Cactus 602 SERIES User manual

Cactus Technologies, Limited
-602 Series
Industrial Grade
SATA SSD
Product Manual
April 1, 2011
Corporate Headquarters
Suite C, 15/F, Capital Trade Center
62 Tsun Yip Street, Kwun Tong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Table of Contents
1.Introduction to Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial Grade SATA SSD Products .........................................4
1.1.Supported Standards...................................................................................................................................
1.2.Product Features.........................................................................................................................................
1.2.1.Host and Technology Independence................................................................................................
1.2.2.Defect and Error Management.........................................................................................................
1.2.3.Power Supply Requirements............................................................................................................6
2.Product Specifications..................................................................................................................................................6
2.1.System Environmental Specifications........................................................................................................6
2.2.System Power Requirements......................................................................................................................6
2.3.System Performance...................................................................................................................................7
2.4.System Reliability.......................................................................................................................................7
2. .Physical Specifications...............................................................................................................................7
2. .1.2. ” SATA SSD Physical Specifications.........................................................................................8
2. .2.1.8” SATA SSD Physical Specifications.......................................................................................10
3. Interface Description.................................................................................................................................................11
3.1.SSD Pin Assignments and Pin Type.........................................................................................................11
3.2.Signal Description....................................................................................................................................11
3.3.Electrical Specification.............................................................................................................................12
3.3.1.Absolute Maximum Ratings...........................................................................................................12
3.3.2.DC Characteristics..........................................................................................................................12
3.3.3.AC Characteristics..........................................................................................................................12
4.ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol......................................................................................................13
4.1.ATA Task File Definitions.......................................................................................................................13
4.1.1.Data Register..................................................................................................................................13
4.1.2.Error Register.................................................................................................................................13
4.1.3.Feature Register..............................................................................................................................13
4.1.4.Sector Count Register.....................................................................................................................14
4.1. .Sector Number (LBA 7-0) Register...............................................................................................14
4.1.6.Cylinder Low (LBA 1 -8) Register...............................................................................................14
4.1.7.Cylinder High (LBA 23-16) Register.............................................................................................14
4.1.8.Drive/Head (LBA 27-24) Register.................................................................................................14
4.1.9.Status Registers..............................................................................................................................1
4.1.10.Device Control Register...............................................................................................................1
4.1.11.Drive Address Register................................................................................................................16
.ATA Command Description......................................................................................................................................16
.1.ATA Command Set..................................................................................................................................16
.1.1.Identify Drive—ECH.....................................................................................................................18
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1.Introduction to Cactus Technologies -602
Series Industrial Grade SATA SSD Products
Features
•Solid state design with no mo ing parts
•Industry standard 2.5” or 1.8” SATA Dri e form factor
•Capacities from 8GB to 128GB
•Compliant with Serial ATA 2.6 specifications
•Supports Serial ATA Generation I/II transfer rate of 1.5/3.0Gbps
•Optional support for ATA SMART Feature Set
•Optional support for ATA Security Feature Set
•BCH ECC capable of correcting 8 random single bit errors per sector
•High reliability, MTBF > 4,000,000 hrs.
•Enhanced error correction, < 1 error in 1014 bits read
•Intelligent power management to reduce power consumption
•Voltage support: 5.0V±10%
The Cactus Technologies -602 Series SATA Solid State Dri e(SSD) is a high capacity solid-
state flash memory product that complies with the Serial ATA 2.6 standard and is
functionally compatible with a SATA hard disk dri e. Cactus -602 Series SATA SSDs pro ide
up to 128GB of formatted storage capacity in 2.5” form factor or up to 64GB in a 1.8” form
factor.
The Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial Grade SATA SSD product uses high quality
SLC NAND flash memory from well known endors, such as Samsung Corporation. In
addition, it include an on-dri e intelligent controller that manages interface protocols, data
storage and retrie al as well as ECC, defect handling and diagnostics, power management,
and clock control. The controller’s firmware is upgradeable, thus allowing feature
enhancements and firmware updates while keeping the BOM stable.
