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1. ATA Advanced Technology Attachment ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface Bit error rate or percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits BER received Device Initiated Link Power Management The ability of the device to request SATA link DIPM power state changes DMA Direct Memory Access eMLC Enterprise Multi Level Cell EXT Extended FP First Party GB Giga byte defined as 1x10 bytes HDD Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug The removal or insertion of a SATA storage drive when the system is powered on IOPS Input output operations per second LBA Logical Block Address MB Mega bytes defined as 1x10 bytes MLC Multi Level Cell MTBF Mean Time Between Failures Native Command Queuing The ability of the SATA storage drive to queue and re order NCQ commands to maximize execution efficiency NOP No Operation OS Operating System Port The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller RMS Root Mean Squared RPM Revolutions Per Minute SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial ATA SFF Small Form Factor SLC Single Level Cell Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology an open standard for developing storage drives and software systems that automatically monitors a drive s health and S M A R T reports potential problems SSD Solid State Drive Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 60 of 60 www vikingtech
2. OF DATUM Y _ 0 30 Y Smm FF e OF DATUM X 8mm FF 4 Ez AAA Notes All dimensions are in millimeters 78 5203 i REF 65 MIN E SEO Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 28 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI IKIN 3 2 Element SSD Weight The weight of the enterprise 1 8 SSD is approximately 50 grams The weight of the client 1 8 SSD is approximately 30 grams 4 Pin and Signal Descriptions 4 1 3 3V 1 8 SSD Signal and Power Description Tables Table 4 1 1 8 SSD Serial ATA Connector Pin Signal Definitions Pin Function Definition Mating Order SI SGND_1 Signal Ground 2nd S2 RX on SSD TX on Host Differential Signal S3 RX on SSD TX on Host Differential Signal S4 SGND 2 Signal Ground 2nd S5 TX on SSD RX on Host Differential Signal S6 TX on SSD RX on Host Differential Signal S7 SGND 3 Signal Ground 2nd Notes 1 Key and spacing separate signal and power segments 2 Pin locations and layout are consistent with SATA specification Table 4 2 1 8 SSD Serial ATA Power Pin Definitions Pin Function Definition Mating Order P1 3 3V_1 3 3 V Power 2nd P2 3 3V_2 3 3 V Power Pre charge 1st P3 GND_1 Ground 1st P4 GND_2 Ground ist P5 5V_1 Not connected
3. BRh 13h 7 20 8 QUERY NV CACHED PINNED SET O NOP 4 NV Cache B6h 12h 7 20 9 REMOVE LBA S FROM CACHED NV Cache B6h 11h PINNED SET 7 20 10 RETURN FROM NV CACHE POWER NA A NV Cache B6h 01h MODE 7 20 11 SET NV CACHE POWER MODE o Pe NV Cache B6h 00h 7 22 PACKET Be Packet PAKT Packet AOh 7 23 READ BUFFER o YES RdBuf RBUF General E4H 7 24 READ DMA RdDma RDMA General C8h 7 25 READ DMA EXT YES RdDmaEx RDMX 48 bit 25h Address 7 26 READ DMA QUEUED o NO RdDmaQ RDMQ C7h 7 27 READ DMA QUEUED EXT o NO RdDmaQEx RDQX 26h 7 28 READ FPDMA QUEUED RFPDMAQ RDMA_NCQ 60h 7 29 READ LOG EXT RdLogEx RLEX 2Fh Address 7 31 READ MULTIPLE RdMul RMUL General C4h 7 32 READ MULTIPLE EXT RdMulEx RDME RMEX 48 bit 29h Address 7 33 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS RdNativeMax RNMA HPA F8h 7 34 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT RdNativeMaxEx RNME HPA 27h 7 35 READ SECTOR S RdSec RDSK REC 20h 7 36 READ SECTOR S EXT RdSecEx RDSE RSEX 48 bit 24h Address 7 37 READ STREAM DMA EXT o NO RdStrDma RSTD 2Ah 7 38 READ STREAM EXT o NO RdStrPio RSTP 2Bh 7 39 READ VERIFY SECTOR S RdVfy RVFE 40h 7 40 READ VERIFY SECTOR S EXT RdVfyEx RVFE 48 bit 42h Address retry a Eee E EG IO O 7 41 SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD M YES SecuDisPsw SEDP Security F6h Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 32 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY ATA 8 REF Commands ATA 8
4. retrieves drive reliability Status The S M A R T Read Threshold Sector Command DI then used to read this information Threshold information may be Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 56 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY modified or written via the S M A R T Write Threshold Value Command D7 Threshold values are obtained from the Saved Configuration Page Table 5 9 S M A R T Threshold Data Structure Byte Description 0 1 S M A R T structure version number 2 First Stored Attribute Number i e 1 for RawErrorRate 3 Threshold Value for first attribute 4 13 Reserved 14 Next Stored Attribute Number 15 Threshold Value for next attribute 16 25 Reserved 26 361 Attribute Number Threshold and 10 reserved bytes for supported attributes max 30 collected Attributes including above 362 379 Reserved 380 510 Vendor Unique 511 Checksum 5 1 12 S M A R T Command Transport SCT The Element SSD supports the S M A R T Command Transport SCT SCT allows the host to send commands send and receive data and receive status to and from the Element SSD using log page OxE0 and log page 0xE1 SCT uses S M A R T READ WRITE LOG commands READ WRITE LOG EXT commands or READ WRITE LOG DMA EXT commands to access the log pages For additional SCT information please reference ATA8 ACS 5 2 SATA Co
5. M 7 14 FLUSH CACHE YES 7 15 FLUSH CACHE EXT CfaEraseSec CFES CfaRegErr CFRE CfaTransSec CFTS CfaWrMul CFWM een CfaWrSec CFWS ChkMedType CHMT Media Card Dih ChkPwrMode CKPW CHPW DevRst DRST Download DNLD Diagnose DIAG FlushCache FLSH FlushCacheEx FLSE FLEX CFA coh CFA 03h CFA CDh CFA 38h Power Manage CfgStr CFST 51h DevCfgFrzLock DCOF DCFL 7 10 3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY o YES DevCgfldfy DCOI DCFI 7 10 4 DEVICE CONFIGURATION YES DevCfgRestore DCOR DCO RESTORE DEFR 7 10 5 DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET ee ee DevCfgSet DCOS DCFS DCO B1h C1h B1h C2h B1h COh B1h C3h Packet 08h General 92h General 90h 48 bit EAh Address ECh 7 16 IDENTIFY DEVICE Identify IDFY 7 17 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE N NO IdfyPktDev IDPD Ath m 5h Manage Manage si IDLE UNLOAD IMMEDIATE O YES Eth 41h Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 31 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY ATA 8 REF Commands ATA 8 Sup Key Word Option Feature Set OP s INITIALIZE DRIVE PARAMETERS M ES 00 91h 7 20 3 ADD LBA S TO NV CACHE PINNED PRA NV Cache B6h 10h SET 7 20 4 FLUSH NV CACHE O NOP E NV Cache B6h 14h 7 20 5 NV CACHE DISABLE O NOP __ _ NV Cache B6h 16h 7 20 6 NV CACHE ENABLE O NOP E NV Cache B6h 15h 7 20 7 QUERY NV CACHE MISSES O NOP 4 NV Cache
6. Sup Key Word Option Feature Set OP 7 42 SECURITY ERASE PREPARE M SecuErasePrep SERP F3h 7 43 SECURITY ERASE UNIT SecuEraseUnit SEEU F4h 7 44 SECURITY FREEZE LOCK o YES SecuFrzLock SFZL F5h 7 45 SECURITY SET PASSWORD SecuSetPsw SESP Fih 7 46 SECURITY UNLOCK SecuUnlock SEUL F2h 7 47 SERVICE o Service SRVC TCQ A2h 7 48 SET FEATURES SetFeature SETF EFh 7 49 2 SET MAX ADDRESS ESS SetMaxAddr SMXA F9h SMAX 7 493 SET MAX FREEZE LOCK o YES SetMaxFrzLock SMFL F9h 04h 7 494 SET MAX LOCK o YES SetMaxLock SMLK F9h 02h 7 495 SET MAX SET PASSWORD o YES SetMaxSetPswd SMSP F9h 01h 7 496 SET MAX UNLOCK o YES SetMaxUnlock SMUN F9h 03h 7 50 SET MAX ADDRESS EXT SetMaxEx SA 37h 7 51 SET MULTIPLE MODE SetMul SMUL C6h 7 52 SLEEP M YES Sleep SLEP Power E6h Manage 7 53 2 S M A R T DISABLE OPERATION SmDisable SDSO SMDI S M A R T BOh D9h S M A R T ENABLE DISABLE AUTO Obs YES S M A R T BOh DBh OFF LINE 7 53 3 S M A R T ENABLE DISABLE M YES SmAutoSv SAAS S M A R T BOh D2h AUTOSAVE SMAS 7 53 4 S M A R T ENABLE OPERATION SmEnable SESO S M A R T BOh D8h SMEN 7 53 5 S M A R T EXECUTE OFFLINE YES ExeSmOL SEOI SMOI S M A R T BOh D4h IMMEDIATE 7 53 6 S M A R T READ DATA SS YES SmRaData SRLS S M A R T BOh DOh SMRD 7 53 7 S M A R T READ LOG o YES SmRdLog SRLS SMRL S M A R T BOh D5h S M A R T READ THRESHOLD Obs YES _ e S M A R T BOh Dih 7
7. open circuit P6 5V_2 Not connected open circuit P7 LED Activity signal 2nd KEY KEY KEY NC P8 Optional Vendor specific 2nd P9 Optional Vendor specific 2nd Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 29 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI NANKIN 4 2 Hot Plug Support Hot Plug insertion and removal are supported in the presence of a proper connector and appropriate operating system OS support as described in the SATA 2 6 and SATA 3 specification This product supports Asynchronous Signal Recovery and will issue an unsolicited COMINIT when first mated with a powered connector to guarantee reliable detection by a host system without hardware device detection 5 Command Sets The Element SSD complies with ATA 8 All mandatory and many optional commands and features are supported The tables below summarize the supported ATA feature set and commands Table 5 1 ATA Feature Set Feature Set General feature set PACKET feature set 48 Bit Address feature set Advanced Power Management APM feature set Automatic Acoustic Management AAM feature set CompactFlash Association CFA feature set Device Configuration Overlay DCO feature set Free fall Control feature set General Purpose Logging GPL feature set Host Protected Area HPA feature set Long Logical Sector LLS feature set Long Physical Sector LPS feature set Media Card Pass Through Command feature set Nativ
8. to Directive 2002 95 EC of 27 January 2003 as codified in the specific laws of the EU member countries Viking strives to obtain appropriate contractual protections from its suppliers in connection with the RoHS Directives China RoHS Serial ATA Requirements for logo EU WEEE Compliant The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE Directive is the European Community directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE which together with the RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC became European Law in February 2003 setting collection recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 58 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 7 References e Viking Technology Environmental Test Report for 1 8 SSD e Viking Technology EMI EMC Test Report for 1 8 SSD e Viking Technology EMI EMC Test Report for 1 8 SSD e Environmental Specification MIL STD 810F e Serial ATA Specification Revision 2 6 and Revision 3 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 59 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 8 Glossary This document incorporates many industry and device specific words Use the following list to define a variety of terms and acronyms
9. value is set at factory configuration time Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 3 0 Retired block count 6 4 None 0x00 Rational The normalized equation for this attribute decrements as blocks are retired and the reserve over provisioned block count is decremented Note that all blocks including reserve blocks are in service at all times reserve blocks constitute Flash memory space over and above the drive s logical capacity As defined this attribute is identical to the Retired Block Count attribute 5 198 Uncorrectable Sector Count The total number of uncorrectable errors when reading writing a sector A rise in the value of this attribute indicates defects of the flash memory device Note that the native CONTROLLER sector size is 4k bytes Normalized Equation 10 log10 TotalSectors URAISE 1 TotalSectors Total number of sectors on the drive URAISE Uncorrectable Error Count Normalized Value Range Best 120 Worst 1 Invalid 0 Raw Usage 3 0 Uncorrectable sector count URAISE this power cycle 6 4 Number of sectors read this power cycle The difference between this count and reported uncorrectable will be those errors correctable by RAISE The normalized equation for this Attribute is logarithmic since the valid BER range of the attribute spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 This Attribute reads 120 until a
