innodisk 3IE7 CFast Ultra iSLC Instruction Manual

innodisk 3IE7 CFast Ultra iSLC

Product Information

Specifications

• Features:
  • SATA III
  • Kioxia 3D TLC NAND
  • Standard & Wide-temperature
  • Support Ultra iSLC technology
  • iPower Guard
  • iData Guard
  • Dynamic Thermal Management
  • Hybrid Write
• Performance:
  • Sequential Read up to 550 MB/s
  • Sequential Write up to 510 MB/s
• Power Requirements:
  • Input Voltage
  • Max Operating Wattage
  • Idle Wattage
• Reliability:
  • Capacity TBW: 20GB (1250), 40GB (2500), 80GB (5000), 160GB (10000), 320GB (20000)
  • DWPD: 34.2 for all capacities
  • Data Retention: 10 Years
  • Warranty: 5 Years

Product Usage Instructions

Enable TRIM
To ensure optimal performance and longevity of the SSD, enable TRIM to allow the controller to skip invalid data.

Installation
Refer to the installation requirements section in the user manual for detailed instructions on how to install the CFast 3IE7 Ultra iSLC.

Thermal Throttling
Understand how thermal throttling works and its impact on the performance of the SSD. Refer to the user manual for more information.

FAQ

Q: How do I enable TRIM on the CFast 3IE7 Ultra iSLC?
A: To enable TRIM, please refer to the user manual or contact customer support for detailed instructions.

Q: What is the warranty period for the CFast 3IE7 Ultra iSLC?
A: The CFast 3IE7 Ultra iSLC comes with a 5-year warranty. For more details, visit https://www.innodisk.com/en/support_and_service/warranty.

Features

• SATA III
• Kioxia 3D TLC NAND
• Standard & Wide-temperature
• Support Ultra iSLC technology
• iPower Guard
• iData Guard
• Dynamic Thermal Management
• Hybrid Write

Performance

• Sequential Read up to 550 MB/s
• Sequential Write up to 510 MB/s

Power Requirements

1.4W

Idle Wattage:| 0.7W

Reliability:

20GB

40GB

80GB

160GB

320GB

| 1250

2500

5000

10000

20000

| 34.2

34.2

34.2

34.2

34.2

Data Retention

|

10 Years

---|---
Warranty| 5 Years

For warranty details, please refer to: https://www.innodisk.com/en/support_and_service/warranty

REVISION HISTORY

Product Overview

Introduction of Innodisk CFast 3IE7
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 which is designed with CFast form factor by CFast 2.0, supporting SATA III standard (6.0Gb/s), achieves excellent performance up to 4CH standard by cost effective controller. Regarding of mechanical interference, Innodisk CFast 3IE7 featured as a small form factor, can be configured as a boot device or data storage and is suitable for most industrial application.
With Innodisk L³ FW architecture, combining our signature 4K mapping algorithm L² FW architecture with powerful LDPC technology, 3IE7 series has outstanding high IOPS, better data integrity and extended lifespan through reducing the bad block number happening.
For real industrial application, 3IE7 series is built in thermal sensor to monitor the environment temperature. iData Guard, the power loss management mechanism developed by Innodisk, ensures data integrity while power sudden loss happened.

CAUTION
TRIM must be enabled.
TRIM enables SSD’s controller to skip invalid data instead of moving. It can free up significant amount of resources, extends the lifespan of SSD by reducing erase, and write cycles on the SSD. Innodisk’s handling of garbage collection along with TRIM command improves write performance on SSDs.

Product View and Models

Innodisk CFast 3IE7 is available in follow capacities within 3D TLC flash ICs.

• CFast 3IE7 20GB
• CFast 3IE7 40GB
• CFast 3IE7 80GB
• CFast 3IE7 160GB
• CFast 3IE7 320GB

SATA Interface
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 supports SATA III(6.0Gb/s) interface, and compliant with SATA I (1.5Gb/s) and SATA II(3.0Gb/s).

