NCR 7600 - Known Limitations

12 Solid State Drive Optimization
Known Limitations
RAID or Dynamic Disk Configurations
IntelSSDToolboxworkswithsinglesolid‐statedrives(SSDs),SSDsinasimple
DynamicDiskconfiguration,andSSDsthatarepartofIntel
®
MatrixStorageManager
orIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnology(Intel
®
RST)RAIDconfigurations.
ForSSDsthatarepartofRAIDorDynamicDiskconfigurationswithmultiple
partitions,IntelSS DToolboxprovideslimitedfunctionality.
Example: Intel
®
SSDOptimizerandSecureErasearenotsupported).
Systems with Virtualization
IntelSSDToolbox3.0doesnotworkonsystemsrunninginavirtualizedenvironment
asitcannotdetecttheSSDs.
SSDs formatted with FAT32 file system
IntelSSDOptimizerdoesnotworkonSSDsformattedwiththeFAT32filesystem.
NewTechnologyFileSystem(NTFS)isrequiredtorunIntelSSD Optimizer.NTFS
allocationsizesof32Kand64Karenotsupported.
Systems in IDE mode
IntelSSDToolbox3.0cannotupdatefirmwareoncertainIntelSSDsinIDEmode.
Theseinclude:
•Intel
®
Solid‐StateDrive311Series
•Intel
®
Solid‐StateDrive310Series
•Intel
®
X25‐M/X18‐MSolid‐StateDrives
•Intel
®
X25‐VSolid‐StateDrive
Firmware updates on Intel SSDs
IntelSSDToolbox3.0supportsfirmwareupdatesonallIntelSSDsexceptforthe
following:
•Intel
®
Solid‐StateDrive510Series
•Intel
®
X25‐ESolid‐StateDriveandIntel®X25‐M/X18 ‐MSolid‐StateDrives(50nm)
UsetheIntel
®
SATASolid‐StateDriveFirmwareUpdateTooltoupdatefirmwareonthese
SSDs.
ToidentifyyourIntelSSD,viewthemodelnumberontheIntelSSDToolboxhome
screen.ToidentifyiftheIntelSSDis50nm:
1. SelecttheIntelSSDontheIntelSSDToolboxhomescreen.
2. ClickDriveDetails.