10. worn percentage of the max rated Flash block as a percentage of the wear of the Flash memory on the max SSD rated wear of the SSD For 10 000 cycle Flash where 1 of rated cycles is 100 cycles Equation a value of 1 5 for this Attribute Wear Range Delta MW LW means the difference in wear MRW x 100 between the least worn block and the most worn block is 150 MW P E Cycles experienced by Erase cycles Most Worn block LW P E Cycles experienced by This attribute may not be Least Worn block accurate until approximately MRW Max Rated Wear P E Cycle 10 of drive life has been rating for the Flash memory used Usage 3 0 Wear Range delta 6 4 None 0x00 181 Program Fail Counts the number of flash program This Attribute returns the total Count failures number of Flash program operation failures since the Usage drive was deployed 3 0 Program Error Count 6 4 None 0x00 This Attribute is identical to Attribute 171 182 Erase Fail Count Counts the number of flash erase This Attribute returns the total failures number of Flash erase operation failures since the drive was Usage deployed 3 0 Erase Error Count 6 4 None 0x00 This Attribute is identical to Attribute 172 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 47 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 15 Attribute Name Description Rational 184
11. SATA interface automatically renegotiates to a speed of 1 5 Gbps 1 4 SATA Interface for VRFS1xGF VRFS1xGK VRFS1xGM e The Serial ATA SATA interface is compliant with the SATA IO Serial ATA specification revision 3 x that support SATA up to 6 Gbps e The SATA interface connects the host computer to the SSD subsystem e The SATA interface runs at a maximum speed of 6 Gbps Gigabits per second If the host computer is unable to negotiate a speed of 6 Gbps the SATA interface automatically renegotiates to a speed of 3 or 1 5 Gbps For a list of supported commands and other specifics please see Chapter 5 2 Product Specifications 2 1 Capacity LBA Table 2 1 Capacity and LBA Count CAPACITY CAPACITY Say Taos 512 LBA_COUNT 8 6 11 718 750 8 8 15 625 000 16 16 31 277 232 16 12 23 463 216 16 14 27 370 224 16 12 5 24 439 968 24 24 46 905 264 24 22 42 998 256 24 18 75 36 649 368 32 32 62 533 296 32 25 48 858 768 32 30 58 626 288 48 48 93 789 360 48 40 78 161 328 48 45 87 928 848 48 37 5 73 277 568 64 64 125 045 424 64 55 107 463 888 64 60 117 231 408 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 15 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY CAPACITY RAW USER 512 LBA_COUNT 64 50 97 696 368
12. a non recoverable read error the drive will report it as a read failure to the host the sector in error is considered corrupt and is not returned to the host 2 MTBF is calculated based on a Part Stress Analysis It assumes nominal voltage with all other parameters within specified range Telcordia method SR 332 component FIT rate at 55 c 3 Power On Off Cycles defined as power being removed from the drive and then restored Note that host systems and drive enclosures may remove power from the drive for reasons other than a system shutdown 4 SLC NAND has a higher write erase cell endurance than MLC NAND varies by NAND component 5 10 years for P E cycle counts lt 10 of NAND spec and 1 year for max spec P E cycle counts per JEDEC STD JESD47 Refer to Viking Application Note AN0011 Flash Data Retention 2 6 1 Data MetaData and Firmware Code Protection Element SSD implements data protection throughout its data path Protection techniques include e Data ECC Algorithms e Datapath CRC Error Detection e RAISE Data Protection Against Catastrophic Flash Page Block Failure 2 6 1 1 DATA ECC Algorithms The following data error correction is provided e For Flash memory devices providing 128 bytes of redundancy per 4k of data normally this is SLC Flash o 16 bytes of redundancy applied to 512 bytes of data o Upto seven 9 bit symbols up to 63 bits if contiguous correctable e For Flash memory devices providing 218 or more byt
13. immediately in captive mode 84h Execute S M A R T Selective self test routine immediately in captive mode 5 1 8 3 Captive Mode When executing a self test in captive mode the Element SSD executes the self test routine after receipt of the command At the end of the routine the Element SSD places the results of this routine in the self test execution status byte and reports command completion If an error occurs while the Element SSD is performing the routine it discontinues its testing place the results of this routine in the self test execution status byte and the DST log page and complete the command 5 1 8 4 S M A R T Logs S M A R T logs are intended to enhance S M A R T Attribute information by capturing additional drive details at appropriate times This information may lead to improved error detection and reporting capability The controller supports S M A R T logs and relevant tests events and conditions each have an associated log S M A R T logs conform to industry standard structures The reported size of each log is reported by the Log Directory Log 0 Note that the information returned via S M A R T Read Log access to Log 0 is more limited than that via GP Read Log Log size is only reported the LSB max 255 blocks when access via S M A R T Read Log command and full 2 bytes max 65535 blocks when access via Read Log EXT command The frequency at which S M A R T logs are updated is the frequency a
14. mode and TCG security enhancements The ATA Security Erase Unit command which is usually password protected will erase e All map data e The encryption key All data in flash is scrambled and unrecoverable and the resulting condition of the drive after an ATA Security Erase will be e Any reads to the drive will respond with zero for every LBA e Any writes to the drive will act as if the drive has nothing a TO state If the flash memory was directly probed some scrambled data might be retrievable but there would be no way to decode it without the encryption key Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 25 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 2 7 1 Secure Erase Support In the following table are the supported Secure Erase Commands for the Element SSD Table 2 13 Element SSD Secure Erase Commands Secure Erase Erase all map data e Erase encryption key Erase all LBAs Erase SMART attributes logs thresholds Reset Regenerate a new AES key Note 1 lt 4 seconds Secure Erase with Flash Erase Secure Erase actins plus the erasure of all encrypted data and blocks in flash memory Note 1 1 second GB Notes 1 Enabled in firmware at the time of manufacture and prior to shipping from the factory There are two primary reasons for performing a Secure Erase on an SSD The first and perhaps the most important is t
15. read only 232 Available Indicates the amount of Flash memory This Attribute returns a count of Reserved Space space in reserve This is the Reserve GB equal to the number of Flash Block Count Attribute 170 Blocks in service over and represented in Gigabytes above the minimum block count required This Attribute is Usage Attribute 170 presented in 3 0 RB x PPB x BPP 102413 units of GB 6 4 None 0x00 RB Reserve Blocks see Attribute The Attribute value is returned in 170 units of Gigabytes at an update PPB Pages per Block resolution of 64 GBytes The BPP Bytes per Page value is initially the number of GB equal to the total Reserve Block Count As the value is updated decremented it decrements in 64GB resolution For example if the initial value is n the next update will decrement the value to n 64GB 235 Power Fail Indicates the condition of an external Power Fail Backup is an Backup Health holdup circuit estimation of capacitive hold up based on test results from the flash capability based on a timed controller Holdup Circuit Test discharge test wherein discharge past a predefined Normalized Equation voltage threshold faster than a min 100 100 scapCurDischgMs predefined time value threshold 10 indicates a capacitor bank Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 53 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 1 Attribute Na
16. value of 64 decimal 242 Lifetime Reads to Indicates the number of bytes in 64GB This Attribute returns a byte Host System resolution read from the drive by a count in units of Gigabytes at an host system over the life of the drive update resolution of 64 GB The count represents the Usage number of bytes read The 3 0 Count of 64GB units read Attribute reads 0 until the 6 4 None 0x00 number of bytes read reaches 64GB at 64GB the count increments to a value of 64 decimal Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 54 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Table 5 7 S M A R T Attribute Default Threshold Values amp Clear Conditions This table shows the default threshold values and conditions that clear the S M A R T attributes Default Format SMART Power Function Secure FW ClearSMART Mfg load Trip ID Attribute Name Cycle Code 1 Erase Update Diag Cmd MF FW Threshold 1 Raw Read Error Rate Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 32h 5 Retired Block Count Note 2 Clear 3 9 Power On Hours POH Clear Clear 0 12 Device Power Cycle Count Clear Clear 0 13 Soft Read Error Rate Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 100 Gigabytes Erased Clear Clear 0 170 Reserved Block Count Clear 0 171 181 Program Fail Count Clear Cle
17. 0 throttling value reads 90 while throttling is in effect Normalized Value Range Best 100 positive wrt Life Curve If throttling is disabled this value Worst 1 throttling reads 100 i e throttling is not in effect RawUsage none Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 52 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 15 Attribute Name Description Rational 231 SSD Life Left Indicates the approximate SSD life left SSD life left is based on actual in terms of PE cycles and Flash blocks usage and takes into account PE currently available for use cycle consumption and Flash block retirement Normalized Equation SSD Life Left MIN MAX termA 10 PE cycle usage at a rate less termB than the rate used for termA Unused Rated x 100 performance throttling will result Unused unused PE cycles in extending drive life Actual Rated rated PE cycles Flash endurance remaining is termB AvailExcess OrigExcess normally greater than the AvailX Blocks above min req d unused rated PE cycles OrigX Original blks above min req d Note that block retirement rate also affects SSD life and this Normalized Value Range Attribute value 100 Best Full SSD life remains 10 Replace Sufficient Flash blocks still in service but rated PE Cycles consumed 1 Worst Insufficient Flash blocks remain in service EOL drive is
