Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide

Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide
Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox
September 2011 User Guide
Order Number: 325912-001US iii
Contents
1. Getting Started ..................................................................................................................... 5
About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox ...................................................................................... 5
Using the Home Screen ............................................................................................................ 6
Scanning for Drives .................................................................................................................. 7
Identifying a Drive ................................................................................................................... 7
2. Viewing Basic Drive Information .......................................................................................... 8
Model ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Firmware Version ..................................................................................................................... 8
Serial Number ......................................................................................................................... 8
Drive Health ............................................................................................................................ 8
Estimated Life Remaining ......................................................................................................... 9
Drive Capacity ......................................................................................................................... 9
Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD ............................................................................. 9
Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD ........................................................................... 10
3. Obtaining Drive, SMART, and System Information .............................................................. 11
Viewing Drive Details ............................................................................................................. 11
Exporting Drive Details ........................................................................................................... 12
Viewing SMART Attributes ....................................................................................................... 12
Exporting SMART Attributes .................................................................................................... 15
Viewing System Information ................................................................................................... 15
4. Optimizing 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. Running Diagnostic Scans ................................................................................................... 19
Quick Diagnostic Scan ............................................................................................................ 19
Full Diagnostic Scan ............................................................................................................... 19
6. Updating Firmware ............................................................................................................. 21
Checking for Firmware Updates ............................................................................................... 21
Using Firmware Update .......................................................................................................... 21
7. Tuning your System ............................................................................................................ 22
Running System Tuner ........................................................................................................... 22
Additional Tips for Optimizing Performance ............................................................................... 23
Dual-Drive Systems .......................................................................................................... 23
SSD-only Systems ............................................................................................................ 23
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