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Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives iii C O N T E N T S Contents _______________________________________________________ iii List of Figures __________________________________________________ v List of Tables ___________________________________________________ vi Product Description ______________________________________________ 1 Overview ..........[...]

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Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives v L I S T O F F I G UR ES 1. 2.5-inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing ........................................................................... 6 2. 3.5-inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing ........................................................................... 7 3. 44-pin ATA (IDE) Bus Connector ........................[...]

vi Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives L I S T O F T AB L ES 1. 2.5 and 3.5-inch Drive Assembly Dimensions ................................................................ 5 2. Environmental Conditions ............................................................................................... 8 3. Zeus SSD Typical Power Consumption (watts/mA) ...[...]

Overview Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 1 1 P R O DUC T D ES CR I P T I O N 1.1 O VE R V I E W SimpleTech ’s Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives (SSDs) incorporate advanced Single- Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash memory technology to deliver state-of-the-art, non-volatile mass storage devices. Additional software device drivers a[...]

Product Description Overview 2 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives Standard Zeus SSDs are available with unformatted memory capacities ranging from 4 to 128 GB. Designed to operate in harsh environments, Zeus SSDs excel in ruggedness, reliability, compatibility and portability, and are ideal for applications that require high reliability and high tol[...]

Standard Features Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 3 1.2 S T AND ARD F E A T U R ES ATA/IDE Interface • Conforms to ATA-5 Specification Standard Performance • Fast initialization • Supports PIO modes 0 through 4 • Supports Ultra DMA modes 0 through 4 • Burst read/write performance up to 66 MB/sec • Sustained read/wr[...]

Product Description Optional Features 4 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives Endurance • Supports 2,000,000 write/erase cycles • Supports unlimited read cycles • Patent-pending wear-leveling algorithms • Bad-block mapping algorithms Physical • 2GB to 128GB storage capacities available (unformatted) • Industry standard 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch[...]

Physical Characteristics Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 5 1.4 P H YS I CA L C HARAC T E R I S T I C S 1.4.1 Drive Assembly Exterior Dimensions Zeus SSD internal components are housed in precision machined aluminum alloy enclosures . The outside dimensions of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factor drives are provided in Tabl e1 . T[...]

Product Description Physical Characteristics 6 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives Figure 1. 2.5-inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing[...]

Physical Characteristics Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 7 Figure 2. 3.5-inch Zeus SSD Assembly Drawing[...]

Product Description Environmental Characteristics 8 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 1.4.2 Drive Assembly Weight The weight of a Zeus SSD varies, depending on the specific set of design characteristics of the drive. A standard 3 2 GB, 2.5-inch Zeus SSD weighs approximately 0.322 lb (0.120Kg). A 72 GB SSD weighs 0.670 lb (0.250Kg). The following ch[...]

Electrical Characteristics Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 9 1.5.2 Shock and Vibration In setting the initial baseline for shock and vibration test levels, the Zeus SSD was exposed to increasingly harsh levels of stress until the drive’s failure levels were determined. The tests were then repeated using the stress levels the[...]

Product Description Operation and Performance Characteristics 10 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 1.6.2 Power Consumption The amount of power consumed by Zeus SSDs is determined by the storage (memory) capacity of the drive, and the flash controller/memory configuration of the drive. Tabl e3 lists (by capacity) the power consumption of Zeus SSDs d[...]

Operation and Performance Characteristics Product Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 11 1.7.4 Data Transfer Rate The data transfer rate of Zeus SSDs depends on the flash controller/flash memory configuration of the drive. The drive’s scalable architecture is capable of accommodating sustained and burst data transfer rates as follows: S[...]

Product Description Operation and Performance Characteristics 12 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 1.7.6.2 Error Detection and Correction The SSD’s error detection code and error correcting code (EDC/ECC) helps maintain data integrity by allowing single or multiple bit corrections to the data stored in the drive’s flash array. If the data in th[...]

