Intel 320 SSD Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide - Page 3

Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Contents 1. Getting Started ...5 About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox 5 Using the Home Screen ...6 Scanning for Drives...7 Identifying a Drive ...7 2. Viewing Basic Drive Information 8 Model ...8 Firmware Version...8 Serial Number ...8 Drive Health...8 Estimated Life Remaining ...9 Drive Capacity...9 Identifying NAND Lithography of an Intel SSD 9 Identifying the Security State of an Intel SSD 10 3. Obtaining Drive, SMART, and System Information 11 Viewing Drive Details ...11 Exporting Drive Details ...12 Viewing SMART Attributes...12 Exporting SMART Attributes ...15 Viewing System Information 15 4. Optimizing your Intel SSD 16 About the Intel® SSD Optimizer 16 Intel® SSD Optimizer Requirements 16 Manually Running the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Scheduling the Intel® SSD Optimizer 17 Removing a Scheduled Intel® SSD Optimizer Session 18 5. Running Diagnostic Scans 19 Quick Diagnostic Scan ...19 Full Diagnostic Scan ...19 6. Updating Firmware ...21 Checking for Firmware Updates 21 Using Firmware Update ...21 7. Tuning your System ...22 Running System Tuner ...22 Additional Tips for Optimizing Performance 23 Dual-Drive Systems ...23 SSD-only Systems ...23 Mobile Systems with Shock Sensor 24 Intel SSDs in RAID Configurations Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver 24 Mobile Systems without Intel® Rapid Storage Technology or Intel® Matrix Storage Manager ..... 24 Changing System Tuner Settings 25 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide iii