ADLINK ASD8P-MT1 User Manual
ASD8P-MT1 Series
M-2 PCIe x2 Gen2 SSD Module
Specification
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Table of Contents
1 Overview.....................................................................................5
2 Product Specification................................................................6
2. 1 Functional Block Diagram........................................................................... 16
2. 2 Mechanical Drawing: .................................................................................. 16
2. 3 Architecture ................................................................................................ 17
2. 4 Power Mode Support.................................................................................. 17
2. 5 Bootable Device:......................................................................................... 18
3 Pin Locations and Signal Descriptions .................................. 19
3. 1 Pin Locations.............................................................................................. 19
3. 2 M. 2 Socket Definition................................................................................. 19
3. 3 Socket 2 PCIe-based SSD Module Pinout.................................................. 20
4 PCI Express..............................................................................21
4. 1 Interface...................................................................................................... 21
4. 2 Auxiliary Signals ......................................................................................... 21
4. 3 Reference Clock......................................................................................... 21
4. 4 SDIO Interface............................................................................................ 25
4. 5 UART Interface........................................................................................... 26
5 ATA Command Sets.................................................................27
5. 1 ATA Command........................................................................................... 27
5. 2 Power Management Command Set............................................................ 33
5. 3 Security Mode Feature Set......................................................................... 33
5. 4 SMART Command Set............................................................................... 34
5. 5 Host Protected Area Command Set............................................................ 38
5. 6 48-Bit Address Command Set .................................................................... 39
5. 7 Device Configuration Overlay Command Set............................................. 39
6 SATA Command Sets..............................................................40
6. 1 SATA Command......................................................................................... 40
7 References................................................................................41
8 Getting Service.........................................................................42
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1 Overview
The ASD8P-MT1 Series PCIe x2 Gen2 Solid State Drive (SSD) delivers leading performance in an
industry standard M. 2 2280-D5-B-M form factor, while simultaneously improving system
responsiveness over standard rotating drive media. By combining leading NAND flash memory
technology with our innovative high performance firmware, ADLINK delivers an SSD for PCIe hard disk
drive drop-in replacement with enhanced performance, reliability, ruggedness and power savings.
Since there are no rotating platters, moving heads, fragile actuators, or delays due to spin-up time or
positional seek time that can slow down the storage subsystem, significant I/O and throughput
performance improvement is achieved as compared to rotating media. This document describes the
specifications of the ASD8P-MT1 Series PCIe x2 Gen2 M. 2 SSD.
The ASD8P-MT1 Series PCIe x2 Gen2 M. 2 SSD primarily targets M. 2 based laptop PCs, highly
rugged client devices, as well as thin and light mini/sub-notebooks. Key attributes include high
performance, low power, increased system responsiveness, high reliability, and enhanced ruggedness
as compared to standard hard drives. The ASD8P-MT1 Series PCIe x2 Gen2 M. 2 SSD is available in
M. 2 2280-D5-B-M form factor that is electrically, mechanically, and software compatible with existing
M. 2 slots. Our flexible design allows interchangeability with existing hard drives based on the M. 2
interface standard.
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2 Product Specification
Form Factor: M. 2 type 2280-D5-B-M SSD form factor
Capacity:
M. 2 2280-D5-B-M 128GB (ASD8P-MT1128-CT)
M. 2 2280-D5-B-M 256GB (ASD8P-MT1256-CT)
M. 2 2280-D5-B-M 512GB (ASD8P-MT1512-CT)
Table 1. User Addressable Sectors
Unformatted capacity
128GB 250,069,680
256GB 500,118,192
Total user addressable
sectors in LBA mode
512GB 1,000,215,216
Notes: 1. 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes, not all of the memory can be used for storage.
2. 1 Sector = 512 bytes
Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC) component with Toggle-Mode
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Bandwidth Performance
Table 2. Maximum Sustained Read and Write Bandwidth on Windows 7 x64 platform
Capacity Access Type MB/s
128 GB
256 GB
512 GB
Table 3. Maximum Sustained Read and Write Bandwidth on Windows 8 x64 platform
Capacity Access Type MB/s
128 GB
256 GB
512 GB
Notes: 1) Performance measured using CrystalDiskMark.
