Excel*. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 15 The .csv file can be opened in a program such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, ...and controller name and driver version. 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...
... shows details about your computer's operating system and hardware configuration, such as Microsoft Excel*. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 15 The .csv file can be opened in a program such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, ...and controller name and driver version. 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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...; RST) 9.6 or later If your computer uses Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) driver version 9.6 or later, Intel SSD Optimizer is not required 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...
...; RST) 9.6 or later If your computer uses Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) driver version 9.6 or later, Intel SSD Optimizer is not required 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...
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... when a backup is in session. • Do not run on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration. To schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run the Intel SSD Optimizer if the Intel SSDs are in session. • Do not run a scheduled session...
... when a backup is in session. • Do not run on Intel SSDs in a RAID configuration. To schedule the Intel SSD Optimizer: 1. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 17 The Intel SSD Optimizer cannot run the Intel SSD Optimizer if the Intel SSDs are in session. • Do not run a scheduled session...
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... Optimizer. 2. Click Schedule. 3. Click Add. 7. If you want to stop running the Intel SSD Optimizer on the selected SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. ─ If the Intel SSD is in a RAID configuration but is not in a RAID configuration, click Decline...
... Optimizer. 2. Click Schedule. 3. Click Add. 7. If you want to stop running the Intel SSD Optimizer on the selected SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 18 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. ─ If the Intel SSD is in a RAID configuration but is not in a RAID configuration, click Decline...
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... address (LBA) for data integrity. The scan can run the Quick Diagnostic Scan: 1. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 The scan performs two tests: • Read Scan - Click Quick Diagnostic Scan. 3. To stop the scan, ...click Cancel. 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 for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - uses free space...
... address (LBA) for data integrity. The scan can run the Quick Diagnostic Scan: 1. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 19 The scan performs two tests: • Read Scan - Click Quick Diagnostic Scan. 3. To stop the scan, ...click Cancel. 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 for READ errors. • Data Integrity Scan - uses free space...
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Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US View the progress on the home screen. 2. Click Run. 4. 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. To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the screen.
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 20 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US View the progress on the home screen. 2. Click Run. 4. 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. To run the Full Diagnostic Scan: 1. Select the Intel SSD on the screen.