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This document describes the specifications and capabilities of the Intel® Solid-State
Drive 520 Series (Intel
®
SSD 520 Series)1.
The Intel SSD 520 Series delivers leading performance for Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment (SATA)-based computers in capacities ranging up to 480 GB.
By combining Intel's leading 25nm NAND flash memory technology with SATA 6Gb/s
interface support, the Intel SSD 520 Series delivers sequential read speeds of up to
550 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 520 MB/s.
The industry-standard 2.5-inch form factor enables interchangeability with existing
hard disk drives (HDDs) and native SATA HDD drop-in replacement with the enhanced
performance, reliability, and ruggedness offered by an SSD.
As compared to standard SATA HDDs, Intel SSD 520 Series offers these key features:
• High I/O and throughput performance
• Increased system responsiveness
• High reliability
• Enhanced ruggedness
The Intel SSD 520 Series also offers additional key features such as:
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit Encryption
AES 256-bit encryption is an industry standard in data security, providing a
hardware-based mechanism for encryption and decryption of user data. Utilizing a
256-bit encryption key, AES encryption — whe n combined with an ATA drive
password — helps protect user data.
• End-to-End Data Protection
End-to-end data protection helps protect data from being corrupted across the data
path by using cyclic redundancy check (CRC), parity, and error correction code
(ECC) checks in the data path from the host interface to the NAND, and back.
• Data Compression
Data compression helps improve performance and endurance by automatically
compressing information sent to the SSD so that less data has to be processed and
stored on the NAND. The amount of data that can be compressed depends on the
type of data.
1. The Intel SSD 520 Series is currently not validated for data center usage.
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LBA count shown represents total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the life of the drive.
The total usable capacity of the SSD may be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion of the capacity is
used for NAND flash management and maintenance purposes.
(Total User Addressable Sectors in LBA Mode)
2.2Performance
Unformatted Capacity
The data compression engine in the Intel SSD 520 Series controller optimizes
performance based on the data pattern of the workload.
This section provides both compressible and incompressible Input/Output Operations
Per Second (IOPS) and sustained sequential read and write bandwidth specifications.
Table 2.Compressible Performance
SpecificationUnit
Random 4 KB Read
Random 4 KB Write (up to)
Random 4 KB Write (TYP)
Sequential Read (up to)
SATA 6Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
Sequential Write
SATA 6Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
Notes:
(up to)IOPS15,00025,00050,00050,00050,000
1
2
3
3
(up to)
1.Random 4 KB write performance measured using out-of-box SSD.
2.Performance measured using Iometer* with Queue Depth 32. Measurements are performed on
8 GB of Logical Block Address (LBA) range on a full SSD.
3.Performance measured using Iometer with Queue Depth 32.
1.Performance measured using Iometer with Queue Depth 32. Measurements are performed on
8 GB of Logical Block Address (LBA) range.
2.Performance measured with incompressible data using AS-SSD* benchmark, where
MB/s = 1,048,576 bytes/second.
Table 4.Latency
Specification
1
Latency
Read
Write
Power On To Ready
2
Intel SSD 520 Series
60 GB120 GB180 GB240 GB480 GB
12,000
18,000
6,900
22,000
430
475
80
85
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
24,000
35,000
13,000
42,000
550
515
150
170
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
46,000
56,000
13,000
54,000
550
485
170
240
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
46,000
56,000
16,500
60,000
550
515
235
295
1
46,000
2
56,000
1
2
1
2
1
2
9,500
36,000
550
500
275
235
Intel SSD 520 Series
60 GB120 GB180 GB240 GB480 GB
80 µs (TYP)
85 µs (TYP)
2 s (TYP)
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
Notes: 1. Based on sequential 4 KB using Iometer with Queue Depth 1 workload with compressible (non-random) data pattern.
Write Cache Enabled.
