Innodisk iSMART V5.1.0

Windows User Guide

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Table of contents REVISION HISTORY ..................................................................................................................... 2

1. Product Overview.................................................................................................................. 3

2. Device Information .............................................................................................................. 5

2.1. Temperature .................................................................................................................... 5

2.2. Power Status ................................................................................................................... 5

2.3. Partition .............................................................................................................................. 5

2.4. Health ................................................................................................................................... 5

2.5. Device Details ................................................................................................................. 5

3. iAnalyer ....................................................................................................................................... 6

4. Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 7

5. SMART .......................................................................................................................................... 8

6. Alert ............................................................................................................................................... 9

7. System Information........................................................................................................... 10

8. Customization ....................................................................................................................... 11

9. Appendix................................................................................................................................... 13

9.1. Supported OS List ....................................................................................................... 13

9.2. S.M.A.R.T. Identify Table ........................................................................................ 13

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REVISION HISTORY

Revision Description Date

5.0.0 First release DEC. 2015

5.1.0 Add SandForce A1 SMART attributes

Add Hyperstone S8 SMART attributes

Customization ICONs support

Support function file: help.pdf

Support ARC1215 RAID Card

Support LBA Sectors

Log file named been change to iSMART_export.log

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1. Product Overview

Innodisk's iSMART 5.0.0 is designed to simplify information and provide an easy to

read interface for all of our users. The iSMART tool monitors the health and lifespan

of Innodisk's SSD, provides details on usage patterns, and sets up alert settings

before it reaches failure. With iSMART, our customers are able to properly integrate

Innodisk's SSD’s into their solutions by carefully monitoring behavior and health

during development, integration, and mass production.

The dashboard’s Home tab provides a summary, or quick snapshot, of each

installed disk in the system. This page offers accurate information regarding

temperature, health, capacity, lifespan, iAnalyzer, and notifications.

Figure 1: iSMART Dashboard

A. Dashboard Basics

Click to see the user guide.

Click to export the S.M.A.R.T. log file and to save it in the root folder.

Click to minimize the window.

Click to close the window.

B. Dashboard Pages

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Apart from the dashboard’s home page, there are six additional pages:

Device Information, iAnalyzer, Settings, SMART, Alert, and System Information.

Click on a tab to access more information.

C. Connected Devices

Click on a device number (e.g. ) to select a device. Click refresh to scan for

new connecting devices.

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2. Device Information

The Device Information page provides additional data such as the device’s power

status, partitions, and detailed information like the serial number, firmware vision,

interface, and features.

Figure 2: Device Information

2.1. Temperature

The device’s temperature is listed here. For industrial PC’s, knowing the

temperature is important in order to monitor and know the device’s status.

2.2. Power Status

Information regarding the number of hours the device has been on as well as the

number of power cycles it has run can be found here.

2.3. Partition

In this section, the user may find out how many partitions have been formatted on

the device and how much capacity is on each partition.

2.4. Health

Health percentage is calculated by the erase count, based on the P/E cycle (SLC:

60000 & MLC: 3000) by using the following formula:

Health percentage= P/E cycle – AVG erase counts

P/E cycle

2.5. Device Details

In the final section, the user will find the serial number, firmware version, interface

information, and features.

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3. iAnalyer When selected, the iAnalyzer’s tab displays the read/write behaviors of the SSD in

real time. This allows the user to understand their application’s usage of the SSD.

Sequential and Random I/Os are easily broken down into percentages making

them easy to read.

The iAnalyzer records read/write behaviors of a SSD in real-time, categorizing

these operations as either sequential or random I/O, as well as segmenting by the

size of the operation. The iAnalyzer allows users to understand their storage needs

instead of working off assumptions or hypotheticals. The level of detail that

iAnalyzer provides permits customers to predict drive failures before they happen

as well as helps in selecting the right SSD in order to maximize the lifespan.

Figure 3: iAnalyzer

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4. Settings

The Settings tab allows users to enable and disable SSD functions by simply

clicking one button. When clicking the Enable and Disable buttons to control

iAnalyzer and Write Protect features, iSMART will deliver a pop-up window with a

warning message if the device doesn’t support that function.

※The write protect function will be enabled if one of FW’s or HW's write protect becomes enabled.