18. 000 ft Storage Time n a n a 1 year Notes 1 RFU 2 Not available on VRFS1xGF series 3 Also refer to data retention specifications 4 Max altitude specification for xxGAxx and xxGBxx part numbers is limited to 3048 m 10 000 ft Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 20 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 2 5 2 Shock and Vibration Table 2 10 Shock and Vibration Specifications Mode Operating Shock Operating and non 516 5 MIL STD 810F section 50g 11ms 3 Axis Half Sine Positive and Negative Operating Vibration Operating and non 514 5 MIL STD 810F section 10 1000Hz 0 04g Hz 3 Axis 1000 2000Hz 6db oct 3 Axis Notes 1 Shock and vibration specifications assume that the SSD is latched securely Stimulus may be applied in the X Y or Z axis 2 5 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility Electromagnetic Compatibility tests assume the SSD is properly installed in the representative host system The drive will operate properly without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to environments defined in the following table Table 2 11 Electromagnetic Compatibility Specifications Test Description Performance Criteria Reference Standard Electrostatic Contact HCP VCP Dei discharge 8 kV Air 15 kV B EN 80 to 6 000 MHz 3 V m 80 AM with 1 EN 61000 4 3 200
19. 2 Radiated RF Immunity kHz sine i ENV 50204 1995 1 kV differential 2 Surge Immunity kV common AC B EN 61000 4 5 1995 mains 150 kHz to 80 MHz 3 DISSE Vrms 80 AM with 1 A EN 61000 4 6 1996 mmunity kHz sine Notes 1 Performance Criteria A of CE Spec The device shall continue to operate as intended i e normal unit operation with no degradation of performance 2 Performance Criteria B of CE Spec The device shall continue to operate as intended after completion of the test However during the test some function degradation of performance is allowed as long as there is no data loss operator intervention to restore device function 3 Electrostatic discharge applied to drive enclosure Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 21 of 60 www vikingtechnology com TECHNOLOGY viking 2 6 Reliability Table 2 12 Reliability Specifications Parameter Value Nonrecoverable read errors UBER lt 1 sector in 10 bits read max Mean Time Between Failures MTBF 3 000 000 hours Power On Off Cycles 50 000 cycles Read Endurance Unlimited Write or Erase Endurance specified by the flash component Global wear leveling 2 between least worn and most worn cell Data retention See Note 5 Notes 1 Uncorrectable Bit Error rate UBER will not exceed one sector in the specified number of bits read In the extremely unlikely event of
20. 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 23 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI TECHNOLOGY Ng code Any image not corroborated by at least one other image is discarded In this way a reliable firmware image is always chosen on boot up for execution If a firmware image is discarded a new redundant image is created from the good images to ensure original levels of protection Firmware images are also protected in Flash memory and during fetch by the maximum ECC correction power and by RAISE correction technology 2 6 2 Intelligent Read Disturb Management Flash memory is primarily at risk from writes and erasures However reads also affect data longevity Excessive reads of Flash memory cells induce inter cell voltage shift although the effect not as accelerated as write induced cell damage The degradation occurs in data stored in nearby cells rather than in the cell being read Read induced data degradation is called Read Disturb The controller provides read operation management to overcome Flash Memory Read Disturb concerns by ensuring that data integrity is not impacted by multiple reads of the same Flash Memory address It tracks reads and automatically and seamlessly recovers and refreshes data in proximity before that data is negatively impacted lts superior throughput and latency performance delivered over the life of the drive is not diminished by this process and the expected d
21. 53 8 S M A R T RETURN STATUS o YES SmStatus SRSS S M A R T BOh DAh S M A R T SAVE ATB VALUES Obs YES fo e S M A R T BOh D3h 7 53 9 S M A R T WRITE LOG ESE SmWrLog SWLS S M A R T BOh D6h SMWL 7 54 STANDBY M YES Standby STBY Power E2h Manage 7 55 STANDBY IMMEDIATE M YES Standbylm STBI Power Eoh Manage 7 60 TRUSTED SEND DMA O NO Trusted 5Fh Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 33 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VI in TECHNOLOGY ATA 8 REF Commands ATA 8 Sup Key Word Option Feature Set OP 7 61 WRITE BUFFER WrBuf WBUF E8h 7 62 WRITE DMA M YES WdDma WDMA WDMA General CAh 7 63 WRITE DMA EXT MEL Ri ET E WDMX mz bit 35h Address 7 64 WRITE DMA FUA EXT YES WrDmaFuaEx WDFE 48 bit 3Dh Address 7 65 WRITE DMA QUEUED WrDmaQ WDMQ ca CCh 7 66 WRITE DMA QUEUED EXT o NO WrDmaQEx WDQX 36h 7 67 WRITE DMA QUEUE FUA EXT o NO WrDmaQFuaEx WDQF 3Eh WRITE DMA w o retry OA A CBh 7 68 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED YES WFPDMAQ 61h WDMA_NCQ 7 69 WRITE WRITELOGEXT EXT WRITELOGEXT M YES WrLogEx WRLE 3Fh 7 70 WRITE LOG DMA EXT YES 2e E 57h 7 71 WRITE MULTIPLE YES WrMul WMUL WMUL General C5h 7 72 WRITE MULTIPLE EXT M Bee a WDME ca bit 39h WMEX Address 7 73 WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT WrMulFuaEx WMFE 48 bit CEh Address 7 74 WRITE WRITE SECTOR S S WRITE SECTOR S M YES WrSec WDSK WSEC 30h 7 75 WRITE SECTOR S EXT eis Wr
22. 96 80 156 301 488 96 90 175 836 528 96 96 187 557 552 96 75 146 533 968 128 120 234 441 648 128 128 250 069 680 128 121 236 395 152 128 100 195 371 568 192 160 312 581 808 192 180 351 651 888 192 192 375 093 936 192 150 293 046 768 256 240 468 862 128 256 256 500 118 192 256 251 490 350 672 256 225 439 559 568 256 200 390 721 968 384 360 703 282 608 384 384 750 166 704 384 335 654 445 008 384 300 586 072 368 512 480 937 703 088 512 512 1 000 215 216 512 450 878 977 968 512 400 781 422 768 2 2 Performance Maximum SSD performance can be achieved for certain workloads by e Initiating read and write transfers for random accesses with small block sizes of 4k bytes to optimize IOP s performance for applications such as databases OLTP etc e Initiating read and write transfers for sequential accesses with large blocks 128k or larger to optimize performance toward throughput MBps for applications such as video streaming data acquisition etc e Issuing transfers at starting LBA s that align the access on 4k boundaries o Minimizes or eliminates internal Read Modify Write operations o Align on 4k boundaries is optimal for SSD capacities up to 256 GB o For SSD capacities greater than 256 GB aligning on 8k boundaries is optimal Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 16 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY e Avoid mixing NCQ and non NCQ comman
23. Feature VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGJ VRFS1xGF VRFS1xGK VRFS1xGM Industrial Versions Best in class sequential and random Read Write performance Seamless SATA Revision 2 x interface support for SATA up to 3Gbps Seamless SATA Revision 3 x interface support for SATA up to 6Gbps VRFS1xGK only Power hold up circuit technology ensures no data loss resulting from an unexpected power loss and is supported for industrial temperatures PFAIL DHARD signaling with the host Support for ONFi and Toggle Mode NAND VRFS1xGJ only VRFS1xGK only Low Power Mode VRFS1xGJ only VRFS1xGK only Patented architecture for SSD longevity reliability and data integrity Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ to 32 commands Native support for 512 and non 512 host LBA sizes VRFS1xGK only Automatic Trim Command support Compatible with all major SLC eMLC and MLC NAND flash technologies Protection against catastrophic flash page and block failures AES 128 encryption in CTR mode AES 256 encryption in XTS mode VRFS1xGK only S M A R T command transport SCT technology Superior wear leveling algorithm Intelligent flash memory block management and read disturb management Efficient error recovery Power throttling support Customer selectable Drive Life Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Re
24. Reported I O Error Detection The CONTROLLER SSD Error Detection Code Errors processor minimizes the risk Code Errors IOEDC errors of unreported data miscompares IOEDC errors by calculating and appending a This attribute tracks the number of I O CRC based on the data and L errors encountered during reads from page location as it writes to flash memory flash The CRC is subsequently verified when data is read This Normalized Equation 100 attribute tracks any CRC errors IOEDCErrors encountered in this path The Normalized Value Range normalized equation for IOEDC Best 100 Error Count decrements by 1 for Worst 1 each IOEDC error Raw Usage 3 0 Cumulative lifetime IOEDC error count 6 4 None 0x00 187 Reported Uncorrectable Errors URAISE The uncorrectable ECC error Uncorrectable rate tracks the CONTROLLER Errors URAISE This attribute tracks the number of Uncorrectable RAISE URAISE uncorrectable RAISE URAISE errors errors The normalized equation reported back to the host for all data for Uncorrectable Error Count access decrements by 1 for each commands URAISE error Uncorrectable errors reported in this field are Normalized Equation 100 URAISE uncorrectable by any level of Normalized Value Range ECC protection including RAISE Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 1 0 Cumulative lifetime URAISE errors 6 2 None 0x00 194 Temperature Temperature of the SSD assembly T
25. SecEx WDSE WSEX 48 bit 34h ee WRITE SECTOR S w o retry Obs YES YES 3th 7 76 WRITE STREAM a EXT E WrStrDma WSTD 3Ah 7 77 WRITE STREAM EXT o NO WrStrPio WSTP 3Bh Key M Mandatory O Optional Obs Obsolete P Prohibited N Not defined YES Supported NO Not DATA SET MANAGEMENT EXT I E TRIM YES Supported 06h 5 1 1 48 Bit Address Command Set The Element SSD supports the 48 Bit Address command set consisting of Flush Cache Ext Read DMA Ext Read native Max Address Ext Read Sector s Ext Set Max Address Ext Write DMA Ext Write Multiple Ext Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 34 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY e Write Sector s Ext 5 1 2 ATA General Feature Command Set The Element SSD supports the ATA General Feature command set consisting of Download Microcode Executive Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Identify Device NOP optional Read Buffer optional Read DMA Read Multiple Read Sector s Read Verify Sector s Seek Set Features Set Multiple Mode Write Buffer optional Write DMA Write Multiple Write Sector s 5 1 3 Device Configuration Overlay Command Set The Element SSD supports the Device Configuration Overlay command set consisting of e Device Configuration Freeze Lock e Device Configuration Identity e Device Configuration Resto
26. Specifications 18 Table 2 4 STANDBY IMMEDIATE Timing 18 Table 2 5 Absolute Maximum Ratings for 3 3V SSD s 19 Table 2 6 3 3V Operating Voltage 19 Table 2 7 Current 3 3V input 19 Table 2 8 Power Consumption at 3 3V 20 Table 2 9 Temperature and Altitude Related Specifications 20 Table 2 10 Shock and Vibration Specifications 21 Table 2 11 Electromagnetic Compatibility Specifications 21 Table 2 12 Reliability Specifications 22 Table 2 13 Element SSD Secure Erase Commands 26 Table 2 14 Military Secure Erase Sanitize Routines 27 Table 3 1 Physical Dimensions 28 Table 4 1 1 8 SSD Serial ATA Connector Pin Signal Definitions 29 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 9 of 60 www vikingtechnology com 44 TECHNOLOGY Table 4 2 1 8 SSD Serial ATA Power Pin Definitions Table 5 1 ATA Feature Set Table 5 2 ATA Commands Table 5 3 S M A R T Command Set Table 5 4 Supported S M A R T EXECUTE OFF LINE IMMEDIATE Subcommands Table 5 5 Baseline S M A R T Attribute Summary Table 5 6 Baseline S M A R T Attribute Details Table 5 7 S M A R T Attribute Default Threshold Values amp Clear Conditions Table 5 8 S M A R T Attribute Data Structure Table 5 9 S M A R T Threshold Data Structure Table 6 1 Device Certifications Table of Figures Figure 1 1 High Level Block Diagram for Client Industrial Series Figure 1 2 High Level Block Diagr