2. Power On To Ready time assumes proper shutdown.
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2.3Electrical Characteristics
Table 5.Operating Voltage and Power Consumption
Electrical CharacteristicsValue
Operating Voltage for 5 V (±5%)
Min
Max
Power Consumption (TYP)
Active
Idle
1
2
Notes:
1.Active power measured during execution of MobileMark* 2007 with SATA Link Power Management (LPM) enabled.
2.Idle power defined as SSD at idle with SATA Link Power Management (LPM) enabled.
4.75 V
5.25 V
850 mW
600 mW
2.4Environmental Conditions
Table 6.Temperature, Shock, Vibration
TemperatureRange
Case Temperature
Operating
Non-operating
Temperature Gradient
Operating
Non-operating
1
30 (TYP) oC/hr
30 (TYP)
Humidity
Operating
Non-operating
Shock and VibrationRange
2
Shock
Operating
Non-operating
Vibration
Operating
Non-operating
3
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 msec
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 msec
2.17 G
RMS
3.13 G
RMS
Notes:
1.Temperature gradient measured without condensation.
2.Shock specifications assume the SSD is mounted securely with the input vibration applied to the drive-mounting screws.
Stimulus may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. Shock specification is measured using Root Mean Squared (RMS) value.
3.Vibration specifications assume the SSD is mounted securely with the input vibration applied to the drive-mounting
screws. Stimulus may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. Vibration specification is measured using Root Mean Squared (RMS)
value.
European Union Low Voltage
Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC
UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-07
Second Edition
CFR Title 47 Part 15Radio Frequency Devices - Subpart B (Unintentional Radiators)USA
ICES-003 Issue 4Interference Causing Equipment StandardCanada
EN 55022:2006
CNS 14348:2006
VCCI V3/2010.04
KN22 (2008-5)
CISPR 22:2006
EN 55024:1998
KN24 (2008-5)
EN 60950-1 2nd edition for Information Technology Equipment Safety - Part 1: General Requirements
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1:
General Requirements
Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics Limits and methods of measurement (CISPR 24:1997, modified)
Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics Limits and methods of measurement (CISPR 24:1997, modified)
Region for which
conformity declared
European Union
USA/Canada
European Union
Taiwan
Japan
Korea
International
European Union
Korea
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2.6Reliability
The Intel SSD 520 Series meets or exceeds SSD endurance and data retention
requirements as specified in the JESD218 specification.
Reliability specifications are listed in Table 8.
Table 8.Reliability Specifications
ParameterValue
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)
Uncorrectable bit error rate will not exceed one sector in the
specified number of bits read. In the unlikely event of a
nonrecoverable read error, the SSD will report it as a read failure to
the host; the sector in error is considered corrupt and is not
returned to the host.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Mean Time Between Failures is estimated based on Telcordia*
methodology and demonstrated through Reliability Demonstration
Test (RDT).
Minimum Useful Life/Endurance Rating
The SSD will have a minimum of five years of useful life under
typical client workloads with up to 20 GB of host writes per day.
Insertion Cycles
The SSD supports up to 250 insertion/removal cycles on SATA/
power cable.
< 1 sector per 10
1,200,000 hours
5 years
250 insertion/removal cycles
16
bits read
2.7Hot Plug Support
Hot Plug insertion and removal is supported in the presence of a proper connector and
appropriate operation system, as described in the SATA 3.0 specification.
This product supports asynchronous signal recovery and issues an unsolicited COMINIT
when first mated with a powered connector to guarantee reliable detection by a host
system without hardware device detection.
Note: Key and spacing separate signal and power segments.
Differential signal pair A
Differential signal pair B
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4.2.2Power Pin Signal Definitions
Table 10.Serial ATA Power Pin Definitions
1
Pin
2
P1
2
P2
2
P3
3,4
P4
3
P5
3
P6
3,5
P7
3,5
P8
3,5
P9
3
P10
6
P11
3, 4
P12
2
P13
2
P14
2
P15
Notes:
1.All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (0.050-inch) pitch.