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1.1. Supported Standards
Cactus Technologies -602 Series SATA SSD is fully electrically compatible with the following
specification:
•ATA 7 Specification published by ANSI: X3.221 AT Attachment Interface for Disk
Dri es
•Serial ATA 2.6 Specification published by the Serial ATA International Organization
1.2. Product Features
Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSD contains a high le el, intelligent
controller. This intelligent controller pro ides many capabilities including the following:
•Standard ATA register and command set (same as found on most magnetic disk
dri es).
•Manages details of erasing and programming flash memory independent of the host
system
•Sophisticated defect managing capabilities (similar to magnetic disk dri es).
•Sophisticated system for error reco ery using powerful error correction code (ECC).
•Intelligent power management for low power operation.
1.2.1. Host and Technology Independence
Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSD appears as a standard SATA disk dri e
to the host system. The dri e utilizes a 512-byte sector which is the same as that in an IDE
magnetic disk dri e. To write or read a sector (or multiple sectors), the host computer
software simply issues an ATA Read or Write command to the dri e as per the SATA protocol.
The host software then waits for the command to complete. The host system does not get
in ol ed in the details of how the flash memory is erased, programmed or read as this is all
managed by the built-in controller in the dri e. Also, with the intelligent on-board controller,
the host system software will not require changing as new flash memory e ol es. Thus,
systems that support the Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSD products
today will continue to work with future Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSDs
built with new flash technology without ha ing to update or change host software.
1.2.2. Defect and Error Management
Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSD contains a sophisticated defect and
error management system similar to those found in magnetic disk dri es. The defect
management is completely transparent to the host and does not consume any user data
space.
The soft error rate for Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSDs is much lower
than that of magnetic disk dri es. In the extremely rare case where a read error does occur,
the dri e has sophisticated ECC to reco er the data.
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These defect and error management systems, coupled with the solid-state construction, gi e
Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSDs unparalleled reliability.
1.2.3. Power Supply Requirements
Cactus Technologies -602 Series Industrial SATA SSD operates at a oltage range of 5.00
olts ± 10%.
2.Product Specifications
For all the following specifications, alues are defined at ambient temperature and nominal
supply oltage unless otherwise stated.
2.1. System Environmental Specifications
Table 2-1. Environmental Specifications
Cactus -602 SATA
SSD
Temperature Operating: 0° C to +70° C
(Standard)
-45° C to +90° C
(Extended)
Humidity Operating & Non-
Operating:
8% to 95%, non-
condensing
Vibration Operating & Non-
Operating:
20G, MIL-STD-883G
Method 2005.2,
Condition A
Shock Operating & Non-
Operating:
3,000 G, MIL-STD-883G
Method 2002.4,
Condition C
Altitude (relative to
sea level)
Operating & Non-
Operating:
100,000 feet maximum
2.2. System Power Requirements
Table 2-2. Power Requirements
Cactus Industrial SATA SSD
DC Input Voltage
(VCC)
100 mV max.
ripple (p-p)
5V ±10%
(Maximum
Average Value)
See Notes.
Sleep:
Reading:
Writing:
160 mA
350 mA
450 mA
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NOTES: All alues quoted are typical at ambient temperature and nominal supply
oltage unless otherwise stated.
Sleep mode is specified under the condition that all dri e inputs are static CMOS
le els and in a “Not Busy“ operating state.
2.3. System Performance
All performance timings assume the dri e controller is in the default (i.e., fastest) mode.
Table 2-3. Performance
Start Up Times Reset to ready: 35 msec typical
Read Transfer
Rate
8-16GB – 110.0 MBytes/sec
32-128GB – 145 Mbytes/sec
Write Transfer
Rate
8-16GB – 70 Mbytes/sec
32-128GB – 110MBytes/sec
Controller
Overhead
Command to
DRQ
2 msec maximum
.
2.4. System Reliability
Table 2-4. Reliability
MTBF (@ 25°C) > 4,000,000 hours
Data Reliability < 1 non-reco erable error in 1014 bits READ
Endurance: > 2,000,000 erase/program cycles
2.5. Physical Specifications
The following sections pro ide the physical specifications for Cactus Technologies -602
Series Industrial SATA SSD products.
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2.5.1. 2.5” SATA SSD Physical Specifications
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Figure 2-1. 2.5” SATA SSD Dimensions
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2.5.2. 1.8” SATA SSD Physical Specifications
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