Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide
Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox
User Guide
September 2011
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Order Number: 325912-001US
Exporting Drive Details
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*.
Viewing SMART Attributes
The SMART Details screen shows Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) attributes
on the selected drive. Recommended actions (if any) appear next to each attribute.
Each drive operates under a predefined set of SMART attributes and corresponding threshold values, of
which the drive should not pass during normal operation. Each attribute has a
raw
value (defined by the
manufacturer) and a
normalized
value. See the
ATA specifications
for a complete description of each
SMART attribute.
1.
Select the drive on the home screen.
2.
Click SMART Details under SMART Summary.
3.
Scroll down to view the SMART attributes supported by the selected drive.
Details shown for each SMART attribute include:
•
ID
The hexadecimal name of the SMART attribute.
•
Description
The name of the SMART attribute.
•
Raw
The raw value assigned to the SMART attribute by the drive manufacturer.
•
Normalized
The value of an attribute adjusted to a scale spanning typical increments of 100 to 1, or
200 to 1.
•
Threshold
The lowest acceptable normalized value for the drive.
•
Action
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
ATA specifications
.
ID
Attribute
03
Spin Up Time
For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of zero (0).
The average time it takes the spindle to spin up. (Since an SSD has no moving parts, this attribute reports
a fixed Raw value of zero (0) and a fixed Normalized value of 100.)