2.Pins P1, P2 and P3 are connected together; Pins P13, P14 and P15 are connected together. Although they are not
connected internally to the device, the host may apply voltage on these pins.
3.The mating sequence is:
V
33
V
33
V
33
Ground1st Mate
Ground1st Mate
Ground1st Mate
V
5
V
5
V
5
Ground1st Mate
DASDevice Activity Signal2nd Mate
Ground1st Mate
V
12
V
12
V
12
• Ground pins P4-P6, P10, P12 and the 5V power pin P7.
4.Ground connectors P4 and P12 may contact before the other 1st mate pins in both the power and signal connectors to
5.Power pins P7, P8, and P9 are internally connected to one another within the device.
6.The host may ground P11 if it is not used for Device Activity Signal (DAS).
• Signal pins and the rest of the 5V power pins P8-P9.
discharge ESD in a suitably configured backplane connector.
NameDefinitionMating Order
3.3 V Power; not used2nd Mate
3.3 V Power; not used2nd Mate
3.3 V Power; not used1st Mate
5 V Power1st Mate
5 V Power2nd Mate
5 V Power2nd Mate
12 V Power; not used1st Mate
12 V Power; not used2nd Mate
12 V Power; not used2nd Mate
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports all mandatory Advanced Technology Attachment
(ATA) and Serial ATA (SATA) commands defined in the ACS-2 and SATA Revision 3.0
specifications. The mandatory and optional commands are defined in this section.
5.1ATA General Feature Command Set
General Feature command set (non-PACKET), which consists of:
• EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
• FLUSH CACHE
•IDENTIFY DEVICE
Note:See Appendix A, “IDENTIFY DEVICE Command Data” on page 25 for details on the sector data
• READ DMA
•READ SECTOR(S)
•READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
•SEEK
• SET FEATURES
•WRITE DMA
•WRITE SECTOR(S)
•READ MULTIPLE
• SET MULTIPLE MODE
•WRITE MULTIPLE
returned after issuing an IDENTIFY DEVICE command.
The Intel SSD 520 Series also supports the following optional commands:
• READ BUFFFER
• WRITE BUFFER
•NOP
• DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
5.2Power Management
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports several power management feature sets as defined
by the ATA specification: general Power Management feature set, Advanced Power
Management feature set, and Power-Up In Standby (PUIS) feature set.
The Advanced Power Management and PUIS features can be enabled or disabled using
the SET FEATURES command.
The Power Management feature set includes the following commands:
•CHECK POWER MODE
•IDLE
•IDLE IMMEDIATE
• SLEEP
•STANDBY
•STANDBY IMMEDIATE
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The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the Security Mode command set, which consists of:
• SECURITY SET PASSWORD
•SECURITY UNLOCK
• SECURITY ERASE PREPARE
• SECURITY ERASE UNIT
•SECURITY FREEZE LOCK
• SECURITY D ISABLE PASSWORD
5.4SMART Command Set
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the SMART command set, which consists of:
Table 11 lists the SMART attributes supported by the Intel SSD 520 Series; Table 12 on
page 19 lists the corresponding status flags and threshold settings.
Table 11.SMART Attributes
ID Attribute
Re-allocated Sector Count
05h
09h
0Ch
AAhAvailable Reserved Space11001110
ABh
ACh
AEh
B8h
BBh
The raw value of this attribute shows the
number of retired blocks since leaving the
factory (grown defect count).
Power-On Hours Count
The raw value reports two values: the first
4 bytes report the cumulative number of
power-on hours over the life of the device,
the remaining bytes report the number of
milliseconds since the last hour increment.
The On/Off status of the Device Initiated
Power Management (DIPM) feature will
affect the number of hours reported. If DIPM
is turned On, the recorded value for
power-on hours does not include the time
that the device is in a "slumber" state. If
DIPM is turned Off, the recorded value for
power-on hours should match the clock
time, as all three device states are counted:
active, idle and slumber.
