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User Guide

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© 2014 OCZ Storage Solutions, Inc. - A Toshiba Group Company. All Rights Reserved. The information in this document isproprietary and confidential to OCZ Storage Solutions, Inc. - A Toshiba Group Company (OCZ). No part of this document maybe reproduced in any form or by any means, and may not be used to make any derivative work (such as translation,transformation, or adaptation) without written permission from OCZ.

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The OCZ SSD Toolbox product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. Do notlend or make illegal copies. Use of OCZ SSD Toolbox is subject to compliance with applicable license terms and conditions.

Installation Technical Support

OCZ products include free technical support for direct, expert advice.

OCZ Storage Solutions, 6373 San Ignacio Avenue, San Jose, CA 95119 USA.

Document identifier: UG-TOOLBOX-WLAM, Revision 4, November 2014

Consumer SSDs: ocz.com/consumer/support North/South America: +1 (800) 459 1816Europe: +31 0 182 624 0204

 Asia: +886 2 8227 3123

Enterprise SSDs:ocz.com/enterprise/support North/South America: +1 (855) 806 6050Europe: +44 (0)1235 822 099

 Asia: +886 2 8227 3110

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Downloading and Starting the SSD Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Download the SSD Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Create a bootable CD or USB flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Create a bootable CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Create a bootable USB flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Start the SSD Toolbox in Windows or Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Windows or Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Apple Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Begin using the SSD Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Set a proxy server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Find further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Updating Firmware or BIOS on Your SSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a storage device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a boot device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Running a Supercap Charge Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Trimming Your SSD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Secure Erasing Your SSD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing SMART Attributes or Device Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Creating a Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Introduction

The OCZ SSD Toolbox enables you to:

  update firmware and the BIOS (where relevant) on your OCZ SSD, whether it is used as astorage device or a boot drive

send a TRIM command to clear data blocks that are no longer usedsecure erase data from your SSD, making the data unrecoverable

carry out a supercap charge test (where relevant for your SSD)

  view SMART attributes and other data for your SSD, for monitoring and to help identify faultswhen contacting OCZ technical support

This guide describes how to use the SSD Toolbox GUI on Windows, Linux and Apple Macintoshsystems. You can run the SSD Toolbox:

in Windows and Linux operating systems

from bootable media for Windows, Linux and Mac. This enables you to do some things that youcannot do from within your operating system. For example, for some SSDs you cannot updatethe firmware if it is the system boot drive

For information on the CLOUT command line version, see the CLOUT SSD Toolbox QuickReference.

Supported OCZ SSDs include SATA 3.0 6Gb/s, SATA 2.0 3Gb/s and PCIe SSDs. For a full list, seehttp://ocz.com/enterprise/download/firmware or http://ocz.com/consumer/download/firmware, asrelevant for your SSD.

The SSD Toolbox supports the following operating systems:

Windows: 8.1, 8 and 7

Linux distributions:

CentOS/Oracle/RedHat 6.0-6.5, 7.0

Fedora 18-20

 

Mint 13-17

  Oracle Unbreakable 5.8

  SUSE 11 SP1-SP3

  Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04-13.10, 14.04

  Mac operating systems

Before using the SSD Toolbox:

always download the latest version of the SSD Toolbox; for instructions see Downloadingand Starting the SSD Toolbox 

Windows and Linux: set the SATA controller to AHCI mode in the motherboard BIOS; forinstructions see the user documentation for your computer

Windows and Linux: to ensure that your SSD is correctly recognized by the SSD Toolbox,we recommend that you use Microsoft AHCI drivers

you must run SSD Toolbox as an administrator 

  for firmware or BIOS updates, your computer must be connected to the internet

make back-up copies of any data on the SSD that you want to keep; some operations resultin the complete loss of data on the SSD (you are warned if this will happen)

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Downloading and Starting the SSD Toolbox

You can:

  Download the SSD Toolbox 

Create a bootable CD or USB flash drive 

choose one of:

  Start the SSD Toolbox in Windows or Linux 

Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Windows or Linux

  Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Apple Macintosh

  Begin using the SSD Toolbox

  Set a proxy server  

Find further information

Download the SSD Toolbox

1 Go to http://ocz.com/enterprise/download/firmware or http://ocz.com/consumer/download/

firmware, as relevant for your SSD.2 Find the SSD Toolbox entry for your operating system (Windows, Linux or Mac), and click it to

download the relevant file to your computer:

zip or gz format for use in the Windows or Linux operating system

a single ISO image for booting from Windows, Linux or Mac OS X

Create a bootable CD or USB flash drive

You can create a bootable CD or bootable flash drive to boot your Windows, Linux or Mac systemand start the OCZ SSD Toolbox. Before you start, ensure that you back up any data on the USB flashdrive that you want to keep, as any data on the flash drive is erased during this procedure. Theseinstructions assume that you are familiar with the applications described and have access to therelevant user documentation for the full instructions.