CFast 2.0 Form Factor
CFast 3IE7 compliant with CFast 2.0 standard, it is designed with 7+17 pin connector and is SATA compatible. CFast 2.0 leverage the same connector interface as CFast 1.1 and the SATA-3 interface for higher performance. CFast 3IE7 mechanical dimensions: 42.8mm x 36.4mm x 3.6mm.

Product Specifications

Capacity and Device Parameters
CFast 3IE7 device parameters are shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Device parameters

Capacity

| ****

Cylinders

| ****

Heads

| ****

Sectors

| ****

LBA

| User

Capacity(MB)

---|---|---|---|---|---
20| 16383| 16| 63| 35770291| 17466
40| 16383| 16| 63| 78161328| 38165
80| 16383| 16| 63| 156301488| 76319
160| 16383| 16| 63| 312581808| 152628
320| 16383| 16| 63| 625142448| 305245

Performance
Burst Transfer Rate: 6.0Gbps

Table 2: Performance – 112 Layers 3D TLC

Capacity| Unit| 20GB| 40GB| 80GB| 160GB| 320GB
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Sequential Read (max.)| ****

MB/s

| ****

270

| ****

440

| ****

550

| ****

550

| ****

550

Sequential Write (max.)| ****

160

| ****

290

| ****

500

| ****

510

| ****

450

4KB Random Read (QD32)| ****

IOPS

| ****

24,000

| ****

43,000

| ****

81,000

| ****

86,000

| ****

87,000

4KB Random Write (QD32)| ****

39,000

| ****

68,000

| ****

72,000

| ****

73,000

| ****

73,000

Note: Performance results are based on CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 with typical tolerances for range from 1% to 10%. Unit of 4KB items is I.O.P.S.

Electrical Specifications

Power Requirement

Table 3: Innodisk CFast 3IE7 Power Requirement

Power Consumption

Table 4: Power Consumption

Environmental Specifications

Temperature Ranges

Table 5: Temperature range for CFast 3IE7

Industrial Grade: -40°C to +85°C
Storage| -40°C to +85°C

Humidity
Relative Humidity: 10-95%, non-condensing

Shock and Vibration

Table 6: Shock/Vibration Testing for CFast 3IE7

Mean Time between Failures (MTBF)

Table 7 summarizes the MTBF prediction results for various CFast 3IE7 configurations. The analysis was performed using a RAM Commander™ failure rate prediction.

• Failure Rate: The total number of failures within an item population, divided by the total number of life units expended by that population, during a particular measurement interval under stated condition.
• Mean Time between Failures (MTBF): A basic measure of reliability for repairable items: The mean number of life units during which all parts of the item perform within their specified limits, during a particular measurement interval under stated conditions.

Table 7: CFast 3IE7 MTBF

CE and FCC Compatibility
CFast 3IE7 conforms to CE and FCC requirements.

RoHS Compliance
CFast 3IE7 is fully compliant with RoHS directive.

Reliability

Table 8: Reliability – 112 Layers 3D TLC (Kioxia NAND)

*TBW (Total Bytes Written) Units: TB
Capacity| Sequential workload| Client workload**
20GB| 1700| 1250
40GB| 3400| 2500
80GB| 6800| 5000
160GB| 13600| 10000
320GB| 27200| 20000

• Note:

1.   Sequential: Mainly sequential write, tested by Vdbench.

2.   Client: Follow JESD218 Test method and JESD219A Workload, tested by ULINK. (The capacity lower than 20GB client workload is not specified in JEDEC219A, the values are estimated.)

3.   Based on out-of-box performance.

Transfer Mode
CFast 3IE7 support following transfer mode:

• Serial ATA III 6.0Gbps
• Serial ATA II 3.0Gbps
• Serial ATA I 1.5Gbps

Pin Assignment
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 uses a standard SATA pin-out. See Table 9 for CFast 3IE7 pin assignment.