Zeus SSD Functional Blocks Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 13 2 F UNC T IO NA L D E S CR I P T IO N 2.1 Z E U S SSD F UN C T I O NA L B L O CK S SimpleTech™ Zeus series solid state drives comprise the following primary functional component blocks: • ATA (IDE) Bus Interface • SSD Control • Flash Memory 2.1.1 ATA (IDE[...]

Functional Description Zeus SSD Functional Blocks 14 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 2.1.1.2 3.5-inch SSD ATA Interface and Power Connectors The 3.5-inch Zeus-series SSDs are equipped with a 40-pin, DC power/ATA bus combination connector ( Figur e4 ), located at the rear of the drive. IDE bus traffic is supplied through a non-shielded 40-conducto[...]

Zeus SSD Functional Blocks Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 15 3 I/O D07 HOST DATA 7 Pins 3 through 18 (16 lines (15-0)) carry the data between the controller and the host. The low 8 lines transfer commands and the ECC information between the host and the controller. 4 I/O D08 HOST DATA 8 5 I/O D06 HOST DATA 6 6 I/O D09 HOST[...]

Functional Description Zeus SSD Functional Blocks 16 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 27 I IORDY I/O READY Not used, and pulled up to Vcc through a 4.7k ohm resistor. 28 I -CSEL CABLE SELECT This internally pulled up signal is used to configure the drives as the Master or the Slave device. When the pin is grounded, the device is configured as a Ma[...]

Zeus SSD Functional Blocks Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 17 2.1.2 SSD Control Block The Zeus SSD’s control block comprises three integrated components: • SimpleTech Zeus SSD controller • RISC Microcontroller • NAND SLC flash memory SimpleTech’s Zeus FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) controller is the heart of[...]

Functional Description Zeus SSD Functional Blocks 18 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 2.1.3 Flash Memory The Zeus SSD’s local storage subsystem uses Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND, non- volatile flash memory. Having only two states and one bit of data stored, SLC NAND flash control logic on the SSD is able to conserve energy when managing the elec[...]

Principles of Operation Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 19 2.2 P R I NC I P L E S O F O PE RA T I O N The Zeus SSD comprises three primary functional blocks—the ATA (IDE) interface connector, Zeus SSD controller and NAND flash memory. A description of each drive component is provided in “ Zeus SSD Functional Blocks ” [...]

Functional Description Operating Modes 20 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 2.3 O PE RA T I N G M O D ES The Zeus SSD is configured as a high-performance I/O device, supporting the following operating modes: • Primary drive address at system ATA I/O address 1F0h - 1F7h and 3F6h - 3F7h. The host must provide chip-enable #CS0 and #CS1. The SSD deco[...]

ATA Commands Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 21 2.4 ATA C O MM AND S This section provides information on the ATA commands supported on the Zeus SSD. The commands are issued to the ATA by loading the required registers in the command block with the supplied parameter, and then writing the command code to the register. 2.4.1[...]

Functional Description ATA Commands 22 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 2.4.2 Standard ATA Commands Tabl e7 lists each command along with its respective command code and registers accessed by the command. For detailed descriptions of the ATA commands, refer to the ATA-5 specification. Table 7. Supported ATA Commands Command Command Code (Hex) Feat[...]

ATA Commands Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 23 2.4.3 Optional ATA Command Support 2.4.3.1 SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) Zeus SSDs are designed to operate in mission-critical systems where remote monitoring of the drives’s internal status is required, but removal of the drive for status checki[...]

Functional Description ATA Commands 24 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 20 XXXXh (a) 2 Buffer type (dual ported, multi-sector, with read cache) 21 XXXXh (a) 2 Buffer size (in 512 byte increments) 22 XXXXh (a) 2 Number of ECC bytes passed on Read/Write Long Sector commands 23-46 XXXXh (a) 48 Firmware version and model number in ASCII 47 8001h 2 Max[...]

ATA Commands Functional Description Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 25 2.4.4 Vendor-Specific ATA Commands As with standard ATA command, the software requirements and syntax of the vendor- specific ATA commands the host issues to the Zeus SSD are issued to the ATA by loading the required registers in the command block with the supplied parameters,[...]