27. V Operating Voltage Operating Voltage for 3 3 V 5 3 14 3 47 V 2 4 3 Supply Current Table 2 7 Current 3 3V input Write 1548 1385 1730 1467 Read 939 682 1133 824 Idle 294 258 621 591 Notes 1 Values based lOMeter 06 100 Sequential 256K Transfer Q Depth 32 Temperature 25C 2 4 4 Power Consumption All onboard power requirements of the Element SSD are derived from the SATA 3 3V input rail Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 19 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Table 2 8 Power Consumption at 3 3V Write 5 11 4 57 5 71 4 84 Read 3 10 2 25 3 74 2 72 Idle 0 97 0 85 2 05 1 95 Notes 1 Values based lOMeter 06 100 Sequential 256K Transfer Q Depth 32 Temperature 25C 2 5 Environmental Conditions 2 5 1 Temperature and Altitude Table 2 9 Temperature and Altitude Related Specifications Commercial 0 to 70 40 to 100 40 to 100 Temperature 32 to 158 F 40 to 212 F 40 to 212 F Ambient Lise A 40 to 85 40 to 100 40 to 100 Fenis 40 to 185 F 40 to 212 F 40 to 212 F Humidity 10 to 80 5 to 95 5 to 95 non condensing Max Temperature 20 c Hour Gradient 36 F Hour ia iva Ada 304 8 to 24 384 m 304 8 to 24 384m 304 8 to 24 384m 1 000 to 80 000 ft 1 000 to 80 000 ft 1 000 to 80
28. a written from hosts since the drive was deployed 242 0xF2 Lifetime Reads to Host Indicates the total amount of data read to hosts since the drive was deployed Notes 1 SMART ID 233 and 234 are for Internal Use only Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 41 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY A number of S M A R T attributes relate to correctable and uncorrectable ECC and RAISE errors The figure below summarizes each ECC and RAISE error category and shows which errors the applicable S M A R T attributes track Figure 5 1 S M A R T ECC and RAISE Error Summary ERROR TYPE ATTRIBUTE NO ECC uncorrectable RAISE correctable UECC Severity gt Figure 5 2 S M A R T ECC and RAISE Error Summary for Industrial versions of VRFS1xGA and VRFS1xGK ERROR TYPE ATTRIBUTE NO Severity gt ECC uncorrectable RAISE correctable UECC Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 42 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 5 1 9 2 Supported Baseline Attribute Details The table below provides a detailed description of supported S M A R T attributes and how they may be used Table 5 6 Baseline S M A R T Attribute Details 10 Aivibute Name Rational Raw Read Error Rate Raw error rate related to ECC errors Errors are counted as ECC errors above a t
29. am for Enterprise Series Figure 3 1 1 8 SSD Dimensions Figure 5 1 S M A R T ECC and RAISE Error Summary Figure 5 2 S M A R T ECC and RAISE Error Summary for Industrial versions of VRFS1xGA and VRFS1xGK 42 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 10 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 1 Introduction 1 1 Features Viking s rugged industrial designed SSD s offer the highest flash storage reliability and performance in harsh environments such as shock vibration humidity altitude ESD and extreme temperatures Viking SSD s meet JEDEC JESD22 standards and pass numerous qualifications including MIL STDs and NEBS Viking can also provide specialized services to OEMs designing customized hardware and systems by offering Locked BOM control with customer product change notification PCN e Pre installed software custom software imaging and ID strings e Custom packaging and labeling e Comprehensive supply chain management e Customer specified testing e 30k volt ESD protection e Conformal coating e Localized Field Application Engineering for complete pre and post sale technical support Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 11 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Table 1 1 Element SSD Features The Element SSD Processor delivers the following features
30. ar 0 172 182 Erase Fail Count Clear Clear 0 174 Unexpected power loss Clear Clear 0 177 Wear range Delta Clear Clear 0 184 Reported I O Error Detection Code Rate Clear Clear 5Ah 187 Reported Uncorrectable Errors Clear Clear 0 194 Temperature Clear Clear 0 195 ECC On the Fly Count Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 196 Reallocation Count Clear Clear 3 198 Uncorrectable Sector Count Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 199 SATA R Errors CRC Error Count Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 201 Uncorrectable Soft Read Error Rate Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 204 Soft ECC Correction Rate Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 0 230 Life Curve Status Clear 0 231 SSD Life Left Clear OAh 232 Available Reserved Space Clear Clear 0 235 Power Fail Backup Health Clear Clear 2 241 Lifetime Writes from Host Clear Clear 0 242 Lifetime Reads to Host Clear Clear 0 Notes 1 All attributes are persistent not cleared unless otherwise specified 2 Raw data is cleared by the ClearSMART Diagnostic Command 3 indicates that this attribute is for the enterprise series only VRFS1xGA and VRFS1xGF 4 indicates that this feature is not available on VRFS1xGA and VRFS1xGF Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 55 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 5 1 10 Attribute Sector The S M A R T Attribute Sector defines attribute format and the data structure is defined in the fol
31. ata retention capability is assured throughout the warranted life of the SSD 2 6 3 Intelligent Write Operation Management The controller makes data location relocation decisions which greatly increase the life of the SSD 2 6 3 1 Sophisticated Wear Leveling Wear leveling refers to the practice of equalizing the impact of write and erase operations over the larger pool of Flash memory blocks Industry standard wear leveling techniques focus on conventional schemes that attempt to equalize writes and erases across blocks While on the surface this appears to be a reasonable approach it is clear that it assumes all blocks will wear equally when written or erased This is far from the truth The NAND processor takes much more into account It measures a variety of parameters to determine the actual wear of blocks during P E cycles to determine which blocks are impacted more by erasures and writes over time That is it determines actual cell wear not simply assumed wear normalized to write erase events The controller employs this information in its superior wear leveling algorithm along with its ongoing record of writes and erasures to ensure each block is impacted by P E cycles no Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 24 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY more than the average The result is an SSD that is far more reliable across its full capacity and over a
32. ccordingly system support should include issuing a Standby Immediate command to the SSD while maintaining power for at least 50ms If a Client drive with MLC NAND is used in a system that does not manage power failures and shutdowns there is a small chance of data corruption Viking Client SSD s take sophisticated hardware and firmware measures to prevent or mitigate such issues making the chance of corruption very small If the SSD controller detects data corruption the drive will be locked The only way to recover the drive is to return it to the factory for reprogramming all data will be lost Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 6 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Product Picture s Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 7 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 11 1 1 Features 11 1 2 Block Diagram 14 1 3 SATA Interface for VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGJ 15 1 4 SATA Interface for VRFS1xGF VRFS1xGK VRFS1xGM 15 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 15 2 1 Capacity LBA 15 2 2 Performance 16 2 3 Timing 18 2 3 1 STANDBY IMMEDIATE Command 18 2 4 Electrical Characteristics 19 2 4 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings 19 2 4 2 Supply Voltage 19 2 43 Supply Current 19 2 44 Power Consumption 19 2 5 Environmental Conditions 20 2 5 1 Temperature and Altitude 20 2 5 2 Sho
33. ck and Vibration 21 2 5 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility 21 2 6 Reliability 22 2 6 1 Data MetaData and Firmware Code Protection 22 2 6 2 Intelligent Read Disturb Management 24 2 6 3 Intelligent Write Operation Management 24 2 7 Data Security 25 2 7 1 Secure Erase Support 26 3 MECHANICAL INFORMATION 28 3 1 Element SSD Physical Dimensions 28 3 2 Element SSD Weight 29 4 PIN AND SIGNAL DESCRIPTIONS 29 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 8 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 4 1 3 3V 1 8 SSD Signal and Power Description Tables 29 4 2 Hot Plug Support 30 5 COMMAND SETS 30 5 1 ATA Commands 31 5 1 1 48 Bit Address Command Set 34 5 1 2 ATA General Feature Command Set 35 5 1 3 Device Configuration Overlay Command Set 35 5 1 4 General Purpose Log Command Set 35 5 1 5 Host Protected Area Command Set 35 5 1 6 Power Management Command Set 36 5 1 7 Security Mode Feature Set 36 5 1 8 S M A R T Support 36 5 1 9 S M A R T Attributes 39 5 1 10 Attribute Sector 56 5 1 11 Threshold Sector 56 5 1 12 S M A R T Command Transport SCT 57 5 2 SATA Commands 57 5 2 1 Native Command Queuing NCQ 57 6 CERTIFICATIONS AND COMPLIANCE 58 7 REFERENCES 59 8 GLOSSARY 60 Table of Tables Table 1 1 Element SSD Features 12 Table 2 1 Capacity and LBA Count 15 Table 2 2 Maximum Sustained Read and Write MB sec and IOPS 17 Table 2 3 Timing
34. d One is then added to the number SectorsRead Number of sectors read of errors in the denominator to SectorsToBits 512 8 avoid a divide by 0 condition BitsRead SectorsRead SectorsToBits if no errors are encountered By taking the log of the inverted Normalized Value Range BER and multiplying by ten a Best 100 reasonable range of normalized Worst 1 values from 120 to 38 Invalid 0 representing a BER range of 1 00E 13 to 1 68E 04 are Raw Usage presented As defined this 3 0 Number of sectors read attribute is identical to 195 and 6 4 Uncorrectable Soft error count 204 UECC This Attribute reads O until a sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 51 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 15 Attribute Name Description Rational 204 Soft ECC Number of errors corrected by RAISE The Soft ECC Correction Rate Correction Rate that cannot be fixed on the fly and includes all uncorrectable ECC UECC requires RAISE to correct The UECC errors tracked by normalized value is only computed the CONTROLLER The when the number of bits in the normalized equation for Soft BitsRead count is in the range of ECC Correction Rate is 10410 to 10112 The count is cleared at logarithmic since the power on reset and when gt 10112 bits valid BER ran
