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SK hynix Drive Manager Easy KitUser Guide

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Requirements

2.1 Precautions

3 All Drives Window

3.1 Drive Area

3.2 Drive Status

3.3 Refresh

3.4 Notifications Indicator

3.5 Actions

3.6 Select a Drive

3.6.1 Select One Drive

3.6.2 Select Several Drives

4 Drive Information

4.1 Summary

4.2 SMART

4.2.1 All Attributes

4.2.2 Beyond Threshold Attributes

4.3 Settings

4.3.1 Drive Features

4.3.2 OS Settings

4.4 Details

5 Erase a Drive

5.1 Secure Erase

5.2 Sanitize

6 Diagnostics

7 Firmware Update

8 Revert PSID

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1 Introduction

This document provides general guidance on how to use SK hynix Drive Manager Easy Kit for monitoring, administrating and managing local SSD drives.

SK hynix Drive Manager Easy Kit provides:• Identification and enumeration of SK hynix and other system drives• Drive details such as capacity, model, etc.• Detailed information on drive health, presented in the SMART attributes list with options to run a diagnostics test• A mechanism for updating SSD firmware • Drive erase options • Drive Diagnostics • Revert PSID


2 Requirements

Item

Operating System

Drives

Interface

Requirements

Windows 10 x86Windows 8.1 x86Windows 8 x86Windows 7 x86

SATA

2.1 Precautions• Backup your SK hynix SSD prior to the firmware update.• Do not disconnect your SSD or shut down the power while the firmware update is in progress. Ignoring this precaution may result in data corruption or even SSD damage.

SK hynix Drive Manager Easy Kit sup ports all SSDs and HDDs, but availability and correct operation of all features are guaranteed only for SK hynix SSDs


3 All Drives Window

The All Drives window will appear as shown below:

The All Drives window contains information on the system and displays all available drives dividing them into those that need attention or run normally:


3.1 Drive AreaDrive Area displays information on drive type, serial number, capacity, used space, and partitions.When you select a drive, the Drive Area gets highlighted.Real Time Performance can also be displayed in the Drive Areas of the All Drives window:

For more information on Real Time Performance, see the Summary section.

3.2 Drive StatusTo view information on a drive status, see the Summary section.

The System Information area shows information on the system.The Drives List area lists all available drives. SK hynix drives are listed first followed by all other drives.


3.4 Notifications IndicatorThe Notifications indicator displays the number of notifications per session:

To open the Notifications dialog, click the Notifications indicator, then the window will appear as shown below:

3.3 RefreshThe Refresh button reloads the list of drives in the Drives List area after you connect or disconnect a drive.It can also be used to refresh data displayed in the Drive Information window.


3.5 ActionsThe Actions menu provides a set of options for a single drive or several selected drives and includes the following commands: Update Firmware, Run Diagnostics, Erase Drive, and Revert PSID.

To remove a notification, select the notification checkbox, and then click Remove Se-lected.

To save notifications:1. Select the notifications checkbox.2. Click Save Selected button. When the dialog appears, choose the folder where notifications will be saved.

You can also select the notification message in the Notifications dialog, and then copy and paste it.

To execute a command from the Actions menu for a single drive or several devices simul-taneously, click the required Drive Area/Areas in the All Drives window, and then click the necessary command in the Actions menu.


3.6 Select Drives3.6.1 Select One Drive

To select one drive in order to view full information on a drive:• In the All Drives window, double click the required Drive Area.or• In the Drives List area, click the name of the required drive.

The Drive Information window will appear.

To return to the All Drives window, click All Drives as shown in the picture below:

3.6.2 Select Several DrivesTo select several drives, in the All Drives window, click the required Drive Areas. You can make Actions for several drives simultaneously.To select all drives, in the All Drives window, click All Drives.

The selected drives are highlighted as shown below:

To deselect one drive, click the Drive Area again.


Now you can execute the Actions commands. For more information on Actions, see the Actions section.

To deselect several drives, click the Drive Areas again.

To deselect all drives, click Deselect All.


4 Drive Information

To open the Drive Information window, select a drive. For more information, see the Se-lect Drives section.

When a drive is selected, the Drive Information window will appear, as shown below:

The window displays information on drive type, capacity, and firmware.

The Update Firmware and Erase Drive buttons are also available in this window.If a drive supports PSID, then the Revert PSID button will also be available in the Drive Information window:

To reload the data displayed on a drive, click the Refresh button.Switch between the following tabs to get more information:• Summary• SMART• Settings• Details• Diagnostics


4.1 SummaryThe Summary section shows information on the remaining free space (both in GBs and percentage) as well as drive capacity and partitions for all SATA drives.