Sequential Read Up to 750 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 320 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Read Up to 740 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 570 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Read Up to 740 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 610 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Read Up to 740 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 320 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Read Up to 740 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 560 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Read Up to 740 (PCIe Gen2)
Sequential Write Up to 620 (PCIe Gen2)
2) 1 MB/sec = 1,048,576 bytes/sec is used in measuring sequential performance. If 1
MB/sec = 1,000,000 bytes/sec is used, performance values become 4. 85% higher.
3) Test by secondary drive(data drive)
4) The performance based on internal testing on Z87 platform/ intel i5-4570 3. 40Ghz/
BIOS ver. 1504 with AHCI driver 6. 2. 9200. 16384, windows 7 and 8 x64 ;
Performance may vary on different platforms, AHCI driver and OS.
Read and Write IOPS (IOMETER)
Table 4. Random Read/Write Input/Output Operations per Second on Windows7 x64 platform
Capacity Access Type IOPS
4K Read (IOPS) 85,000 (PCIe Gen2)
128GB
256GB
512GB
4K Write (IOPS) 70,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 86,000 , Write 74,000
4K Read (IOPS) 83,000 (PCIe Gen2)`
4K Write (IOPS) 69,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 86,000 , Write 74,000
4K Read (IOPS) 85,000 (PCIe Gen2)
4K Write (IOPS) 70,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 86,000, Write 74,000
Table 5. Random Read/Write Input/Output Operations per Second on Windows8 x64 platform
Capacity Access Type IOPS
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4K Read (IOPS) 94,000 (PCIe Gen2)
128GB
256GB
512GB
Notes: 1) Performance measured using IOMETER with queue depth set to 32, Crystal Disk
Mark QD32.
2) Write cache enabled
3) Test by secondary drive (data drive)
4) The performance based on internal testing on Z87 platform/ intel i5-4570 3. 40Ghz/
BIOS ver. 1504 with AHCI driver 6. 2. 9200. 16384, windows 7 and 8 x64 ;
4K Write (IOPS) 78,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 95,000 , Write 83,000
4K Read (IOPS) 96,000 (PCIe Gen2)
4K Write (IOPS) 94,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 100,000 , Write
100,000
4K Read (IOPS) 98,000 (PCIe Gen2)
4K Write (IOPS) 92,000 (PCIe Gen2)
CDM QD32 IOPS up to Read 100,000 , Write
100,000
Performance may vary on different platforms, AHCI driver and OS.
Ready Time
Power on to Ready 1s
Notes: 1) Write cache enabled
2) Device measured using Drive Master
3) Power on to ready time assumes proper shutdown (Power removal preceded by
STANDBY command)
Compatibility
. PCI Express M. 2 Specification Revision 0. 7, Version 0. 9
. Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)
. ATA/ATAPI. 8 compliant
Table 6. Latency Specifications
Type Average Latency
. SSD enhanced SMART ATA feature set
. Native Command Queuing (NCQ) command set
. TRIM supported
. Supports legacy and UEFI BIOS
Supported Operating Systems and Chipsets
Operating Systems
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Windows 7 x86, x64; Windows 8 x86, x64; Linux series, Red Hat 6. 5, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu;
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Chipsets
Please make sure the BIOS of the motherboard is updated to the latest version.