35. ds Table 2 2 Maximum Sustained Read and Write MB sec and IOPS ACCESS IND VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK VRFS1xGF Units yp VRFS1xGJ VRFS1xGM VRFS1xGN Sequential Read 128K block size Up to 260 Up to 500 Up to 520 MB s Sequential Write 128K block size Up to 260 Up to 500 Up to 520 MB s Up to Random Read 4K block size Up ta 20 000 Upto 60 000 ona 9FS Up to Random Write 4K block size Mp to B0000 Upto 20000 j gogog or Notes 1 Performance measured after SSD preconditioning 2 Tested with IOmeter 08 and queue depth QD set to 32 3 Write Cache enabled 4 Random IOPS Input Output Operations per Second cover the entire range of legal logical block addresses LBA s Measurements are performed on a full drive all LBA s have valid content 5 Performance may vary by NAND type and host 6 Refer to Application Note AN0006 for Viking SSD Benchmarking Methodology Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 17 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI TECHNOLO IN 2 3 Timing Table 2 3 Timing Specifications Type Average Latency ms Write Cache Enabled Power On to Ready POR lt 1 Reset to Ready lt 2 Command to DRQ lt 1 Time to Erase ATA Secure Erase 4 second entire drive Notes 1 Based on MLC NAND 2 Device measured using IOMETER 08 Queue depth set to 32 for NCQ 3 Sector Read Write latency measur
36. e Command Queuing NCQ feature set NV Cache feature set NV Cache Power Management feature set Power Management feature set Power Up In Standby PUIS feature set Security feature set S M A R T feature set Software Settings Preservation SSP feature set 4 2 4 5 4 10 4 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 4 19 4 20 4 21 4 22 Support ATA 8 REF ATA Device Element SSD O YES NO YES NO NO NO YES NO YES YES NO NO NO YES NO NO YES YES YES YES YES Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 30 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Support Feature Set ATA 8 REF ATA Device Element SSD Streaming feature set 4 23 o NO Tagged Command Queuing TCQ feature set 44 o NO Trusted Computing feature set 45 o NO Write Read Verify feature set 4 26 NO Key M Mandatory O Optional P Prohibited N Not defined YES Supported NO Not Supported 5 1 ATA Commands Table 5 2 ATA Commands ATA 8 REF Commands ATA 8 Sup Key Word Option Feature Set OP 7 2 CFA ERASE SECTORS N 7 3 CFA REQUEST EXTENDED ERROR CODE 7 4 CFA TRANSLATE SECTOR o NO ERASE 7 CFA WRITE SECTOR S WITHOUT aaa ERASE o 7 7 CHECK MEDIA CARD TYPE 7 8 CHECK POWER MODE 7 9 CONFIGURE STREAM Oo 7 10 2 DEVICE CONFIGURATION FREEZE YES LOCK 7 12 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE o YES 7 13 EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
37. ection rebuilds the data in the failed page or block and relocates it elsewhere in the Flash array Performance during recovery is impacted but after recovery is complete Element SSD returns to full performance and full functionality The performance impact period is only the amount of time required to rebuild and relocate the page or block data and to map out the problematic Flash block In contrast to other SSD Flash controllers Element SSD with RAISE technology uniquely reliably and seamlessly overcomes these catastrophic data loss risks with only temporary impact to throughput and latency and no impact to power consumption In a RAID drive array application Element SSD can auto rebuild data locally without passing the problem upstream to the system level and without incurring the associated significant system rebuild hit The difference in impact between a standard approach and Element SSD with RAISE approach is significant Additionally following recovery from a page failure or block failure Element SSD is fully functional and fully reliable whereas a page failed or block failed drive recovered by system RAID must be immediately replaced 2 6 1 4 Firmware Code Protection Firmware requires special attention to ensure the code is execution worthy For this reason firmware is stored in multiple redundant images in the Flash array Image checksums are compared between all stored copies to ensure identical Manual 1 2
38. ed up ton 4K block size 512B sector 1 Block random access 4 Sequential IOPS cover the entire range of valid logical block addresses LBA s Measurements are performed on a full drive all LBA s have valid content 2 3 1 STANDBY IMMEDIATE Command The Power On to Ready time assumes a proper shutdown power removal preceded by STANDBY IMMEDIATE command A STANDBY IMMEDIATE before power down always performs a graceful shutdown and does not require the use of the hold up circuit Note that SMART attribute 174 Unexpected Power Loss records the number of non graceful power cycle events The timings for when a STANDBY IMMEDIATE is issued to when it is completed are shown in the table below Table 2 4 STANDBY IMMEDIATE Timing Power Cycle Endurance Min Max Unit STANDBY IMMEDIATE to WE completed 40 ms Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 18 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 2 4 Electrical Characteristics 2 4 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings Table 2 5 Absolute Maximum Ratings for 3 3V SSD s Values shown are stress ratings only Functional operation outside normal operating values is not implied Extended exposure to absolute maximum ratings may affect reliability Maximum Voltage Range for Vin 0 3 4 0 V Maximum Temperature Range 40 85 c 2 4 2 Supply Voltage 1 8 SSD s operate at 3 3V Table 2 6 3 3
39. erprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11400GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 400GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11400GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 400GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11100GFCxEyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C eMLC 100GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11200GFCxEyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0 to 70 C eMLC 200GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11400GFCxEyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C eMLC 400GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11025GFCxSyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C SLC 25GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11050GFCxSyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0t0 70 C SLC 50GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11100GFCxSyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C SLC 100GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11025GFIxSyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C SLC 25GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11050GFIxSyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C SLC 50GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11100GFIxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C MLC 120GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11120GFIxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C MLC 120GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11240GFIxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C MLC 240GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11120GKIxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C MLC 120GB Client SATA 6Gb VRFS11240GKIxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Ind 40 to 85 C MLC 240GB Client SATA 6Gb Notes 1 Usable capacity based on a level of over provisioning applied to wear leveling bad sec
40. es of redundancy per 4k of data normally this is MLC Flash o 27 bytes of redundancy applied to 512 bytes of data o Upto twelve 9 bit symbols up to 108 bits if contiguous correctable Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 22 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 2 6 1 2 Data Path CRC Error Detection CRC error detection is applied against data along internal data paths CRC detection uses a 32 bit checksum CRC32 to protect data along all internal data paths to correct silent errors not detected by other schemes 2 6 1 3 RAISE Data Protection Against Catastrophic Flash Page Block Failure Element SSD implements proprietary R A 1 S E Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements data protection to overcome the probabilistic risk of page or block failure inherent in all Flash memory technology Flash technology can exhibit a finite probability that a block or page will fail within the rated Program Erase P E cycle count lifetime of the Flash device While this probability may appear tolerable for a given application note that it is for a particular Flash die For an SSD incorporating up to 128 Flash die the additive probability of this phenomenon can reveal measurable risk to the SSD over its multi year lifetime Element SSD technology addresses this risk In the event of a catastrophic failure of an entire Flash page or Flash block RAISE off line prot
41. far greater length of time The controller uses both static and dynamic wear leveling algorithms to globally manage cell degradation to approximately 2 between least worn and most worn cells or to the value specified in the S M A R T Wear Range Delta command ID 177 Opcode 0xB1 2 6 3 2 Write Operation Reduction The controller uses intelligent algorithms to minimize P E cycles through aggregation virtualization and difference processing It is uniquely effective in reducing the wear and maintaining the reliability of the overall pool of Flash memory blocks by intelligently minimizes re writes of identical data to maximize the effectiveness of the wear leveling process 2 7 Data Security Viking Element SSD s are self encrypting drives SED with a bulk data encryption feature that provides automatic hardware based data security and enhanced secure erase capability A self encrypting drive scrambles data using a data encryption key as it is written to the drive and then descrambles it with the key as it is retrieved This gives the user the highest level of data protection available and provides a fast erase simply by deleting the encryption key eliminating the need for time consuming data overwrite Data on the drive is instantly rendered unreadable The Element SSD supports AES 128 encryption in CTR mode and ATA Secure Erase features to protect sensitive data The VRFS1xGF and VRFS1xGK series also supports AES 256 encryption in XTS
42. formance for xxGK and xxKM 10 17 12 A5 Added performance for xxGK and xxKM 4 9 13 Update Company name Added xxTJxx PN s Changed altitude specification and add note on storage temperature Removed all PN s with an A or a B in the controller location of the part number in the Order Information table Add more detail to Block diagram added current and power tables for 480GB drive Added VRFS11025GFIRSTH and VRFS11050GFIRSTH to PN table along with config s 4 19 13 BI Add power consumption information based on client and enterprise SSD s ie VRFS11480GMCVMTHP1 VRFS11400GFCVETHE1 6 19 13 B2 Remove xxxGMxx from PN table due to controller going EOL Add low power mode in xxxGFxxx feature table 7 17 13 B3 Added VRFS11100GFITM Revised SMART attributes to worst 1 8 22 13 B4 Revised the weight for client and enterprise SSD s add photo to 1 page 9 12 13 B5 Revised PN Table Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 2 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Date Revision Description Checked by 10 22 13 B6 Revised description of SMART Attribute 13 Soft read error rate 1 2 14 B7 Updated datasheet format Bob Desmarais Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 3 of 60 www v
