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Standard Features

Product Description

Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives

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TANDARD

EATURES

ATA/IDE Interface

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Conforms to ATA-5 Specification Standard

Performance

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Fast initialization

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Supports PIO modes 0 through 4

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Supports Ultra DMA modes 0 through 4

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Burst read/write performance up to 66 MB/sec

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Sustained read/write performance up to 60 MB/sec

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Field upgradeable firmware

Reliability

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Solid state design

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10-year data retention

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Manual and automatic self-diagnostic tests

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Embedded EDC/ECC (Error Detection and Error Correction)

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SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) endurance and
reliability monitoring

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Dependable operation under unstable power conditions

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ATA bus connectors rated for over 10,000 insertions

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Rugged, impact-resistant casing

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7 year warranty

Summary of Contents for Zeus Ultra

Page 1: ...nc and shall not be used copied reproduced or disclosed in whole or in part without the written consent of SimpleTech which can only be granted by the Product Manager responsible for this product Zeus...

Page 2: ...DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING S...

Page 3: ...ibility 2 Compliance and Conformity 2 Standard Features 3 Optional Features 4 Physical Characteristics 5 Drive Assembly Exterior Dimensions 5 Drive Assembly Weight 8 Environmental Characteristics 8 Te...

Page 4: ...dor Specific ATA Commands 25 Installation ____________________________________________________ 27 System Requirements 27 Drive Configuration 27 Configuring 2 5 inch Form Factor Zeus SSD 28 Configuring...

Page 5: ...inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing 6 2 3 5 inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing 7 3 44 pin ATA IDE Bus Connector 13 4 40 pin ATA IDE Bus DC Power Combination Connector 14 5 Master Slave Setting for 2 5 inch Zeu...

Page 6: ...ronmental Conditions 8 3 Zeus SSD Typical Power Consumption watts mA 10 4 ATA IDE Connector Pinout Configuration 14 5 Zeus SSD Capacity 18 6 ATA IDE Bus Addressing Modes 21 7 Supported ATA Commands 22...

Page 7: ...s with standard 44 and 40 pin IDE ATA interfaces respectively Zeus SSDs are fully ATA 5 compliant and conform to the same mechanical and mounting requirements as standard rotating drives making Zeus S...

Page 8: ...rate of Zeus SSDs is less than 1 error per 1014 bits read Zeus SSDs offer powerful user customizable data sanitization purge features Supporting both sanitized erase fill and non recoverable sanitiza...

Page 9: ...to 66 MB sec Sustained read write performance up to 60 MB sec Field upgradeable firmware Reliability Solid state design 10 year data retention Manual and automatic self diagnostic tests Embedded EDC...

Page 10: ...ct design only 9 5 mm thick all models capacities Environmental Meets or exceeds commercial and industrial temperature humidity and altitude requirements Complies with MIL STD 810F requirements for sh...

Page 11: ...ures The outside dimensions of 2 5 inch and 3 5 inch form factor drives are provided in Table 1 The 2 5 inch drive assembly is illustrated in Figure 1 on page 6 The 3 5 inch drive assembly is illustra...

Page 12: ...Product Description Physical Characteristics 6 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives Figure 1 2 5 inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing...

Page 13: ...Physical Characteristics Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 7 Figure 2 3 5 inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing...

Page 14: ...C stacking technology if used Flash controller memory configuration Form factor 1 5 ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS To validate the SSD s portability and suitability for operation in harsh mobile enviro...

Page 15: ...vibration testing 1 5 2 1 Mechanical Shock Zeus SSDs are shock tested in accordance with MIL STD 810F and operate as specified without degradation when subjected to the following Test Condition Three...

Page 16: ...SD varies depending on the operating system Windows Linux etc in which the SSD is running and the storage capacity of the drive 1 7 3 Seek Time Unlike a magnetic rotating disk the Zeus SSD has no movi...

Page 17: ...namic wear leveling algorithm integrated in the Zeus SSD s firmware guarantees that erase write cycles are evenly distributed across all of the drive s flash memory block locations Wear leveling elimi...

Page 18: ...to ensure the delivery of accurate data to the host computer The EDC ECC engine on the Zeus SSD is capable of correcting up to two bytes in error and detecting up to 3 bytes in error An extensive retr...

Page 19: ...ch Zeus SSD 2 1 1 1 44 pin ATA Bus Connector The 2 5 inch Zeus series SSDs are equipped with a 44 pin ATA bus connector Figure 3 located on the rear of the drive DC power and IDE bus traffic is suppli...

Page 20: ...t Configuration Table 4 provides the signal assignment for each pin electronic contact on the ATA IDE bus connectors used on Zeus SSDs Except as noted the table applies to both the 44 pin ATA bus conn...

Page 21: ...0 18 I O D15 HOST DATA 15 19 Ground GND Ground 20 No connection Reserved for connector key 21 O DREQ DMA REQUEST Not used 22 Ground GND Ground 23 I IOWR I O WRITE This I O Write strobe pulse is used...