Figure 4: Setting

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5. SMART

S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)

S.M.A.R.T. is a monitoring system for computer hard disk drives that detects and

reports on various indicators of reliability in the hope of anticipating failures. On

the SMART page, users can monitor the SSD through the S.M.A.R.T. attribute table

directly, including IDs and Raw Values. The S.M.A.R.T. attributes might differ from

other controllers.

Figure 5: S.M.A.R.T. Attribute Table

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6. Alert

The Alert page helps the user set thresholds according to temperature, health

percentage, remaining capacity and life remaining. If a category reaches its

threshold and exceeds its boundaries, the iSMART utility will send a pop-up

warning and may also send an email to the user notifying them that something

may fail.

Figure 6: Alert

A. Threshold setting

The user can set a threshold for every attribute on this page. If the value reaches

or surpasses the threshold, iSMART will trigger an alert automatically.

B. Refresh Timer setting

Users can set the Refresh Timer and iSMART will trigger an alert accordingly.

C. Mail Alert

Select the Mail Alert button to activate an e-mail alert.

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7. System Information

The System Information page displays information about the user’s PC. It includes

the OS, BIOS, CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Graphics, Storage.

Figure 7: System Information

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8. Customization

All the images which allowed user to change are under the icon folder. Simply

replace the images to finish the customization.

Figure 8: Customization

No. Description Name Pixel

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banner.png 800x220

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bg.png 800x320

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ver.png 800x60

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device_a.png

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settings_a.png

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alert_a.png

system_a.png

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help_a.png

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9. Appendix

9.1. Supported OS List

Windows XP SP3

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 10

9.2. S.M.A.R.T. Identify Table

The bottom table shows the values for all SMART attributes. General values are

shown for all SSD or HDDs. Some values are only shown for Innodisk own

products.

For all general attribute：

Function Description

Power Cycle Count The total counts of power cycle of installed disk.

Power-On Hours The total working hours of power on of installed

disk.

Temperature The temperature of installed disk.

Bad Block Count The total counts of bad block.

Initial Free Block Count When system has a new bad block, free block is

needed to do the replacement.

Average Erase Count The average erases count of all blocks.

Maximum Erase Count The maximum erase count value of all blocks.

Spare Block The value of spare block of the disk.

For Innodisk SSD：

Function Description

Read Error Rate CRC Error count/Total LBAs Read

Reallocated Sectors Count (Runtime Bad) = TotalBadCnt-(initial invalid

block)

Power On Hours Number of hours elapsed in the power-on state.

The value shall be incremented by one every one

hour.

Power Cycle Count Number of device power cycling. The value shall

be incremented by one on each power cycling

after disk initialization is done

Uncorrectable Sector Count

On Line

Uncorrectable Sector Count when read/write

Number of Pure Spare Number of valid spare block

Number of Initial Invalid Number of initial invalid block

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Total Erase Count Total erase count

Max Erase Count Maximum erase count

Min Erase Count Minimum Erase count

Average Erase Count Average erase count

Max Erase Count in Spec Max Erase Count of Spec

Remain Life Percentage Remain Life(%)

Worst Die Program Fail

Count

Program fail count in worst die

Worst Die Erase Fail Count Erase fail count in worst die

Wear Leveling Count Total wear leveling count

Used Reserved Block Count Runtime invalid block count

Program Fail Count Total program fail count

Erase Fail Count Total Erase fail count

Uncorrectable Error Count Uncorrectable error count

Power off Retract Count Number of times unexpected power off occurred.

(power off when drive is in active state)

The value shall be incremented by one on each

unexpected power off.

Temperature On-chip temperature sensor value.

Hardware ECC recovered Total correctable count

Reallocation Event Count Uncorrectable error count

Current pending sector

count:

waiting move sector count

Uncorrectable Sector Count

Off Line

Total uncorrectable count when off-line

UDMA CRC Error UltraDMA CRC Error Count

Host Writes Total LBAs Written (each write unit = 32MB)

Available Reserved Space Remain Space(%)

Total write to flash Total sector write to flash (each write unit =

32MB)

Total Read from flash Total sector read from flash (each write unit =

32MB)

Write Sector Count Total LBAs Written (each write unit = 32MB)

Read Sector Count Total LBAs Read (each read unit = 32MB)

Flash Write count Total sector write to flash (each write unit =

32MB)