43. ge of the attribute have been read spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 To force positive numbers Normalized Equation the numerator and denominator 10log10 BitsRead UECC 1 are flipped One is then added to the number of errors in the SectorsRead Number of sectors read denominator to avoid a divide SectorsToBits 512 8 by 0 condition if no errors are BitsRead SectorsRead SectorsToBits encountered By taking the log of the inverted BER and multiplying Normalized Value Range by ten a reasonable range of Best 100 normalized values from 120 to Worst 1 38 representing a BER range of Invalid 0 1 00E 13 to 1 68E 04 are presented As defined this Raw Usage attribute is identical to 195 and 3 0 Number of sectors read 201 6 4 Soft ECC correction count UECC This Attribute reads O until a sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute 230 Life Curve Status Current state of drive operation based When no throttling is in effect upon the Life Curve which is the Flash this value reads 100 If the PE Program Erase Cycle usage schedule Cycle usage trajectory threatens defined for the drive s warranty period to violate the Life Curve usage configured by Viking at manufacturing schedule for the block that has time the minimum PE cycles left unused throttling commences Normalized Equation 100 usage does to forbid such violation this not require throttling 9
44. he normalized temperature is a That is the temperature inside the straight Celsius value as SSD housing obtained from the primary Normalized Equation SSD temperature sensor Temperature Temperature Celsius The raw values represent current and historical Celsius Normalized Value Range temperature values from the Lowest 127 primary SSD temperature Highest 127 sensor Raw Usage For SSD designs incorporating 1 0 Current temperature C from multiple temperature sensors sensor current temperature is taken 3 2 Highest temperature C since from the sensor with the highest Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 48 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY g 10 Atribute Name power on reading historical values are 5 4 Lowest temperature C since highest or lowest of all sensors power on polled 6 None 0x00 195 ECC On the Fly This attribute tracks the number of The ECC On The Fly error rate Error Count uncorrectable ECC errors UECC The includes all uncorrectable ECC normalized value is only computed errors UECC tracked by when the number of bits in the the CONTROLLER The BitsRead count is in the range of normalized equation for ECC 10410 to 10112 The count is cleared at On The Fly error rate is power on reset and when gt 10 12 logarithmic since the valid BER bits have been read range of the attr
45. hreshold For the CONTROLLER this attribute includes Uncorrectable ECC UECC errors and Uncorrectable RAISE URAISE errors Normalized Equation 10log10 BitsRead ReadErrors 1 SectorsRead Number of sectors read SectorsToBits 512 8 BitsRead SectorsRead SectorsToBits Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Invalid 0 Raw Usage 3 0 Number of sectors read 6 4 Read errors UECC URAISE The Raw Read error rate includes two types of ECC errors that are tracked by the CONTROLLER UECC and URAISE The normalized equation for Raw read error rate is logarithmic since the valid BER range of the attribute spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 To force positive numbers the numerator and denominator are flipped One is then added to the number of errors in the denominator to avoid a divide by 0 condition if no errors are encountered By taking the log of the inverted BER and multiplying by ten a reasonable range of normalized values from 120 to 38 representing a BER range of 1 00E 13 to 1 68E 04 are presented This Attribute reads 0 until a sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 43 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI AKIN nom Attribute Name Description Rational Retired Block Tracks the total number of retired The normalized eq
46. ibute spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 To force Normalized Equation positive numbers the numerator 10log10 BitsRead ECCOnTheFlyErrors and denominator are flipped 1 One is then added to the number of errors in the denominator to SectorsRead Number of sectors read avoid a divide by 0 condition if SectorsToBits 512 8 no errors are encountered By BitsRead SectorsRead SectorsToBits taking the log of the inverted BER and multiplying by ten a Normalized Value Range reasonable range of normalized Best 100 values from 120 to 38 Worst 1 representing a BER range of Invalid 0 1 00E 13 to 1 68E 04 are presented As defined this Raw Usage Attribute is identical to Attribute 3 0 Number of sectors read 201 and Attribute 204 6 4 ECCOnTheFlyErrors UECC count This Attribute reads O until a sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute Note that many UECC errors counted by this Attribute are corrected by RAISE correction Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 49 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY ID Attribute Name Description 196 Reallocation Event Count Tracks the total number of reallocated Flash blocks Normalized Equation Count 100 100 RBC MRB RBC RetiredBlockCount Number of retired blocks MRB MinimumReqBlocks Minimum number of reserve blocks available for CONTROLLER use This
47. ibute threshold D8 S M A R T enable operations D9 S M A R T disable operations DA S M A R T return status DB S M A R T enable disable automatic off line DC FF Reserved Vendor Specific Note that D1 D3 and D7 have been made obsolete in the ATA 8 specification 5 1 8 2 Off line Mode The Element SSD supports the optional 28 bit S M A R T EXECUTION OFF LINE IMMEDIATE B0h D4h command per the ATA 8 specification This command causes the Element SSD to initiate the collection of S M A R T data in an off line mode and then preserves this data across power and reset events Supported subcommands include those shown in the table below Reference the ATA 8 specification for subcommand detail Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 37 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI TECHNOLOGY Ng Table 5 4 Supported S M A R T EXECUTE OFF LINE IMMEDIATE Subcommands Value Description 00h Execute S M A R T off line routine immediately in off line mode 01h Execute S M A R T Short self test routine immediately in off line mode 02h Execute S M A R T Extended self test routine immediately in off line mode 04h Execute S M A R T Selective self test routine immediately in off line mode 7Fh Abort off line mode self test routine 81h Execute S M A R T Short self test routine immediately in captive mode 82h Execute S M A R T Extended self test routine
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49. k count The value is decremented as the reserve block count diminishes over the drive s life 171 Program Fail Count Counts the number of flash program failures Usage 3 0 Program Error Count 6 4 None 0x00 This Attribute returns the total number of Flash program operation failures since the drive was deployed This Attribute is identical to Attribute 181 172 Erase Fail Count Counts the number of flash erase failures Usage 3 0 Erase Error Count 6 4 None 0x00 This Attribute returns the total number of Flash erase operation failures since the drive was deployed This Attribute is identical to Attribute 182 174 Unexpected Power Loss Counts the number of unexpected power loss events as determined by the number of times PFAIL has been asserted or other criteria This Attribute returns the total number of unexpected power loss events over the life of the drive Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 46 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 10 Atribute Name Usage 3 0 Unexpected Power Loss Event Count 6 4 None 0x00 177 Wear Range Provides a value equal to the delta This Attribute identifies the Delta between delta between most worn and the max worn Flash block and the least least worn Flash blocks as a
50. lowing table Table 5 8 S M A R T Attribute Data Structure Byte Description 0 1 S M A R T structure version number 2 First Stored Attribute Number i e 1 for RawErrorRate 3 4 Status 5 Nominal value 6 Worst value since SSD was deployed 7 12 Raw Data 13 Reserved 14 25 Next Stored Attribute Number ie 3 for Retired Block Count 26 361 Next Stored Attribute Numbers max 30 collected Attributes including above 362 Off line data collection status 363 Self test execution status byte 364 365 Total time to complete off line data collection in seconds 366 Reserved 367 Off line Data Collection capability 368 369 S M A R T capability 370 Error Logging Capability bit 0 set device error logging supported 371 Next Self Test Step 372 Short Self Test routine recommended polling time in minutes 373 Extended Self Test routine recommended polling time in minutes 374 Recommended polling time for Conveyance Self Test 375 376 Time for Extended Self Test if gt 255 ie 373 to FFh 377 385 Reserved 386 510 Vendor Information 511 Checksum of data structure generated on retrieval of stored data Notes Bytes 2 361 are vendor unique 5 1 11 Threshold Sector The S M A R T Threshold Sector defines attribute trip thresholds Attributes are compared to the thresholds when the S M A R T Return Status Command DA
51. me min scapTestDischgToutMs scaplnitDischgMs 10 where scapCurDischgMs Most recent discharge time limited by apTestDischgToutMs scapTestDischgToutMs timeout ceiling msec specified via ConfigDrive Unique scaplnitDischgMs Initial discharge time for Holdup Circuit characterization at mfg time characterization may be performed with a higher timeout ceiling Normalized Value Range Best 100 Holdup Circuit Test passed Worst 1 indicates the hold up capability has degraded too far Raw Usage 1 0 Latest Holdup Circuit Test discharge time in milliseconds 6 2 None 0x00 whose capacitance value is degraded past the point of reliability to protect SSD data If an SSD has never run a Holdup Circuit Test the normalized value of this Attribute remains at 100 This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 241 Lifetime Writes Indicates the number of bytes in 64GB This Attribute returns a byte from Host resolution written to the drive by a host count in units of Gigabytes at an System system over the life of the drive update resolution of 64 GBytes The count represents Usage the number of bytes written The 3 0 Count of 64GB units written Attribute reads 0 until the 6 4 None 0x00 number of bytes written reaches 64GB at 64GB the Attribute increments to a
52. mmands The SATA 3 specification is a super set of the ATA ATAPI 7 specification with regard to supported commands The Element SSD supports the following features that are unique to the SATA specification 5 2 1 Native Command Queuing NCQ The Element SSD supports the Native Command Queuing NCQ command set which consists of e READ FPDMA QUEUED e WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Note With a maximum queue depth less than or equal to 32 Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 57 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY 6 Certifications and Compliance Table 6 1 Device Certifications Certification Compliance Description CE Compliant Indicate conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European Directives Low Voltage Directive and EMC directive FCC Class A TUV Worldwide Safety Compliance RoHS Viking Technology TM Sanmina Corporation Viking shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide components parts materials products and processes to customers that do not contain i lead mercury hexavalent chromium polybrominated biphenyls PBB and polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE above 0 1 by weight in homogeneous material or ii cadmium above 0 01 by weight of homogeneous material except as provided in any exemption s from RoHS requirements including the most current version of the Annex