Table 9: Innodisk CFast 3IE7 Pin Assignment

Differential Signal Pair A

S3| A-
S4| SGND| Ground for signal integrity
S5| B-| ****

Differential Signal Pair B

S6| B+
S7| SGND| Ground for signal integrity
Key and Spacing separate signal and power segments
P1| CDI| Card Detect In
P2| PGND| Device Ground
P3| DEVSLP| Device sleep
P4| TBD| Reserved
P5| TBD| Reserved
P6| TBD| Reserved
P7| PGND| Device Ground
P8| TBD| Reserved
P9| LED2| HDDA LED (LED are lighted when P9 low active)
P10| TBD| Reserved
P11| TBD| Reserved
P12| IFDet| GND
P13| PWR| Device Power (3.3V)
P14| PWR| Device Power (3.3V)
P15| PGND| Device Ground
P16| PGND| Device Ground
P17| CDO| Card Detect Out

Mechanical Dimensions

Assembly Weight
An Innodisk CFast 3IE7 within flash ICs, 320GB’s weight is 20 grams approximately.

Seek Time
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 is not a magnetic rotating design. There is no seek or rotational latency required.

NAND Flash Memory
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 uses 3D TLC NAND flash memory, with 100,000 program & erase cycles, which is non-volatility, high reliability and high speed memory storage.

Theory of Operation

Overview
Figure 2 shows the operation of Innodisk CFast 3IE7 from the system level, including the major hardware blocks.

Innodisk CFast 3IE7 integrates a SATA III controller and NAND flash memories.
Communication with the host occurs through the host interface, using the standard ATA protocol. Communication with the flash device(s) occurs through the flash interface.

SATA III Controller
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 is designed with a SATA III 6.0Gbps (Gen. 3) controller. The Serial ATA physical, link and transport layers are compliant with Serial ATA Gen 1, Gen 2 and Gen 3 specification (Gen 3 supports 1.5Gbps/3.0Gbps/6.0Gbps data rate). The controller has 4 channels for flash interface.

Error Detection and Correction
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 is designed with hardware LDPC ECC engine with hard- decision and Soft-decision decoding. Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes have excellent error correcting Performance close to the Shannon limit when decoded with the belief-propagation (BP) algorithm

Wear-Leveling
Flash memory can be erased within a limited number of times. This number is called the erase cycle limit or write endurance limit and is defined by the flash array vendor. The erase cycle limit applies to each individual erase block in the flash device.
Innodisk CFast 3IE7 uses a static wear-leveling algorithm to ensure that consecutive writes of a specific sector are not written physically to the same page/block in the flash. This spreads flash media usage evenly across all pages, thereby extending flash lifetime.

Bad Blocks Management
Bad Blocks are blocks that contain one or more invalid bits whose reliability are not guaranteed. The Bad Blocks may be presented while the SSD is shipped, or may develop during the life time of the SSD. When the Bad Blocks is detected, it will be flagged, and not be used anymore. The SSD implement Bad Blocks management, Bad Blocks replacement, Error Correct Code to avoid data error occurred. The functions will be enabled automatically to transfer data from Bad Blocks to spare blocks, and correct error bit.

iData Guard
Innodisk’s iData Guard is a comprehensive data protection mechanism that functions before and after a sudden power outage to SSD. Low-power detection terminates data writing before an abnormal power-off, while table-remapping after power-on deletes corrupt data and maintains data integrity. Innodisk’s iData Guard provides effective power cycling management, preventing data stored in flash from degrading with use.

Garbage Collection
Garbage collection is used to maintain data consistency and perform continual data cleansing on SSDs. It runs as a background process, freeing up valuable controller resources while sorting good data into available blocks, and deleting bad blocks. It also significantly reduces write operations to the drive, thereby increasing the SSD’s speed and lifespan.

