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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 SSD 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.
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