Create a bootable CD

To create a CD from which to boot your Windows, Linux or Mac system, you burn the ISO image ontoa CD using either the standard CD burning mechanism built into your operating system, or a thirdparty CD burning utility. Examples:

  Windows 7: right click the ISO image and select Burn disk image, then insert the CD drivecontaining your blank CD

Mac OS X: drag the ISO image into Disk Utility and click Burn 

Ubuntu Linux: open the ISO image using Brasero and burn the ISO to disk

Create a bootable USB flash drive

To create a bootable USB flash drive in Windows and Linux, you must use a third party ISO-to-USButility to put a syslinux bootloader onto your USB flash drive, along with the contents of the ISO image.

One suitable utility is UNetbootin; see http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/. Select the DiskImage option and enter the path to the ISO file. Select the correct disk/device for your USB flash drive andclick OK.If a message is shown indicating that a file already exists, click Yes to All.

Under Mac OS X, do not use any third party utility. To put the required files on your USB flash drive:

1 Open Disk Utility and insert your USB flash drive.

2 Select the USB flash drive and click the Erase tab to display it.

3 Select format MS-DOS (FAT) and click Erase.

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4 Double-click the.ISO file to mount the ISO image.

5 Use drag-and-drop to copy all the files from the mounted ISO to the USB flash drive.

Start the SSD Toolbox in Windows or Linux

1 Ensure that you Download the SSD Toolbox to your system, then unpack the application file on

your system.2 Double-click the application file. The Welcome window is shown; see Begin using the SSD

Toolbox on page 4.

Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Windows or Linux

1 Ensure you Download the SSD Toolbox and Create a bootable CD or USB flash drive, insertyour CD or USB flash drive into your system and then restart your system.

2 If booting on a Windows or Linux system, set your BIOS to boot from your CD or USB flashdrive; see the relevant user documentation for your system.

3 Once the system has booted, the SSD Toolbox automatically starts; see Begin using the SSDToolbox on page 4.

4 To update your SSD firmware or BIOS from the internet, and your PC is connected using awireless interface, you must configure your wireless settings by clicking the Wifi icon at thebottom of the screen.

Start the SSD Toolbox using bootable media for Apple Macintosh

1 Ensure you Download the SSD Toolbox and Create a bootable CD or USB flash drive, then shutdown your system.

2 Insert the bootable CD or USB flash drive and start up your Mac.

3 Immediately after the chime, or when the screen switches on (indicated by the black screenbecoming gray), hold down the Option (Alt) key until the bootable drives are listed. When usinga USB flash drive, a USB icon (example below) is shown. This can take from several seconds upto several minutes: you must continue to press the Option (Alt) key.

4 The Welcome window is shown; see Begin using the SSD Toolbox on page 4.

5 To update your SSD firmware or BIOS from the internet, and your Mac is connected using awireless interface, you must configure your wireless settings by clicking the Wifi icon at thebottom of the screen.

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Begin using the SSD Toolbox

1 The Welcome window lists the detected OCZ SSDs on your system.

If the list does not include all your SSDs, click Drives to update the list.

You can click Drives at any time to show the list of available SSDs, before choosing anothertask.

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2 Select an SSD in the list. A summary of the SSD is shown and the remaining buttons becomeactive.

Set a proxy server

If your network uses a proxy server to connect to the internet, you can tell SSD Toolbox which proxyserver to use.

1 On the main window, click Settings . The Proxy server window is shown.

2 Enter the address, port identifier and type of authentication.

3 Click OK to save your settings. A message is shown indicating that you are using a proxy server.

Find further information

To view further instructions for a task, click Help  . The Help is shown in a separate window thatyou can move, scroll through and close when finished.If you do not find the information you need in the Help, you can contact our technical support team;

for details, see inside the front cover of this guide.

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Updating Firmware or BIOS on Your SSD

Our firmware and BIOS updates can enhance the performance of your SSD. To check your currentfirmware or BIOS version, you can use the SSD Toolbox.