Manufacturer Platform Chipset Manufacturer Platform Chipset
Acer M1470 AMD A75 Dell 730 Intel® X58
Acer X1930 Intel® H61 Dell 730X Intel® X58
Acer M5700 Intel® G45 Dell 531 NVIDIA GeForce
6150 LE
Acer ET1861 Intel® H57 Dell 630i NVIDIA nForce 650i
SLI(55)
Acer M1930 Intel® H61 HP 6305MT AMD 75
Acer M6620G Intel® Q77 HP DC5850 MT AMD 780V
ASUS CM1730 AMD 760G HP DC5850 MT AMD 780V
ASUS CM6850 Intel® H67 HP 6005 Pro
Microtower
ASUS CG8350 Intel® H67 HP DC5750 MT ATI Radeon Xpress
ASUS BM1AF Intel® B85 HP DC5750 ATI Radeon Xpress
ASUS M51AC Intel® B85 HP DC5750 SFF ATI Radeon Xpress
ASUS BM6835 Intel® B85 HP DC5750 SFF ATI Xpress200
ASUS M6870 Intel® H77 HP DX6120 MT Intel® 915G
ASUS BM6675 Intel® Q77 HP DC7100 CMT Intel® 915G
ASUS P7P55D-E Intel® P55 HP 2620 Intel® C602
ASUS P8P67 DELUXE Intel® P67 HP 3400 SFF Intel® H61
ASUS Crosshair IV
Formula
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Intel® Z68 HP DX2310 MT Intel® G31
ASUS P8P67 PRO Intel® P67 HP DX2400 MT Intel® G33
ASUS P9X79 PRO Intel® X79 HP DX2810 MT
ASUS P8Z68-V
PRO/GEN3
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO Intel® Z77 HP 6300 SFF Intel® Q75
ASUS F2A85-M AMD A85X HP 8300 CMT Intel® Q77
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Intel® Z77 HP DX7400
ASUS H87M-E Intel® H87 HP DC7800 CMT Intel® Q35
ASUS H87-PRO Intel® H87 HP DC7800 Intel® Q35
ASUS Z87-DELUXE Intel® Z87 HP 6000 Pro
ASUS MAXIMUS VI
HERO
ASUS B85M-K Intel® B85 HP 6200 Pro SFF Intel® Q65
ASUS H81-PLUS Intel® H81 HP 8200 Elite
ASUS A88XM-A AMD A88X HP rp5800 SFF Intel® Q67
ASUS M5A78L-
M/USB3
ASUS M5A97 AMD 970 HP xw4600 Intel® x38
AMD 890FX HP 8200 Elite Intel® Q67
250w
Intel® Z68 HP 3000 SFF Intel® G45
MT(Microtow
er)
Microtower
Intel® Z87 HP 8100 Elite
CMT
CMT
AMD A78 HP DC7700 CMT Intel® Q965
AMD 785G
1150
1150
1150
Intel® G45
Intel® Q33
Intel® Q43
Intel® Q57
Intel® Q67
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Manufacturer Platform Chipset Manufacturer Platform Chipset
ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD 990 HP Z200 Intel® 3450
Dell 519 AMD RS780 HP Z200 SFF Intel® 3450
Dell 546 MT AMD RS780 HP xw6400 Intel® 5000X
Dell 580 DT AMD RS880 HP xw6600 Intel® 5400
Dell 625 AMDRD780
/AMD HAMMER
DDR2 IMC
Dell 230 Intel®
82801GBICH7
Dell XE Intel®
82801JDO
ICH10DO
Dell T3500 Intel® 82801JR
ICH10R
Dell T7500 Intel® 82801JR
ICH10R
Dell T5500 Intel® 82801JR
ICH10R
Dell Aurora Intel®
82801JRICH10
R
Dell Area 51 Intel®
82801JRICH10
R
Dell R5500 Intel®
82801JRICH10
R
Dell 9200 (XPS 410) Intel® 945P HP 4000 Pro SFF Intel® H61
Dell 420 Intel® X38 HP DC5800 MT Intel® Q33
Dell 420 Intel® X38 HP DC7800 SFF Intel® Q35
Dell 360 Intel® G31 HP DC7900 SFF Intel® Q45
Dell 755 DT Intel® Q35 HP DC7900 CMT Intel® Q45
Dell E520 Intel® G965 HP 6200 Pro MT Intel® Q65
Dell T1600 Intel® C206 HP DX7300 MT Intel® Q965
Dell 3010 Intel® H61 HP Z400 CMT Intel® X58
Dell 460 Intel® H67 HP 2420 Intel® Patsburg
Dell 790 Intel® Q64 HP xw9400 nForce Professional
Dell 990 Intel® Q67 HP 3005 CMT NVIDIA GeForce
Dell 390 DT Intel® H61 HP DX2450 MT NVIDIA nForce 430
