Datasheet

Intel® Solid-State Drive DC S3700 Series
5.6 SMART Command Transport (SCT)
With SMART Command Transport (SCT), a host can send commands and data to an SSD and receive
status and data from an SSD using standard write/read commands to manipulate two SMART Logs:
− Log Address E0h ("SCT Command/Status") — used to send commands and retrieve status
− Log Address E1h ("SCT Data Transfer") — used to transport data
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SSD DC S3700 Series supports the following standard SCT actions:
− Write Same — Intel DC S3700 Series implements this action code as described in the ATA
specification.
− Error Recovery Control — Intel DC S3700 Series accepts this action code, and will store and
return error-recovery time limit values.
− Feature Control – Intel DC S3700 Series supports feature code 0001h (write cache) feature
code 0002h (write cache reordering), and feature code 0003h (time interval for temperature
logging). It also supports D000h(Power Safe Write Cache capacitor test interval),
(D001h(read/write power governor mode), D002h(read/write thermal governor mode),
D003h(read power governor burst power), D004h(read power governor average power).
− Data table command – Intel DC S3700 Series supports data table command as specified in
ATA8-ACS2. This will read out temperature logging information in
table ID 0002h.
− Read Status Support – Intel DC S3700 Series supports read status log.
− SCT command 0xD801with State=0, Option=1, ID Word 106 can be used to change from
0x6003 to 0x4000 (4KB physical sector size to 512B physical sector size support change).
5.7 Data Set Management Command Set
Intel SSD DC S3700 Series supports the Data Set Management command set Trim attribute, which
consists of:
− DATA SET MANAGEMENT
5.8 Host Protected Area Command Set
Intel SSD DC S3700 Series supports the Host Protected Area command set, which consists of:
− READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS
− SET MAX ADDRESS
− READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
− SET MAX ADDRESS EXT
Intel SSD DC S3700 Series also supports the following optional commands:
− SET MAX SET PASSWORD
− SET MAX LOCK
− SET MAX FREEZE LOCK
− SET MAX UNLOCK
Product Specification January 2015
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