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54. o remove ultra sensitive data from the drive to prevent any access and ensure the privacy of information previously stored in the flash This aspect of the secure erase is often required by some military or government agencies The second reason for a Secure Erase is to initialize the drive to a known starting point for benchmarking purposes or to increase performance and or capacity by eliminating any preconditioning Unlike the ATA Security Erase Unit command which only erases the map data and the encryption key for the encrypted data in flash memory the Secure Erase command will also Erase all map data and checks the drive to ensure map loss is persistent Erase encryption key All data in flash is scrambled and unrecoverable Erase all LBAs 0 to MAX in DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY Erase SMART Attributes 1 13 195 199 201 204 clear by power cycle Erase SMART Logs Erase SMART Thresholds and return to default Reset and regenerate a new AES key to apply to all data In less than 4 seconds after a Secure Erase command scrambled encrypted data cannot be located or retrieved Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 26 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY The SSD also has an optional Cryptographic Erase plus Physical Flash Erase command where in addition to a Secure Erase all encrypted unreadable data and all Flash blocks excluding FW blocks are erased Persi
55. ogo are trademarks of Sanmina Corporation Other company product or service names mentioned herein may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners Export Control Sanmina Viking Technology must ensure that our customers understand that our family of Solid State Drives SSD are subject to US export control restrictions In summary our products cannot be exported or re exported to any foreign government and their use in the design development production or use of nuclear chemical or biological weapons or missiles requires a separate license for export or re export They also may not be exported or re exported to Cuba Iran North Korea Sudan or Syria Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 4 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Ordering Information Element 1 8 SSD Family Viking High Performance Solid State Drive Ordering Information NAND User Part Number Form Factor Temperature type Capacity Platform Interface VRFS11100GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 100GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11100GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 100GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11200GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 200GB Enterprise SATA 6Gb VRFS11200GFCxMyz SSD 1 8 5 0mm Com 0to 70 C MLC 200GB Ent
56. r This attribute indicates the count of full The normalized equation for Cycle Count hard disk power on off cycles Power Cycle Count decrements Normalized Equation 100 PCC by 1 for each 1024 power 1024 cycle Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 3 0 Cumulative lifetime power cycle count PCC 6 4 None 0x00 13 Soft Read Error This attribute tracks the number of The Soft Read Error Rate Rate correctable ECC errors CECC The includes all correctable ECC normalized value is only computed CECC errors tracked by the when the number of bits in the CONTROLLER The normalized BitsRead count is in the range of equation for Soft Read Error 10410 to 10112 The count is cleared at Rate is logarithmic since the power on reset and wraps to valid BER range of the attribute 0 5x1010 when it exceeds 10112 spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 To force positive numbers the numerator and denominator Normalized Equation are flipped One is then added to 10log10 BitsRead SoftReadErrors 1 the number of errors in the SectorsRead Number of sectors read denominator to avoid a divide SectorsToBits 512 8 by 0 condition if no errors are BitsRead SectorsRead SectorsToBits encountered By taking the log of the inverted BER and multiplying Normalized Value Range by ten a reasonable range of Best 100 normalized values from 120 to Worst 1 38 representing a BER range of Invalid 0 1 00E 13 to 1 68E 04 are presen
57. re e Device Configuration Set 5 1 4 General Purpose Log Command Set The Element SSD supports the General Purpose Log command set consisting of e Read Log Ext e Write Log Ext 5 1 5 Host Protected Area Command Set The Element SSD supports the Host Protected Area command set consisting of e Read Native Max Address e Read Native Max Address Ext Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 35 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Set Max Address Set Max Address Ext Set Max Freeze Lock optional Set Max Lock optional Set Max Set Password optional Set Max Unlock optional 5 1 6 Power Management Command Set The Element SSD supports the Power Management command set consisting of Check Power Mode Idle Idle Immediate Sleep Standby Standby Immediate 5 1 7 Security Mode Feature Set The Element SSD supports the Security Mode command set consisting of Security Set Password OPCODE F1h Security Unlock OPCODE F2h Security Erase Prepare OPCODE F3h Security Erase Unit OPCODE F4h Security Freeze Lock OPCODE F5h Security Disable Password OPCODE F6h 5 1 8 S M A R T Support Data storage drives capture a variety of information during operation that may be used to analyze drive health Drive manufacturers have adopted S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology to help warn system software a system admini
58. re VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 199 0xC7 SATA R Errors CRC SATA R Errors CRC Error Count This feature Error Count is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 201 OxC9 Uncorrectable Soft Read Number of soft read errors that cannot be fixed Error Rate on the fly and requires deep recovery via RAISE ie UECC 204 OxCC Soft ECC Correction Rate Number of errors corrected by RAISE that cannot be fixed on the fly and requires ECC multilevel to correct ie UECC 230 OxE6 Life Curve Status A life curve used to help predict life in terms of the endurance based on the number of writes to flash This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 231 OxE7 SSD Life Left Indicates the approximate percentage of SSD life left 232 OxE8 Available Reserved The number of reserved blocks remaining This Space feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 40 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY ID Hex Attribute Name Description VRFS1xGM 235 OxEB Power Fail Backup Health Health of the Holdup Circuit This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 241 OxF1 Lifetime Writes from Host Indicates the total amount of dat
59. sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 50 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY g 10 Atribute Name 199 SATA R Errors This attribute tracks the number SATA Normalized equation Error Count TX R_Errors SATA RX R_Errors implemented per Customer Normalized Equation 200 RErrors request SampleSize NumSectorsTransferred Samplesize 8000 NumSectorsTransferred Total number of sectors transferred to from Host Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 3 0 Current SATA RError count 6 4 None 0x00 201 Uncorrectable Number of soft read errors that cannot The Uncorrectable Soft Read Soft Read Error be fixed on the fly and requires deep Error Rate includes all UECC recovery provided by RAISE The uncorrectable ECC UECC normalized value is only computed errors tracked by the when the number of bits in the CONTROLLER The normalized BitsRead count is in the range of equation for Uncorrectable Soft 10410 to 10112 The count is cleared at Read Error Rate is logarithmic power on reset and when gt 10112 bits since the valid BER range have been read of the attribute spans from 1 00E 10 to 1 00E 12 To force Normalized Equation positive numbers the numerator 10log10 BitsRead UECC 1 and denominator are flippe
60. stent drive life data is rewritten to the flash blocks after erase The operation time for a Cryptographic Erase with Physical Flash Erase scrambled encrypted data is 1 second GByte 2 7 1 1 Military Secure Erase Sanitization Many government and military organizations such as NIST NSA define their own standard and procedures for performing a Military Secure Erase which overwrite different patterns to sanitize the flash media Some of the more common military or government purge routines are defined in the following table and the data security features of the drive comply with Department of Defense DoD and US military data security standards Table 2 14 Military Secure Erase Sanitize Routines NSA CSS 9 12 Erase and overwrite all locations with a known unclassified pattern Note 1 Verify the overwrite procedure by randomly rereading the overwritten information to confirm that only the known pattern can be recovered NSA CSS 130 2 Erase the media and overwrite with random data 2 times then erase Note 1 and overwrite with a character DoD5220 22 M NISPOM Erase the media and overwrite with single character then erase Note 1 again DoD5220 22 M NISPOM Erase the media and overwrite with single character then erase Note 1 Sup 1 again and overwrite with single character then erase again and overwrite with random character then erase again USA Army 380 19 Erase the media and overwrite with random da
61. strator or a user of impending drive failure while time remains to take preventive action The technical documentation for S M A R T is captured in the AT Attachment ATA standard The standard defines the protocols for reporting errors and for invoking self tests to collect and analyze data on demand The ATA specification is flexible and provides for individual manufacturers to define their own unique vendor specific information This section describes the baseline supported S M A R T command attributes The information herein should be used in conjunction with the ATA standard and related documents which may serve as references for topics and details not Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 36 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI AKIN addressed here Further it is recommended to consult the list of public S M A R T attributes 5 1 8 1 S M A R T Command Set The supported S M A R T command set is listed in the table below See the AT Attachment standard for implementation details Table 5 3 S M A R T Command Set Value hex Command 00 CF Reserved DO S M A R T read attributes D1 S M A R T read threshold D2 S M A R T enable disable attribute autosave D3 S M A R T save attribute values D4 S M A R T execute off line immediate D5 S M A R T read log sector D6 S M A R T write log sector D7 S M A R T write attr