Power Cycle Count
The raw value of this attribute reports the
cumulative number of power cycle events
over the life of the device.
Program Fail Count
The raw value of this attribute shows total
count of program fails and the normalized
value, beginning at 100, shows the percent
remaining of allowable program fails.
Erase Fail Count
The raw value of this attribute shows total
count of erase fails and the normalized
value, beginning at 100, shows the percent
remaining of allowable erase fails.
Unexpected Power Loss
The raw value of this attribute reports the
cumulative number of unsafe (unclean)
shutdown events over the life of the device.
An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever the
device is powered off without STANDBY
IMMEDIATE being the last command
End-to-End Error Detection Count
Reports number of errors encountered
during end-to-end error detection within the
SSD data path.
Uncorrectable Error Count
The raw value shows the count of errors
that could not be recovered using Error
Correction Code (ECC).
SPECERPEOCPW
110010 0 (none)
110010 0 (none)
110010 0 (none)
110010 0 (none)
110010 0 (none)
110010 0 (none)
11001190
110010 0 (none)
Status Flags
1
Threshold
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ID Attribute
Power-Off Retract Count (Unsafe Shutdown
Count)
The raw value of this attribute reports the
C0h
E1h
E2h
E3h
E4h
E8h
E9h
F1h
F2h
F9h
cumulative number of unsafe (unclean)
shutdown events over the life of the device.
An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever the
device is powered off without STANDBY
IMMEDIATE being the last command.
Host Writes
The raw value of this attribute reports the
total number of sectors written by the host
system. The raw value is increased by 1 for
every 65,536 sectors (32MB) written by
the host.
Timed Workload Media We ar
Measures the wear seen by the SSD (since
reset of the workload timer, attribute E4h),
as a percentage of the maximum rated
cycles.
Timed Workload Host Read/Write Ratio
Shows the percentage of I/O operations
that are read operations (since reset of the
workload timer, attribute E4h).
Timed Workload Timer
Measures the elapsed time (number of
minutes since starting this workload timer).
Available Reserved Space
This attribute reports the number of reserve
blocks remaining. The normalized value
begins at 100 (64h), which corresponds to
100 percent availability of the reserved
space. The threshold value for this attribute
is 10 percent availability.
Media Wearout Indicator
This attribute reports the number of cycles
the NAND media has undergone. The
normalized value declines linearly from 100
to 1 as the average erase cycle count
increases from 0 to the maximum rated
cycles.
Once the normalized value reaches 1, the
number will not decrease, although it is likely
that significant additional wear can be put
on the device.
Total LBAs Written
The raw value of this attribute reports the
total number of sectors written by the host
system. The raw value is increased by 1 for
every 65,536 sectors (32MB) written by
the host.
Total LBAs Read
The raw value of this attribute reports the
total number of sectors read by the host
system. The raw value is increased by 1 for
every 65,536 sectors (32MB) read by
the host.
Total NAND Writes
Raw value reports the number of writes to
NAND in 1 GB increments.
Table 12 defines the SMART Attribute status flags.
Table 12.SMART Attribute Status Flags
Status
Flag
SP Self-preserving attribute Not a self-preserving attribute Self-preserving attribute
EC Event count attribute Not an event count attribute Event count attribute
ER Error rate attribute Not an error rate attribute Error rate attribute
PE Performance attribute Not a performance attribute Performance attribute
OC Online collection attribute Collected only during offline activity
PW Pre-fail warranty attribute Advisory Pre-fail
Description Value = 0 Value = 1
5.4.2SMART Logs
The Intel SSD 520 Series implements the following Log Addresses: 00h, 02h, 03h, 06h,
and 07h.
The Intel SSD 520 Series implements host vendor specific logs (addresses 80h-9Fh) as
read and write scratchpads, where the default value is zero (0). Intel SSD 520 Series
does not write any specific values to these logs unless directed by the host through the
appropriate commands.