Functional Description ATA Commands 26 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 2.4.4.2 Sanitization Standards Zeus SSDs comply with the sanitization requirements described in Tabl e9 . Table 9. Sanitize Standards Compliance Specification Document Description/Comment USA DoD 5220.22-M National Industrial Security Program Operation Manual (NISOM) January 1[...]

System Requirements Installation Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 27 3 I N S T A LL A T I O N 3.1 S YS T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S Before installing the Zeus SSD in your system, make sure you have the following items: • Mounting hardware (as required) • ATA (IDE) bus interface cable (as specified in Tabl e 10 , below) • For 3.5-inch Zeus S[...]

Installation Drive Configuration 28 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 3.2.1 Configuring 2.5-inch Form Factor Zeus SSD Zeus SSDs conforming to the 2.5-inch form factor, use a 44-pin ATA bus connector. To configure the SSD as either the Master or Slave device, place a jumper across the appropriate pins ( A- D) as illustrated in Figur e 5 on pag e 28 [...]

Drive Configuration Installation Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 29 3.2.2 Configuring 3.5-inch Form Factor Zeus SSD Zeus SSDs conforming to the 3.5-inch form factor, use a 40-pin ATA bus/DC power combination connector. To configure the SSD as either the Master or Slave device, place a jumper across the appropriate pins ( 1- 8) as illustrated in F[...]

Installation Installing Zeus SSDs 30 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 3.3 I N S T A LL I N G Z E U S SSD S To install the Zeus SSD in a personal computer (PC) or host system, complete the following steps: 1 Power down the computer and remove the access cover. 2 Configure the Zeus SSD as the master or slave device in accordance with the information[...]

Upgrading Zeus SSD Firmware Contact and Ordering Information Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 31 C O N T AC T AND O R D E R I N G I N F O R M A T IO N C O N T AC T I N G S I M P L E T E CH For more information on Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives, contact the SimpleTech Solid State Drive Team. Phone: 800-796-4645 (Toll free; US and Canada only); ([...]

Contact and Ordering Information Upgrading Zeus SSD Firmware 32 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives[...]

Acronyms and Abbreviations Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 33 A CR O N Y M S AND A BBR E V I A T IO N S A ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) <processor> (ARM, Originally Acorn RISC Machine). A series of low- cost, power-efficient 32-bit RISC microprocessors for embedded control, computing, digital signal processing, games, consumer multimedia and [...]

Acronyms and Abbreviations 34 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives F FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fabrication facility. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. Some are very sophisticated, includ[...]

Acronyms and Abbreviations Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 35 R RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) A computer architecture that reduces chip complexity by using simpler instructions. RISC compilers have to generate software routines to perform complex instructions that were previously done in hardware by CISC computers. In RISC, the microcod[...]

Acronyms and Abbreviations 36 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives[...]

Index Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 37 I ND EX Numerics 40-pin, DC power/ATA bus combination connector 14 44-pin ATA Bus Connector 13 A addressing modes 20 altitude, operating 8 ATA (IDE) bus interface connectors 13 ATA (IDE) bus modes 10 ATA commands command codes list 22 flow 21 Identify Drive 23 ATA commands, supported 21 ATA/IDE interface 3[...]

Index 38 Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives features 3 ATA/IDE interface 3 endurance 4 optional (proprietary) 4 performance 3 physical characteristics 4 reliability 3 SMART 23 firmware upgrades 30 flash memory 18 formatting the Zeus SSD 30 functional blocks 13 functional description 13 H humidity, operating 8 I I/O Primary and Secondary ATA (IDE) Mo[...]

Index Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 39 R random vibration 9 reliability 3 , 11 BITS (Built-In Self Test) 12 error detection and correction 12 MTBF (mean time between failure) 11 S sanitization standards 26 seek time 10 shock and vibration 9 shock, mechanical 9 SLC flash memory 18 SMART 23 standard features 3 storage capacity 18 system requireme[...]

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Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives 41 C E R T I F I CA T IO N AND W ARRAN T Y FCC Declaration of Conformity The Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drive carries the FCC-Mark in accordance with related Federal Communications Commission (FCC)–USA directives. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two condit[...]

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