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- Page 1 ® Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Order Number: 325912-001US September 2011...
- Page 2 WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE INTEL PRODUCT COULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY OCCUR. Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. Designers must not rely on the absence or characteristics of any features or instructions marked "reserved"...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Mobile 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 ®... - Page 4 Creating a Partition ........................ 29 Troubleshooting ........................30 Troubleshooting - Drives ......................30 Troubleshooting - Firmware Update ..................30 Troubleshooting - Intel® SSD Optimizer ................... 31 10. Obtaining More Information ....................32 Related Publications ....................... 32 Reference Documents ......................32 ®...
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Page 5: Getting Started
® 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 •... -
Page 6: Using The Home Screen
Click For more information to access the Intel SSD website and view the latest information on Intel SSDs. If updates or other actions are recommended on the selected Intel SSD, the following icon appears next to an option on the home screen: ®... -
Page 7: Scanning For Drives
Drives installed as a cache using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) If a drive is installed as a cache using Intel® RST, the drive appears as a separate drive on the home screen without an assigned drive letter. Intel SSD Toolbox identifies this type of drive as a RAID volume member (a specific drive in a RAID volume). -
Page 8: Viewing Basic Drive Information
On the home screen, Firmware Version shows the version of firmware installed on the selected Intel SSD. If the selected Intel SSD contains an older version of firmware than what is included with this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox, the following icon appears next to the Firmware Update option:... -
Page 9: Estimated Life Remaining
On the home screen, the capacity pie chart reports the amount of used and free space available on the selected Intel SSD. The pie chart appears for Intel SSDs with valid partitions only. The pie chart does not appear for SSDs without a valid partition or for SSDs installed as a cache. -
Page 10: Identifying The Security State Of An Intel Ssd
Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD To identify the security state of an Intel SSD: Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. Click Drive Details. Scroll down and view Security Status (Word 128). -
Page 11: Obtaining Drive, Smart, And System Information
Firmware Version Version of firmware installed on the selected drive. • (Word 27-45) Model Number Model of the selected drive. For Intel SSDs, the model number contains reference to the NAND lithography. • (Word 128) Security Status Security state of the selected drive. -
Page 12: Exporting Drive Details
Identifies whether the system can use the drive for processing. Descriptions of some SMART attributes are shown below. These attributes vary depending on the Intel SSD or other drive selected. Your SSD or drive may not support some of these attributes. For more details on each attribute, see the specifications. - Page 13 Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of zero (0). This type of event is not an issue for SSDs. However, hard disk drives can experience only a finite number of these events, and therefore, must be tracked.
- Page 14 ® Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Unsafe Shutdown Count (Power-off Retract Count) The raw value reports the cumulative number of unsafe (unclean) shutdown events over the life of the device. An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever the device is powered off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command.
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Page 15: Exporting Smart Attributes
® 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 information for the selected drive to a .csv (comma-separated values) file. The .csv file can be opened in a program such as Microsoft Excel*. -
Page 16: Optimizing Your Intel Ssd
Intel® SSD Optimizer Requirements The Intel SSD Optimizer runs on Intel SSDs only. All Intel SSDs are supported except first-generation (G1 50nm) Intel SSDs. To identify your Intel SSD, see Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD. -
Page 17: Manually Running The Intel® Ssd Optimizer
RAID or encryption on the selected Intel SSD, review the following: ─ If the Intel SSD is not in a RAID configuration but is encrypted, click Accept to continue running the Intel SSD Optimizer on the selected SSD. See Troubleshooting - Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. -
Page 18: Removing A Scheduled Intel® Ssd Optimizer Session
RAID or encryption on the selected Intel SSD, review the following: ─ If the Intel SSD is not in a RAID configuration but is encrypted, click Accept to continue running the Intel SSD Optimizer on the selected SSD. See Troubleshooting - Intel SSD Optimizer for more information. -
Page 19: Running Diagnostic Scans
Data Integrity Scan - uses free space to write random data and read it back to ensure data integrity. The scan can take an hour or more to complete (depending on the amount of free space on the Intel SSD). The test can run in the background. - Page 20 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: Select the Intel SSD on the home screen.
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Page 21: Updating Firmware
The Firmware Update option updates the selected Intel SSD to the latest firmware available with this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox. To check for a newer version, click Check For Updates at the bottom of the Firmware Update screen. -
Page 22: Tuning Your System
Use the System Tuner to check your system and adjust settings to improve the performance, power, and endurance of the selected Intel SSD. If your system requires tuning, the following icon appears next to System Tuner on the home screen: To run the System Tuner: Select the Intel SSD on the home screen. -
Page 23: Additional Tips For Optimizing Performance
Mobile systems without Intel Rapid Storage Technology or Intel Matrix Storage Manager Dual-Drive Systems If you have an Intel SSD installed as part of a dual-drive configuration (SSD + hard disk drive), review these tips to help optimize performance of the Intel SSD: •... -
Page 24: Mobile Systems With Shock Sensor
Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Mobile Systems with Shock Sensor If you have an Intel SSD installed in a mobile system with shock sensor, make sure the shock sensor on the mobile system is disabled. Note: Intel SSDs are not affected with performance degradation caused by shock or vibration in specified limits, and therefore, can run with the shock sensor disabled. -
Page 25: Changing System Tuner Settings
Note: For Intel SSDs installed in mobile systems, DIPM is the most efficient power management method for managing SATA link power. Intel recommends DIPM be enabled on Intel SSDs for optimal performance. - Page 26 ® Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Changing Disk Defragmenter The System Tuner disables Disk Defragmenter in Microsoft Windows* 7 and Windows Vista*. This section explains how to enable Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7. For Windows Vista instructions, see your operating system documentation.
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Page 27: Performing A Secure Erase
All partitions must be removed from the SSD. • Back up any data onto another drive if you want to keep any of the data on the Intel SSD. Deleting a Partition These instructions describe how to delete a partition on an Intel SSD in Microsoft Windows* in preparation for running Secure Erase on the SSD. -
Page 28: Running Secure Erase
® Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Running Secure Erase Run Secure Erase to permanently delete all data on a secondary Intel SSD installed in your system. Review the requirements before running Secure Erase: Delete all partitions on the Intel SSD to be erased. -
Page 29: Creating A Partition
Click Refresh on the home screen to view the Intel SSD. Creating a Partition These instructions describe how to create and format a partition on an Intel SSD in Microsoft Windows* 7. These instructions can be helpful for preparing an SSD after performing a Secure Erase. For more information or instructions for other operating systems, see the documentation for your operating system. -
Page 30: Troubleshooting
Drive Health and Estimated Life Remaining information appears for Intel SSDs only with SMART enabled. Troubleshooting - Firmware Update If you encounter an issue updating the firmware on an Intel SSD or if the firmware update fails, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool located at: http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware... -
Page 31: Troubleshooting - Intel® Ssd Optimizer
Tool is not supported on the selected drive This error message may appear when trying to run the Intel SSD Optimizer if the selected Intel SSD does not have the latest firmware installed or if the SSD lithography is 50nm (G1). -
Page 32: Obtaining More Information
® Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Obtaining More Information Related Publications For more information on Intel Solid-State Drives, go to http://www.intel.com/go/ssd. Reference Documents Document Document No./Location ATA-7 Volume 1 http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2007/D1532v1r4b- Specification, AT_Attachment_with_Packet_Interface_-_7_Volume_1.pdf April 2004 SATA Rev 2.6 Specification, http://www.sata-io.org...
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