The Intel SSD 520 Series also implements a device vendor specific log at address A9h
as a read-only log area with a default value of zero (0).
5.5Device Statistics
In addition to the SMART attribute structure, statistics pertaining to the operation and
health of the Intel SSD 520 Series can be reported to the host on request through the
Device Statistics log as defined in the ATA specification.
Collected during both offline and
online activity
The Device Statistics log is a read-only GPL/SMART log located at read log address
0x04 and is accessible using READ LOG EXT, READ LOG DMA EXT or SMART READ LOG
commands.
Table 13 lists the Device Statistics supported by the Intel SSD 520 Series.
Table 13.Device Statistics Log
Page Offset Description
0x00 - List of Supported Pages -
0x08 Power Cycle Count 0Ch
0x10 Power-On Hours 09h
0x18 Logical Sectors Written E1h
0x01 - General Statistics
0x04 - General Errors Statistics
0x06 - Transport Statistics
0x20
0x28 Logical Sectors Read F2h
0x30
0x08 Num Reported Uncorrectable Errors BBh
0x10
0x08 Num Hardware Resets -
0x10 Num ASR Events 0x18 Num Interface CRC Errors -
Num Write Commands - incremented
by one for every host write command
Num Read Commands - incremented
by one for every host write command
Num Resets Between Command
Acceptance and Completion
Equivalent SMART attribute if
applicable
-
-
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Page Offset Description
0x07 - Solid State Device Statistics 0x08 Pe rcentage Used Endurance Indicator
5.6SMART Command Transport (SCT)
With SMART Command Transport (SCT), a host can send commands and data to an
SSD and receive status and data from an SSD using standard write/read commands to
manipulate two SMART Logs:
• Log Address E0h ("SCT Command/Status") — used to send commands and retrieve
status
• Log Address E1h ("SCT Data Transfer") — used to transport data
5.7Data Set Management Command Set
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the Data Set Management command set Trim
attribute, which consists of:
• DATA SET MANAGEMENT
5.8Host Protected Area Command Set
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the Host Protected Area command set, which
consists of:
• READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS
•SET MAX ADDRESS
• READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
• SET MAX ADDRESS EXT
Equivalent SMART attribute if
This statistic counts up from 0
rather than down from 100, and
may go beyond 100 for drives that
exceed their expected lifetime.
applicable
E9h
5.948-Bit Address Command Set
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the 48-bit Address command set, which consists of:
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the General Purpose Log command set, which
consists of:
• READ LOG EXT
•WRITE LOG EXT
• READ LOG DMA EXT
•WRITE LOG DMA EXT
5.11Native Command Queuing
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the Native Command Queuing (NCQ) command set,
which includes:
• READ FPDMA QUEUED
•WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Note: With a maximum queue depth equal to 32.
5.12Software Settings Preservation
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the SET FEATURES parameter to enable/disable the
preservation of software settings.
5.13SATA Link Power Management (LPM)
The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the SET FEATURES parameter to enable Device
Initiated Power Management (DIPM). The SSD also supports Host Initiated Power
Management (HIPM).
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6.0Certifications and Declarations
Table 14 describes the Device Certifications supported by the Intel SSD 520 Series.
Table 14.Device Certifications and Declarations
CertificationDescription
CE Compliant
UL Certified
C-Tick Compliant
BSMI Compliant
KCC
Microsoft WHQLMicrosoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs
RoHS CompliantRestriction of Hazardous Substance Directive
VCCI
SATA-IOIndicates certified logo program from Serial ATA International Organization.
Low Halogen
Low Voltage DIRECTIVE 2006/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 12 December 2006, and EMC Directive 2004/108/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF
THE COUNCIL of 15 December 2004.
Certified Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Bi-National Component Recognition; UL 60950-1, 2nd
Part 1: General Requirem ents)
Compliance with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 and Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Australian Communication Authority (ACA).