Information on temperature, life remaining, and drive status is shown for SK hynix drives only:

The Capacity area shows partitions.

The colors indicate the used space of each partition : red indicates that 90% of partition’s space is used, orange indicates that - 80% is used, and dark gray indicates that less than 80% space is used.

To view the drive capacity and the used space in the Capacity area, bring the cursor to the partition area, as shown below:

The Temperature field reports the current temperature in degrees Celsius.

The Life Remaining field indicates the remaining life of the SSD based on the number of program/erase cycles. If the field shows 25%, it means that the wear-out level of this drive is 75%.

The Free Space Remaining field indicates the available/allocated space measured in GBs as well as percentage. The numbers in the image below indicate that the available space is 137 GB, which is 57% of the total capacity.


To select the period for which you want to view the performance, click the Perfor-mance Area, and then move your mouse scroll wheel. The maximum time period that can be displayed is 3 hours and the minimum is 15 minutes.

In the image below, now is the exact time for which the performance is shown, and the performance will be shown for the selected time period of 1 hour:

The Status can be Good or Bad. The Status field is red (Bad Status) if the value of at least one attribute passes its threshold value. (For more information on each attribute, see the SMART section).

The Real Time Performance area shows drive performance information: read/write speed and latency time as well as the total number of reads/writes.

You can view the drive performance for the currently opened session of the tool.

To view the performance at the exact time of the currently opened session, click the required time area in the Performance History table.According to the image below, the displayed performance data took place 1 hour ago:


4.2 SMARTTo view the values of SMART attributes for the selected drive, click the SMART tab in the Drive Information window.

The SMART window will appear, as shown below:

The SMART window displays values of all attributes and the attribute values that go be-yond threshold values.

To view the full list of attributes, click in the window area and scroll down.

In case an attribute name does not fit into the line, bring the cursor to the name to see the full name as shown below:


4.2.1 All AttributesTo view the values of all SMART attributes, click the All Attributes tab in the SMART window.

The All attributes window shows threshold values, worst values, current, and raw values for all attributes as shown below:

The Threshold column shows the values beyond which each attribute should not pass under normal operation. If a value passes the threshold value, errors may occur in the drive.

The Worst value column provides the lowest indicated value of the attribute.

The Value column displays raw data (unprocessed data of each attribute), current values, and maximum values for each attribute as shown below:

Note : If a value for an attribute passes the threshold value, the attribute row is red for SK hynix drives (something goes wrong in a disk). If a value of an attribute for all other drives passes the threshold value, the attribute row is highlighted in yellow.


4.2.2 Beyond Threshold AttributesTo view the attributes for which the values pass beyond the threshold values, click the Beyond Threshold Attributes tab in the SMART window. The window will appear, as shown below:

4.3 SettingsTo open the Settings window, click the Settings tab in the Drive Information window.

The Settings feature provides the Drive Features settings and the OS settings with separate windows for each settings list as shown below:

In both windows, features settings can be supported or not supported for the selected drive. Supported features can be enabled or disabled. Enabled features can be read-only or with an opportunity to set values.

To enable or disable the configurable feature, in the required row click the ON or OFFbutton correspondingly.


To set a value:1. In the required feature row, click the off button.2. When the dialog appears, enter the required values, and then click Save as, as shown below:

4.3.1 Drive FeaturesTo open the Drive Features settings window, click the Settings tab in the Drive Infor-mation window, and then click the Drive Features tab.

The Drive Features window displays the list of supported and unsupported features for the selected drive as shown below:

To find out how to configure settings, see the procedure on how to set a value in the Settings section.


4.3.2 OS SettingsTo open the OS Settings window, click the Settings tab in the Drive Information win-dow, and then click the OS Settings tab.

The OS Settings window displays the list of supported and unsupported features for the OS as shown below:

To know how to configure settings, see the procedure on how to set a value in the Set-tings section.


4.4 DetailsTo view the detailed data on the selected drive, click the Details tab in the All Drives window.

The Identify window displays the standard identification data. The data is retrieved by the Identify Device command. The Identify window will appear as shown below:

The following are commonly referenced values. To complete descriptions of all values, see the SATA specifications.• Serial Number (Word 10-19) : Identifies production information about the selected drive.• Firmware Revision (Word 23-26) : Version of firmware installed on the selected drive.• Model Number (Word 27-45) : Model of the selected drive.


5 Erase a Drive

The Erase Drive feature correct operation is guaranteed for SK hynix SSDs only. You can erase several drives simultaneously.