Dell 990 MT Intel® Q67 HP 505b
Dell 537 Intel® G41 HP DX2040 MT VIA CN896
Dell XE (MT) Intel® Q45 Lenovo A61 AMD 690G
Dell XE DT Intel® Q45 Lenovo RS690 AMD 690G
Dell 330 MT Intel® G31 Lenovo A14 AMD RS690/AMD
Dell 530 Intel® G33 Lenovo E20 Intel® 3450
Dell 518 Intel® G33 Lenovo A55 Intel® 946GZ
Dell 530s Intel® G33 Lenovo M57e Intel® G31
Dell 537s Intel® G41 Lenovo DX2710 MT Intel® G33
Dell 540SN(Slim Intel® G45 Lenovo A85 Intel® H57
HP xw8600 Intel® 5400
HP Z600 CMT
(HH)
HP Z800 Intel® 5520
HP DC7700 SFF Intel® 965Q
HP xw4400 Intel® 975X
HP Z210 CMT Intel® C206
HP Z210 SFF Intel® C206
HP Z220 CMT Intel® C216
HP Z820 Intel® C602
Microtower
Intel® 5520
C600/X79
3600
9100
NVIDIA nForce 430
Hammer DDR2 IMC
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Manufacturer Platform Chipset Manufacturer Platform Chipset
540s)
Dell 220 Intel® G45 Lenovo M80 Intel® H57
Dell 580s Intel® H57 Lenovo K330 Intel® H61
Dell 460 MT Intel® H67 Lenovo M57p Intel® Q35
Dell 580 Intel® H57 Lenovo M57 Intel® Q35
Dell 980 Intel® Q57 Lenovo A70 Intel® Q41
Dell 980 DT Intel® Q57 Lenovo M90 Intel® Q57
Dell 980 MT Intel® Q57 Lenovo M81 Intel® Q65
Dell T1700 Intel® C226 Lenovo M91p Intel® Q67
Dell 3020 Intel® H81 Lenovo S10 Intel® X38
Dell 9020 Intel® HM87 Lenovo S20 4105-
RD1
Dell XE2 Intel® Q87 Gigabyte GA-X58A-
UD7
Dell 9020 Intel® Q87 Gigabyte P67A-UD5 Intel® P67
Dell XE2 (DT) Intel® Q87 Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX
Dell 270 Intel® B75 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-
UD7-B3
Dell T1650 Intel® C216 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-
UD5-B3
Dell 7010 Intel® Q77 Gigabyte H77M-D3H Intel® H77
Dell 9010 Intel® Q77 Gigabyte Z87-PRO Intel® Z87
Dell 7010 (DT) Intel® Q77 Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Intel® Z87
Dell T3600 Intel® C600/X79 Gigabyte GA-H77TN Intel® H77
Dell 960 MT Intel® Q45 Gigabyte GA-H87M-
D3H
Dell 760 MT Intel® Q45 Gigabyte GA-H55M-
S2V
Dell 780 MT Intel® Q45 Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 Intel® Z87
Dell 780 DT Intel® Q45 Gigabyte GA-H87-HD3 Intel® H87
Dell 531S Intel® 5400 Gigabyte GA-B85M-
D3H
Dell 435T Intel®
X58/Intel®
Nehalem IMC
Dell T3400 MT Intel® X38 Gigabyte G1. Sniper
Dell 9100 Intel® X58 Gigabyte GA-F2A78MDell 490 MT Intel® 5000X Gigabyte GA-970ADell T5400 MT Intel® 5400 Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 Intel® B85
Dell 660s Intel® B75 Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H Intel® H87
Dell 660 Intel® B75 Gigabyte G1. Sniper
Dell T7600 Intel® C600 MSI Z87-GD65 Intel® Z87
Dell T5600 Intel® C600 MSI H87M-E33 Intel® H87
Dell 380 DT Intel® G41 MSI B85M-P33 V2 Intel® B85
Dell 230 MT Intel® G41 MSI H81I Intel
Dell 560 Intel® G43 MSI A88XM-E45 AMD A88X
Dell 620s Intel® H61 MSI A78M-E35 AMD A78
Dell 260 MT Intel® H61 MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970
Dell 3010 MT Intel® H61 ASRock 990FX AMD 990FX
Gigabyte GA-H81M-
DS2
A88X
DS2
D3P
Z87
H81
Intel® X58
Intel® X58
Intel® Z68
Intel® Z68
Intel® H87
Intel® H55
Intel® B85
Intel® H81