Compliance to the Taiwan EMC standard CNS 13438: Information technology equipment - Radio
disturbance Characteristics - limits and methods of measurement, as amended on June 1, 2006, is
harmonized with CISPR 22: 2005.04.
Compliance with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Control Regulation
and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio R esearch
Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea.
Voluntary Control Council for Interface to cope with disturbance problems caused by personal
computers or facsimile.
Applies only to brominated and chlorinated flame retardants (BFRs/CFRs) and PVC in the final
product. Intel components as well as purchased components on the finished assembly meet JS-709
requirements, and the PCB/substrate meet IEC 61249-2-21 requirements. The replacement of
halogenated flame retardants and/or PVC may not be better for the environment.
Table 15 identifies the standards information referenced in this document.
Table 15.Standards References
Date or
Rev. #
Sept 2010
Dec 2008VCCIhttp://www.vcci.jp/vcci_e/
June 2009RoHS
August 2009ACS-2 Specificationhttp://www.t13.org/
June 2009Serial ATA Revision 3.0http://www.sata-io.org/
May 2006SFF-8223, 2.5-inch Drive w/Serial Attachment Connectorhttp://www.sffcommittee.org/
May 2005SFF-8201, 2.5-inch drive form factorhttp://www.sffcommittee.org/
Solid-State Drive (SSD) Requi rements and Endura nce Test Method
(JESD218)
Compliance with EN 55022:1998 Information technology
equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and
methods of measurement CISPR 22:1997 (Modified)
http://qdms.intel.com/
Click Search MDDS Database and search
for material description datasheet
http://www.iec.ch/
8.0Terms and Acronyms
Table 16 defines the terms and acronyms used in this document.
Table 16.Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
TermDefinition
ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment
DASDevice Activity Signal
DIPMDevice Initiated Power Management
DMADirect Memory Access
EXTExtended
FPDMAFirst Party Direct Memory Access
GB
HDDHard Disk Drive
HIPMHost Initiated Power Management
I/OInput/Output
IOPSInput/Output Operations Per Second
KBKilobyte (1,024 bytes)
LBALogical Block Address
LPMLink Power Management
MBMegabyte (1,000,000 bytes)
MLCMulti-level Cell
MTBFMean Time Between Failures
Gigabyte (1,000,000,000 bytes)
Note: The total usable capacity of the SSD may be less than the total physical capacity because a
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Table 16.Glossary of Terms and Acronyms (Continued)
TermDefinition
NCQNative Command Queuing
NOPNo Operation
PIOProgrammed Input/Output
RDTReliability Demonstration Test
RMSRoot Mean Squared
SATASerial Advanced Technology Attachment
SMARTSelf-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
SSDSolid-State Drive
TYPTypical
UBERUncorrectable Bit Error Rate
Table 17 details the sector data returned after issuing an IDENTIFY DEVICE command.