You can start erase clicking the Erase Drive button in the main window (or from the Ac-tions menu):

The Erase Drive feature provides the following erase options:• Secure erase• Sanitize


5.1 Secure Erase

To securely erase a drive:

1. To erase several drives simultaneously, click the required Drive Area/Areas in the All Drives window, and then in the Actions menu, click Erase Drive. or To erase a single currently selected drive, click Erase Drive in the Drive Information window of the required drive.

2. When the Erase Operation dialog appears, select the Secure erase or Enhanced secure erase checkbox as shown below:

3. If the Security feature is enabled, enter the password you set to enable the feature in the Secure erase or Enhanced secure erase field.If the Security feature is disabled, enter any combination of symbols in the Secure erase or Enhanced secure erase field.

4. Click Erase. The Erase button displays the number of drives that you are going to erase.

Note : Secure erase is available only if the Security feature is supported. See the Drive Features Settings section for more information.


5.2 SanitizeThe Sanitize command supports the following options:• Block erase : erases each block by using internal SSD functions.• Crypto scramble : uses cryptographic techniques to securely erase the drive.• Overwrite : erases the drive by overwriting existing data with a bit pattern.

For more information on Sanitize, see the SATA specification.

To execute one of the Sanitize commands:1. In the All Drives window, click the required Drive Area/Areas, and then in the Actions menu, click Erase Drive. or In the Drive Information window of the required drive, click Erase Drive. 2. When the Erase Operation dialog appears, select the Block erase, Crypto scramble or Overwrite checkbox.3. Click the Erase button. The Erase button displays the number of drives that you are going to erase.


6 Diagnostics

You can use the Diagnostics feature to run a SMART test and view information on a test.

The feature allows you to run two types of tests: SMART short self-test and SMART ex-tended self-test.

SMART short self-test checks the electrical and mechanical performances as well as the read performance of a disk.

It also checks the list of pending sectors that may have read errors, and the process does not take long.

SMART extended self-test is a longer and more thorough version of the short self-test as it scans the entire disk surface.

To run diagnostics for several drives simultaneously:1. In the All Drives window, select the required drives, and in the Actions menu, click Run Diagnostics.2. When the Run Diagnostics dialog appears, select the required checkbox as shown below:

3. Click Run Diagnostics.To view the results of tests, click each drive name in the Drives List area. The status of a test result is also displayed in Notifications.The Diagnostics window will appear as shown below:


To run diagnostics for one selected drive and view Diagnostics log:1. Click the Diagnostics tab, and then in the Diagnostics window, click either SMART extended self-test or SMART short self-test.2. Click Start Diagnostics.

The progress will be shown as follows:


When the test is completed, view the information on the test in the Diagnostics Log area.

To stop diagnostics, click Stop Diagnostics.

To view information on a log, click the necessary test log entry to expand as shown below:

When you expand a test log entry, the following information related to the test log is shown :• Type of test : shows the name of the selected test that can be either a short offline or extended offline.• Status : shows whether this test was completed or interrupted/aborted and the errors that occurred.• Completed : shows the percentage of a completed test.• Lifetime hours : shows the time spent on the test.• Content of the self-test failure checkpoint byte may contain additional information about the self-test that failed.


7 Firmware Update

The Firmware update feature correct operation is guaranteed for SK hynix SSDs only. You can update firmware for several drives simultaneously.

Read the Requirements section before starting the firmware update.

To update firmware:1. In the All Drives window, click the required Drive Area/Areas, and then in the Actions menu, click Update Firmware. or In the Drive Information window of the required drive, click Update Firmware.

3. Click the Upload button.The Upload button displays the number of drives that you are going to upload the firm-ware to.

2. When the Update Firmware dialog appears, click Browse for file... , and then select the file that needs to be updated:


8 Revert PSID

The Revert PSID feature is available for SK hynix drives only.

PSID stands for Physical Security ID. It is a unique 32-character alphanumeric identifier for security-capable SSDs.

When a drive is in a locked state, you can use the Revert PSID feature to reset the drive back to its factory state.

To revert PSID:1. In the All Drives window, click the required Drive Area/Areas, and then in the Actions menu, click Revert PSID.or2. In the Drive Information window of the required drive, click Revert PSID.

3. When the dialog appears, enter a valid password as shown below:

Note : All data on the drive will be lost and no data recovery can be completed. Revert PSID will deactivate TCG feature and power reset is required after Revert PSID completion.


4. Click the Revert button. The Revert PSID button displays the number of drives that you are going to revert the PSID on.

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