AMD A88X
AMD A78
AMD 970
Intel® Z87
Intel® H81
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Manufacturer Platform Chipset Manufacturer Platform Chipset
KILLER
Dell 3010 DT Intel® H61 ASRock Z87 Pro3 Intel® Z87
Dell CM6650 Intel® H67 ASRock Fatal1ty H87
Performance
Dell 8500 Intel® H77 ASRock B85M Pro4 Intel® B85
Dell 760 DT Intel® Q43 ASRock H81M-DGS Intel® H81
Dell 960 DT Intel® Q45 ASRock 970
Extreme3
Dell 790 DT Intel® Q65 ASRock 990FX
Extreme3
Dell 990 DT Intel® Q67 ECS Z87H3-A2X
Extreme
Dell 7010 MT Intel® Q77 ECS H87H3-M3 Intel® H87
Dell 9010 DT Intel® Q77 ECS B85H3-M3 Intel® B85
Dell 745 MT Intel® Q965 ECS H81H3-M4 Intel® H81
Highlighted Platforms / Motherboards with known issue
Intel® H87
AMD 970
AMD 990
Intel® Z87
Manufacturer Chipset Description
1: The PCIEx16 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEx1 slot and USB3_34
connector.
2. The PCIEX16 runs at x1 mode by default for system resource
ASUS Intel® P67
ASUS Intel® P55
ASUS Intel®Z68
optimization.
The two feature may set the drive to Gen2 X1 mode then the link speed
will be affected.
The second PCIe x 16 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEx1 slot.
When any of the PCIe x1 slots is occupied, the second PCIe x16 slot will
be limited to x1 mode.
The feature may set the drive to Gen2 X1 mode then the link speed will be
affected.
1: The PCIEX16_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_2 slot
2. The PCIEX16_3 runs at x1 mode by default for system resource
optimization.
3. Depend on bandwidth sharing mode, the SSD might link to Gen2x1
even though you insert graphic card to PCIEX16_1 slot and SSD to
PCIEX16_2 slot.
The feature may set the drive to Gen2 X1 mode then the link speed will be
affected.
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Certifications
Table 7. Device Certifications
Certification Description
Indicates conformity with the essential health and safety
CE compliant
requirements set out in European Directives Low voltage
Directive and EMC Directive
UL certified
BSMI
Microsoft WHQL Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs
RoHS compliant Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive
PCIe M. 2 Interface Power Management
3. 3V Input / Max current: 3. 14A
Power Consumption
Capacity Description Min Max Unit
128GB
256GB
512GB
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Component Recognition
UL60950-1
Compliance to the Taiwan EMC standard “Limits and
methods of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of
Information Technology Equipment, CNS 13438 Class B”
Table 8. Operating Voltage & Current
Operating voltage for 3. 3V (+/.
Operating voltage for 3. 3V (+/.
Operating voltage for 3. 3V (+/.
5%)
5%)
5%)
3. 135 3. 465 V
3. 135 3. 465 V
3. 135 3. 465 V
Temperature
Table 9. Temperature Relative Specifications
Environment Mode Min Max Unit
Ambient
Temperature
Humidity
Note: Measured without condensation
Operating 0 70 °C
Non-operating -40 85 °C
Operation 5 95 %
Non-operation 5 95 %
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