Trim
The Trim command is designed to enable the operating system to notify the SSD which pages no longer contain valid data due to erases either by the user or operating system itself. During a delete operation, the OS will mark the sectors as free for new data and send a Trim command to the SSD to mark them as not containing valid data. After that the SSD knows not to preserve the contents of the block when writing a page, resulting in less write amplification with fewer writes to the flash, higher write speed, and increased drive life.

iPower Guard
iPower Guard technology is a set of preventive measures that protect the SSD in an unstable power supply environment. This comprehensive package comprises safeguards for startup and shutdown to maintain device performance and ensure data integrity.

Write Protect (Optional)

Write protect can prevent the disk from data modification or data deletion. Write-protected data in disk is read-only, that is, users could not write to it, edit it, append data to it, or delete it. When users would like to make sure that neither themselves nor others could modify or destroy the file, users could switch on write protection. Thus, Innodisk CFast 3IE7 could process a write-protect mechanism and disable flash memory to be written in any data. Only while the system power off, users could switch on write protection. Write protection could not be switched, after OS booting.

Enable Write Protect Command
This command enable SSD into write protect mode, which is read-only. The SSD under write protect will overpass any write command.

• Protocol: Non Data Command
• Inputs

Table 10: Execute Enable Write Protect command for inputs information

Normal Outputs

Table 11: Execute Enable Write Protect command for normal output information

Device register-
DEV shall specify the selected device.

Status register

• BSY will be cleared to zero indicating command completion
• DRDY will be set to one.
• DF (Device Fault) will be cleared to zero.
• DRQ will be cleared to zero
• ERR will be cleared to zero.

Disable Write Protect Command
This command disable SSD’s write protect feature.

• Protocol: Non Data Command
• Inputs

Table 12: Execute Disable Write Protect command for inputs information

Normal Outputs

Table 13: Execute Disable Write Protect command for normal output information

Device register-
DEV shall specify the selected device.

Status register

• BSY will be cleared to zero indicating command completion
• DRDY will be set to one.
• DF (Device Fault) will be cleared to zero.
• DRQ will be cleared to zero
• ERR will be cleared to zero.

Thermal Throttling
Thermal throttling is a protective mechanism designed to safeguard components from potential damage caused by excessive temperatures. When an SSD approaches a critical temperature threshold, Innodisk firmware activates the thermal throttling mechanism to regulate the SSD’s temperature. Thermal throttling is crucial for SSDs since it prevents drive damage, which could otherwise result in data loss. However, it’s worth noting that when thermal throttling is activated, read and write tasks may experience a reduction in speed.

Installation Requirements

CFast 3IE7 Pin Directions

Electrical Connections for CFast 3IE7
A Serial ATA device may be either directly connected to a host or connected to a host through an adaptor card. The SATA interface has a separate connector for the power supply. Please refer to the pin description for further details.

Device Drive
No additional device drives are required. Innodisk CFast 3IE7 can be configured as a boot device.

Part Number Rule

CODE

| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
D| H| C| F| A| –| 2| 0| G| D| K| 1| K| C| A| S| F| (W)| –| X| X
Definition
Code 1 st (Disk)| Code 13 rd (Flash Mode)
D:Disk| K: 112 layers 3D TLC
 |
Code 2 nd (Feature set)| Code 14 th (Operation Temperature)
H:iSLC series| C: Standard Grade (0℃~ +70℃)
 | W: Industrial Grade (-40℃~ +85℃)
 |
Code 3 rd ~ 5 th (Form Factor)| Code 15 th (Internal control)
CFA: CFast| A-Z: BGA PCB version
 |
Code 7 th ~9 th (Capacity)| Code 16 th (Channel of data transfer)
20G: 20GB| S: Single Channel
40G: 40GB| D: Dual Channels
80G: 80GB| Q: Quad Channels
A60: 160GB|
D2G: 320GB| Code 17 th (Flash Type)
 | F: Kioxia 3D TLC
 |
 |
Code 10 th ~12 nd (Controller)| Code 18 th (Flash)
DK1: SATA 3IE7| W: H/W Write Protect function (Switch)
 |
 | Code 20 th ~21 st (Customized Code)
 |

References

• Warranty Policy | Support & Services – Innodisk

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