62. t which checkpoint information is saved That frequency is related to data volume and can range between approximately 2 seconds and 2 minutes depending on how Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 38 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI NANKIN much data is being transferred Therefore constant host system lOs cause check pointing and S M A R T log update relatively frequently approximately every 2 seconds very slow or idle host transaction rates result in check pointing and S M A R T log update less frequently worst case around every 2 minutes All logs are non volatile except as within each of the log description Handling and reporting error conditions relating to the updating of S M A R T logs and S M A R T Attributes is accomplished the same as handling error conditions experienced while saving user data Likewise handling and reporting error conditions relating to other processes including background processes that occur while updating S M A R T logs and S M A R T Attributes is accomplished the same as handling such error conditions while saving user data S M A R T logs are validated by affecting the events being detected and logged the S M A R T log always reflects the event that occurred whether that event is injected artificially or occurs independently 5 1 9 S M A R T Attributes 5 1 9 1 Supported Baseline Attributes The following table shows the s
63. ta erase and Note 1 overwrite with a character then erase and overwrite with complement of the character Navy NAVSO P 5239 26 Erase the media and overwrite with random data then erase again Note 1 Air Force AFSSI 5020 Erase the media and overwrite with pattern repeat 3 times Note 1 IRIG 106 2007 Erase the media overwrite with 0x55 erase overwrite with OxAA N A IRIG 106 07 Ch 10 8 and then erase again Then fill the drive with a repeating string of Secure Erase Notes 1 Enabled in firmware at the time of manufacture and prior to shipping from the factory 2 NSA CSS 9 12 is the factory default unless otherwise requested Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 27 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 3 Mechanical Information 3 1 Element SSD Physical Dimensions Table 3 1 Physical Dimensions Height Thickness 5 0 0 15 mm Width 54 0 2 mm Length 78 5 0 3 mm Figure 3 1 1 8 SSD Dimensions 3 MIN 2X 54 REF fSmm FP DF DATUM Y 35 REF CONNECTOR 5 002015 i 8mm FF DATUM A OF 2 135 ZEIN ie REF 3 MIN 2X E OF CONNECTOR DATUM B X Z 0 50 MAX 2 OF DRIVE DATUM Y i SE T v I
64. ted Raw Usage 3 0 Number of sectors read This Attribute reads 0 until a 6 4 Soft Read Error Count CECC sample size between 10E10 and 10E12 is available to be tracked by this Attribute 100 Gigabytes This attribute counts the Gigabytes of This Attribute returns a byte Erased Flash memory erases across the entire count in increments of 64 drive over the life of the drive GBytes The count represents the number of bytes erased The Raw Usage The Attribute reads 0 until the 3 0 Gigabytes Erased byte count reaches 64 GB at 6 4 None 0x00 which time the Attribute changes to read 64 decimal For Flash memory consisting of 128 page blocks each page of which is 4k bytes each 64 GB increment represents an Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 45 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY ID Attribute Name Description Rational additional 128 000 blocks erased 170 Reserve Block Count The number of reserve Flash memory blocks Usage 3 0 Reserve block count 6 4 None 0x00 This Attribute is related to attribute 5 Retired Block Count It provides a count of reserve over provisioned blocks Note that all blocks including reserve blocks are in service at all times reserve blocks constitute Flash memory space over and above the drive s logical capacity The Attribute value is initially the total Reserve Bloc
65. tion industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 171 181 OxAB Program Fail Count Counts the number of flash program failures 172 182 OxAC Erase Fail Count Counts the number of flash erase failures 174 OxAE Unexpected power loss Controller has detected a loss of power 177 0xB1 Wear range Delta from most to least worn 184 0xB8 Reported I O Error I O Error Detection Code rate This attribute Detection Code Rate tracks the number of end to end CRC errors encountered during host initiated reads and writes This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 187 OxBB Reported Uncorrectable This attribute tracks the number of Errors uncorrectable RAISE URAISE errors reported back to the host for all data access commands 194 0xC2 Temperature Temperature assuming an on board sensor connected via Industry Standard Two Wire Interface ISTW interface to the controller 195 0xC3 ECC On the Fly Count This attribute tracks the number of uncorrectable errors UECC 196 0xC4 Reallocation Count This attribute tracks the number of blocks that fail programming which are reallocated as a result 198 OxC6 Uncorrectable Sector The total number of uncorrectable RAISE Count URAISE errors when reading writing a sector A rise in the value of this attribute indicates defects of the flash memory device This feature is not available for industrial versions which a
66. tors index tables etc 2 Higher capacity points may be available based on customer application Consult your local Viking Field Application Engineer 3 4 5 6 7 8 1Sector 512 Byte VRFS11025GFIRSTH config ID 25287 VRFS11050GFIRSTH config ID 25307 SSD s ship unformatted from the factory unless otherwise requested x Lowercase character s for NAND capacity Contact Viking for what x represents in the PN y and z Lowercase character s for NAND vendor and die revisions and or for customer specific locked BOMs 1 GB 1 000 000 000 Byte and not all of the memory can be used for data storage Usable capacity Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 5 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI TECHNOLOGY Ng Viking s solid state drives are available in Enterprise and Client versions Enterprise SSD An Enterprise SSD contains hardware and firmware that detect and manage power failures This allows the drive to flush the controller cache and harden data to NAND flash No data is lost or corrupted Client SSD A Client SSD does not include power failure detection or management features MLC NAND as opposed to SLC NAND can become corrupted if power is removed during a write also known as lower page corruption Therefore a Client SSD using MLC NAND is well suited in a system that already manages power fail events allowing for graceful SSD shutdown A
67. uation for this Count blocks attribute decrements as blocks are retired and the reserve over Normalized Equation provisioned block count is decremented Note that all Count 100 100 RBC MRB blocks including reserve blocks are in service at all times RBC RetiredBlockCount Number reserve blocks constitute Flash of retired blocks memory space over and above the drive s logical capacity MRB MinimumReqBlocks Minimum number of reserve blocks As defined this attribute is available for CONTROLLER use This identical to the Reallocation value is set at factory configuration Event Count attribute 196 time Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 3 0 Retired block count 6 4 None 0x00 9 Power On Hours Count of hours in power on state The The normalized equation for POH raw value of this attribute shows total Power On hours decrements by count of hours in the power on state 1 each 1 10 year Note that Normalized Equation 100 POH some manufacturers elect to HPY 10 decrement by 1 for each 1 12 year of POH Normalized Value Range Best 100 Worst 1 Raw Usage 3 0 Total number of power on hours 6 4 total number of milliseconds since last hour update Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 44 of 60 www vikingtechnology com VIKI AKIN D Arba Name Device Powe
68. upported S M A R T attributes Table 5 5 Baseline S M A R T Attribute Summary ID Hex Attribute Name Description 1 0x01 Raw Read Error Rate Raw error rate related to ECC errors Correctable and uncorrectable RAISE errors are included in the error event count UECC URAISE 5 0x05 Retired Block Count Tracks the total number of retired blocks 9 0x09 Power On Hours POH Count of hours in power on state The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours in power on state 12 Ox0C Device Power Cycle This attribute indicates the count of full hard Count disk power on off cycles 13 0x0D Soft Read Error Rate The number of corrected CECC read errors reported This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 100 0x64 Gigabytes Erased This attribute counts the Gigabytes of Flash memory erases across the entire drive over the life of the drive This feature is not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM 170 OxAA Reserved Block Count The number of reserved spares for bad block handling This feature is not available for Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 39 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY ID Hex Attribute Name Descrip
69. viking TECHNOLOGY SATA 6Gb s 1 8 SSD Manual The SATA Element SSD is a non volatile solid state storage device With its Serial ATA interface and industry standard form factors it is a drop in replacement for hard disk drives The Element SSD delivers extremely high levels of performance reliability and ruggedness for I O intensive or environmentally challenging applications Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 1 of 60 www vikingtechnology com vikin TECHNOLOGY g Revision History Date Revision Description Checked by 3 26 12 A Release of new format Changed supply voltage to 5 Deleted part numbers VRFS11100GAIPSTF 1 8 Added notes for operating temperature Updated SMART attribute table Corrected SMART threshold table Added Ambient to temperature range Added info on Immediate Standby timings 5 01 12 A1 Added part number VRFS11240GFCyMz Revised mechanical drawing and SMART attributes Revised the attributes for VRFxxGJxx Add mass weight of SSD 6 05 12 A2 Added note on enterprise vs client 6 07 12 A3 Added note features not available for industrial versions which are VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGK and VRFS1xGM Added a note on SMART attributes Added note on enterprise vs client 9 27 12 A4 Update PN table to VT PSGC 9 18 12 Added Capacity LBA table Adjusted indentation Added per
70. vision B7 Page 12 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY Protection Factory setting is 3 years Thermal sensing energy management Stainless steel housing for ruggedness low EMI ESD and thermal management RoHS and WEEE compliant Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 13 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 1 2 Block Diagram Figure 1 1 High Level Block Diagram for Client Industrial Series Power Supplies 2 85V 1 8V 1 0V Note PAC in low power mode operates on 2 85V_Standby and 1 0V_Standby FLASH Interface SATA Interface Activity Signal Figure 1 2 High Level Block Diagram for Enterprise Series Power Supplies 2 85V 1 8V 1 0V Power_Fail FLASH Interface SATA Interface Indicator LEDs Manual 1 2 2014 PSFS1XXXXGXXXX Viking Technology Revision B7 Page 14 of 60 www vikingtechnology com viking TECHNOLOGY 1 3 SATA Interface for VRFS1xGA VRFS1xGJ e The Serial ATA SATA interface is compliant with the SATA IO Serial ATA specification Revision 2 6 that supports SATA up to 3Gbps e The SATA interface connects the host computer to the SSD subsystem e The SATA interface runs at a maximum speed of 3 Gbps Gigabits per second If the host computer is unable to negotiate a speed of 3 Gbps the

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