Page 22: ...er Task File 34 I O PDIAG After an Executive diagnostic command to indicate to the Master it has passed its diagnostics this bi directional open drain signal is asserted by the Slave 35 I A0 HOST ADDR...

Page 23: ...ompact 120 ball BGA package providing a powerful and flexible solution for the SSD s embedded control applications The SSD s embedded microcontroller is a high performance processor with a high densit...

Page 24: ...e 5 on page 18 provides a representative list of the various capacities in which SimpleTech s Zeus SSDs are available along with associated LBA Logical Bit Addressing and CHS Cylinder Head Sector info...

Page 25: ...le locations in the SSD s local flash memory Depending on drive configuration Zeus SSD storage capacity can range between from 2GB to 128GB with internal IDE transfer rates ranging from 10 to 60 MB pe...

Page 26: ...use the ATA standard s reserved disk drive I O addresses This provides computer system designers with the simplest way to accommodate ATA protocol devices 2 3 1 1 Addressing Modes Zeus SSDs on a comma...

Page 27: ...ipt of the command the device sets the BSY bit within 400 n sec 3 If a data transfer command e g Read command Write command was called the DRQ bit in the Status register will come up indication that t...

Page 28: ...are valid EXECUTE DRIVE DIAGNOSTIC 90 No No No No Yes c c Address to drive 0 zero When executed Both drives master and slave execute this command FORMAT TRACK 50 No Yes No Yes Yes b IDENTIFY DRIVE EC...

Page 29: ...in the system in which the it is installed 2 4 3 2 Identify Drive Information The Identify Drive command enables the host to receive parameter information from the SSD When the Identify Drive command...

Page 30: ...XXh a 2 Number of current heads 56 XXXXh a 2 Number of current sectors per track 57 XXXXh a 2 LSW of the current capacity in sectors 58 XXXXh a 2 MSW of the current capacity in sectors 59 0000h 2 Curr...

Page 31: ...non destructive sanitization purge features Non destructive security erase removes the drive s data then overwrites fills each addressable block of memory with a predetermined pattern as specified by...

Page 32: ...oftware procedures telecommunication personal use physical environment networks and firmware Section VII Automated Information System Media Section 2 20 describes cleaning purging declassifying and de...

Page 33: ...of electronic devices on an IDE channel If the Zeus SSD is the only ATA IDE drive installed in the system set up the drive as the master device If two drives are installed in the machine one device mu...

Page 34: ...o configure the SSD as either the Master or Slave device place a jumper across the appropriate pins A D as illustrated in Figure 5 on page 28 Figure 5 Master Slave Setting for 2 5 inch Zeus SSDs In sy...

Page 35: ...connector To configure the SSD as either the Master or Slave device place a jumper across the appropriate pins 1 8 as illustrated in Figure 6 on page 29 Figure 6 Master Slave Setting for 3 5 inch Zeus...

Page 36: ...er source to the 4 pin power connector located on the rear of the SSD 5 Position the Zeus SSD in an unused drive bay and secure it in place using six 6 machine screws Apply sufficient torque to ensure...

Page 37: ...949 851 2756 Email ssd simpletech com ORDERING INFORMATION How to read the SSD s part number Part Number Description Z x xx xx xxx x xx xxxx for example Z2A2A16C4BA Customer identifier optional Simple...

Page 38: ...Contact and Ordering Information Upgrading Zeus SSD Firmware 32 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives...

Page 39: ...ecode them D DMA Direct Memory Access Specialized circuitry or a dedicated microprocessor that transfers data from memory to memory without using the CPU Although DMA may periodically steal cycles fro...

Page 40: ...the left most bit being the most significant LSW Least Significant Word Word denotes sequence of 4 bytes or 32 bits with the left most being the least significant and the right most being the most sig...

Page 41: ...mation SMART determines if the drive is behaving normally or not and then makes the information available to software that probes the drive SSD Solid State Disk Disk drive that uses memory chips inste...

Page 42: ...Acronyms and Abbreviations 36 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives...

Page 43: ...in drives 29 connector 40 pin DC power ATA bus combination 14 connector 44 pin ATA bus 13 connector ATA IDE bus interface 13 D data retention 11 data transfer rate 11 description 40 pin DC power ATA b...

Page 44: ...uration 27 2 5 inch drives 28 3 5 inch drives 29 mechanical shock 9 memory flash 18 modes addressing 20 mount time 10 MTBF mean time between failure 11 N NAND based flash memory 18 O operating modes 2...

Page 45: ...on 12 MTBF mean time between failure 11 S sanitization standards 26 seek time 10 shock and vibration 9 shock mechanical 9 SLC flash memory 18 SMART 23 standard features 3 storage capacity 18 system re...

Page 46: ...Index 40 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives...

Page 47: ...d Warranty SimpleTech Inc SimpleTech Ultra DMA Solid State Drives SSD are warranted against defects in material and workmanship and will operate in substantial conformance with their respective specif...

Page 48: ...World Headquarters SimpleTech Inc 3001 Daimler Street Santa Ana CA 92705 USA Tel 949 476 1180 Fax 949 476 1209 Web www simpletech com 61000 03257 101 revision 2 2050r2...

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