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This document incorporates many industry and device specific words. The following list defines a variety of these terms and acronyms.

Term

Definition

ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI	Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
	Bit error rate, or percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits
BER	received
	Device Initiated Link Power Management. The ability of the device to request SATA link
DIPM	power state changes.
DMA	Direct Memory Access
eMLC	Enterprise Multi-Level Cell
EXT	Extended
FP	First Party
GB	Giga-byte defined as 1x109 bytes
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
	A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA storage drive when the
Hot Plug	system is powered on.
IOPS	Input output operations per second
LBA	Logical Block Address
MB	Mega-bytes defined as 1x106 bytes
MLC	Multi-Level Cell
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failures
	Native Command Queuing. The ability of the SATA hard drive to queue and re-order
NCQ	commands to maximize execution efficiency.
NOP	No Operation
OS	Operating System
Port	The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.
RMS	Root Mean Squared
RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
SAS	Serial Attached SCSI
SATA	Serial ATA
SFF	Small Form Factor
SLC	Single Level Cell
	Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology: an open standard for developing
	hard drives and software systems that automatically monitors a hard drive’s health and
S.M.A.R.T.	reports potential problems.
SSD	Solid-State Drive

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PSFEM1xxxGQxxx

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9/11/2014

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Contents

SATA 3Gb/s Industrial Slim SATA Manual Manual PSFEM1xxxGQxxx9/11/2014 Viking Technology Page 1 of Date Revision HistoryRevision DescriptionLegal Information Legal InformationOrdering Information Slim SATA SSD Solid-State Drive TemperatureInterface Slim SATA Top View Product PicturesIndustrial SSD - Viking’s Industrial SSD contains sophisticated provisions to protect firmware and data from corruption due to unexpected power loss. However, a Industrial SSD by industry definition does not contain on-board capacitance. Should power fail unexpectedly, “in-flight” write data may be lost. Industrial SSD’s are best used in designs that manage power fail events at the system level 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Table of ContentsPIN AND SIGNAL DESCRIPTIONS 5 COMMAND SETSGLOSSARY REFERENCESATA Commands SATA CommandsTable of Figures Table of Tables1 Introduction 1.1 FeaturesFigure 1-1 High-Level Block Diagram for VRFEM1xxxGQxxx 1.2 Block Diagram1.3 SATA Interface Table 2-3 Timing Specifications 2 Product Specifications2.1 Performance 2.2 Timing2.2.1 STANDBY IMMEDIATE Command 2.3 Electrical Characteristics2.3.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings 2.3.2 Supply Voltage2.4.1 Temperature and Altitude 2.3.3 Power ConsumptionTable 2-7 Typical Power Consumption Table 2-8 Temperature and Altitude Related SpecificationsTable 2-10 Reliability Specifications 2.5 Reliability2.6 Data Security 3 Mechanical Information Figure 3-1 Dimensions3.1 Slim SATA SSD Weight 4 Pin and Signal DescriptionsSignal and Power Description Tables Figure 4-1 Layout of Signal and Power Segment Pins5.1 ATA Commands 5 Command SetsTable 4-2 Serial ATA Power Pin Definitions Table 5-1 Supported ATA CommandsSSD supports the 48-Bit Address command set consisting of 5.1.1 48-Bit Address Command SetFlush Cache Ext Read DMA Ext Read native Max Address Ext Read Sectors Ext Set Max Address Ext Write DMA Ext Write Multiple Ext5.1.3 Device Configuration Overlay Command Set 5.1.2 ATA General Feature Command Set5.1.4 General Purpose Log Command Set 5.1.5 Host Protected Area Command Set5.1.7 Security Mode Feature Set 5.1.6 Power Management Command SetTable 5-2 List of Device Identification 5.1.8 Identify Device DataWord Default ValueV Variable DescriptionWord Default ValueV Variable DescriptionTable 5-3 Capacity specific Device Identification 5.1.1 S.M.A.R.T. Support5.1.2 S.M.A.R.T. Command Set Table 5-4 S.M.A.R.T. Command Set 5.1.2.1 Extended SMART AttributesTable 5-5 Extended SMART Attribute Table Table 5-6 Extended SMART Attribute Actual Data SMART AttributeDescription Fla4 = Total Erase Count / disk Total Blocks average Erase Count FormulaFla6 = 100 * D- Total Bad Block Count / D-E Max = 100, Min = Fla7 = 100*Max Erase Count- F1a4/Flash PE Cycle MLC 3000, SLC5.2.1 Native Command Queuing NCQ 5.2 SATA CommandsTable 5-7 Supported S.M.A.R.T. EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE Subcommands 5.1.2.2 Off-line ModeSerial ATA Specification, Revision 6 References7 Glossary