Before updating your firmware or BIOS, be aware of the following:

updating the firmware or BIOS on certain SSDs deletes all data on the SSD; a warning isshown if this applies to your SSD. We recommend that you back up any data you want toretain. You can check which updates and which SSDs may be affected at http://ocz.com/enterprise/download/firmware or http://ocz.com/consumer/download/firmware, as relevantfor your SSD

Windows only: you cannot use the SSD Toolbox to update firmware or BIOS on some SSDsthat are used as a boot drive. A warning is shown if this applies to your SSD. Instead, eitherinstall the SSD as a storage device (on a different computer), or follow the instructions inUpdate firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a boot device 

your computer must be connected to the internet when updating firmware or BIOS

You can:

  Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a storage device

  Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a boot device 

Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a storage device

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want to update and click Tools

2 . The Drive Configuration Management Tools window is shown.

3 Click one of:

Update Firmware to download and update firmware

Update BIOS to download and update the BIOS

If relevant for your SSD, a message is shown warning you that data on the SSD may be lost, andasking you to confirm the update.

4 Click Yes. One of the following happens:

if you are trying to update an SSD that is used as a boot device in Windows, a message isshown indicating that the firmware or BIOS cannot be updated. For instructions on how toupdate a boot device, see Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a boot device below

if you already have the latest version of firmware or BIOS installed, a message is shown toindicate this and asks you to confirm whether to continue

if the update can proceed, a progress bar is shown indicating the progress of the update

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Update firmware or BIOS for an SSD used as a boot device

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want to update and click Tools . The DriveConfiguration Management Tools window is shown.

2 Click one of Update Firmware, Update BIOS or Create CD or USB boot media. The Createbootable media window is shown.

3 Do one of:

4 When finished, go into your computer’s BIOS and change the boot settings. For instructions, seethe user documentation for your system.

5 Reboot your computer from the USB flash drive or CD. The firmware update process normallystarts automatically. A message is shown indicating when the firmware update is finished.

6 Reset your BIOS settings to boot from the SSD, remove the USB flash drive, then restart yourcomputer.

Running a Supercap Charge Test

You can test the power loss protection capacity, if relevant for your SSD.

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want and click Tools  . The Drive ConfigurationManagement Tools window is shown.

2 Click Supercap. The test is run.

3 When completed, a message is shown indicating whether the test was successful.

Trimming Your SSD

You can manually send a TRIM command to your SSD to clear blocks of data that are no longer usedby the file system.

This feature is not supported on all SSDs; the option is grayed out if it is not available.

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want and click Tools . The Drive ConfigurationManagement Tools window is shown.

2 Click TRIM. A progress bar is shown, indicating the progress of the trimming.

3 When completed, a message is shown indicating that the trimming has succeeded.

To create bootable media on a... do this...

USB flash drive   select USB stick 

choose the relevant path to the USB flash drive

click OK 

CD   select ISO file 

choose the location to save the ISO file to (for example your desktop)

click OK 

go to the ISO file and double-click it

follow the instructions on the screen

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Secure Erasing Your SSD

You can delete data from your SSD in a way that makes it unrecoverable and return your SSD to anuninitialized state. The SSD is returned to an out-of-box state. If you want to retain the data, copy itsomewhere else before you secure erase.

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want and click Security . The Manage Drive DataSecurity window is shown.

2 Click Secure Erase. A message is shown asking you to confirm the erase.

3 Click Yes. When completed a message is shown indicating that the secure erase hassucceeded. Reboot your system to complete the secure erase.

Viewing SMART Attributes or Device Details

You can view advanced details for your SSD to help monitor performance or to send to OCZ technicalsupport when you need help identifying a fault.

1 Start the SSD Toolbox, select the SSD you want and click Details . The Display Drive Attribute Details window is shown.

2 Click one of:

 

SMART Data to view SMART attributes for the SSD

 

Identify Data to view advanced configuration details for the SSD

The details are shown in a separate window.

3 To copy the details to a text file, right-click in the window, press Ctrl + A then CTRL + C. Pastethe copied text into your chosen text file.

Creating a Log File

If you contact OCZ technical support to request help with a fault, the technical support team may askyou to provide and send to us a log file for your installation.

To switch on the log file option and create a log file, after starting the SSD Toolbox, hold downCtrl+Shift+L. The log file is created automatically and is stored in the active directory. For example,in the folder that the SSD Toolbox application file is located.

The file name is in the format OCZToolboxmmddyyyy .log.

The log file lists SSDs detected after logging is switched on. To update and log the list of SSDs

after logging is switched on, click Drives .

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