Table 17.Returned Sector Data
Word
0 F0040hGeneral configuration bit-significant information
1X3FFFhObsolete - Number of logical cylinders (16,383)
2VC837hSpecific configuration
3X0010hObsolete - Number of logical heads (16)
4-5X0hRetired
6X003FhObsolete - Number of logical sectors per logical track (63)
7-8V0hReserved for assignment by the CompactFlash* Association (CFA)
9X0hRetired
10-19FvariesSerial number (20 ASCII characters)
20-21X0hRetired
22X0hObsolete
23-26FvariesFirmware revision (8 ASCII characters)
27-46FvariesModel number (Intel
47F8010h
48F4000hReserved
49F2F00hCapabilities
50F4000h Capabilities
51-52X0hObsolete
53F0007hWords 88 and 70:64 valid
54X3FFFhObsolete - Number of logical cylinders (16,383)
55X0010hObsolete - Number of logical heads (16)
56X003FhObsolete - Number of logical sectors per logical track (63)
57-58X00FBFC10hObsolete
59V0110hNumber of sectors transferred per interrupt on multiple commands
60-61FvariesTotal number of user-addressable sectors
62X0hObsolete
63F0007hMulti-word DMA modes supported/selected
64F0003hPIO modes supported
65F0078h Minimum multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word
66F0078h Manufacturer’s recommended multiword DMA transfer cycle time
67F0078hMinimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control
68F0078hMinimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control
69F4000hAdditional Supported
70F0hReserved
71-74F0hReserved for IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command
F = Fixed
V = Variable
X = Both
Default ValueDescription
®
Solid-State Drive)
7:0—Maximum number of sectors transferred per interrupt on multiple
commands
February 2012Product Specification
Order Number: 325968-001US25
Intel® Solid-State Drive 520 Series
®
Intel
Intel® Solid-State Drive 520 Series
Solid-State Drive 520 Series
Table 17.Returned Sector Data (Continued)
F = Fixed
Word
75F001FhQueue depth
76F470EhSerial ATA capabilities
77F0006hReserved for future Serial ATA definition
78F004ChSerial ATA features supported
79V0040h Serial ATA features enabled
80F03FChMajor version number
81F0110hMinor version number
82F746BhCommand set supported
83F7469hCommand sets supported
84F6163hCommand set/feature supported extension
85 V7469hCommand set/feature enabled
86 VB449hCommand set/feature enabled
87 V6163hCommand set/feature default
88 V407FhUltra DMA Modes
89F0002hTime required for security erase unit completion
90F0001hTime required for enhanced security erase completion
91V00FEhCurrent advanced power management value
92VFFFEhMaster Password Revision Code
93F0h
94V0hVendor’s recommended and actual acoustic management value
95F0hStream minimum request size
96V0hStreaming transfer time - DMA
97V0hStreaming access latency - DMA and PIO
98-99F0hStreaming performance granularity
100-103VvariesMaximum user LBA for 48-bit address feature set
104V0hStreaming transfer time - PIO
105F0001hReserved
106F4000h Physical sector size / logical sector size
107F0hInter-seek delay for ISO-7779 acoustic testing in microseconds
108-111FvariesUnique ID
112-115F0hReserved for world wide name extension to 128 bits
116V0hReserved for technical report
117-118F0hWords per logical sector
160 F0hCompactFlash Association (CFA) power mode 1
161-168X0hReserved for assignment by the CFA
169X0001hData set management Trim attribute support
170-173F0hAdditional Product Identifier
174-175F0hReserved
176-205V0hCurrent media serial number
206X0021hSCT Command Transport
207-208X0hReserved
209X4000hAlignment of logical blocks within a physical block
210-211X0hWrite-Read-Verify Sector Count Mode 3 (DWord)
212-213X00000100hWrite-Read-Verify Sector Count Mode 2 (DWord)
214X0hNV Cache Capabilities
215-216X0hNV Cache Size in Logical Blocks (DWord)
217X0001hNominal media rotation rate
218X0hReserved
219X0hNV Cache Options
220X0hWrite-Read-Verify feature set
221X0hReserved
222X103FhTransport major version number
223X0hTransport minor version number
224-229X0hReserved
230-233X0hExtended Number of User Addressable Sectors (QWord)
234X0h
235X0h
236-254X0hReserved
255XvariesIntegrity word
V = Variable
X = Both
Default ValueDescription
Minimum number of 512-byte data blocks per DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
command for mode 03h
Maximum number of 512-byte data blocks per DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
command for mode 03h
Notes: F = Fixed. The content of the word is fixed and does not change. For removable media devices, these values may change
when media is removed or changed.
V = Variable. The state of at least one bit in a word is variable and may change depending on the state of the device or
the commands executed by the device.
X = F or V. The content of the word may be fixed or variable.
February 2012Product Specification
Order Number: 325968-001US27
Intel® Solid-State Drive 520 Series
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