
Cactus Technologies, Limited
Cactus Technologies Limited -900 Series Industrial Grade SATA SSD Product Manual v1.0 3
Table of Contents
1.Introduction to Cactus Technologies -900 Series Industrial Grade SATA SSD Products ..........................................5
1.1.Supported Standards..................................................................................................................................6
1.2.Product Features........................................................................................................................................6
1.2.1.Host and Technology Independence................................................................................................6
1.2.2.Defect and Error Management........................................................................................................6
1.2.3.Power Supply Requirements...........................................................................................................7
2.Product Specifications ................................................................................................................................................7
2.1.System Environmental Specifications.......................................................................................................7
2.2.System Power Requirements.....................................................................................................................7
2.3.System Performance..................................................................................................................................8
2.4.System Reliability .....................................................................................................................................8
2.5.Physical Specifications..............................................................................................................................8
2.5.1.2.5” SATA SSD Physical Specifications .........................................................................................9
2.5.2.half-slim SSD Physical Specifications..........................................................................................11
3. Interface Description ...............................................................................................................................................14
3.1.SSD Pin Assignments and Pin Type........................................................................................................14
3.2.Signal Description...................................................................................................................................14
3.3.Electrical Specification............................................................................................................................15
3.3.1.Absolute Maximum Ratings..........................................................................................................15
3.3.2.DC Characteristics.........................................................................................................................15
3.3.3.AC Characteristics.........................................................................................................................15
4.ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol......................................................................................................16
4.1.ATATask File Definitions.......................................................................................................................16
4.1.1.Data Register.................................................................................................................................16
4.1.2.Error Register................................................................................................................................16
4.1.3.Feature Register ............................................................................................................................16
4.1.4.Sector Count Register....................................................................................................................17
4.1.5.Sector Number (LBA 7-0) Register...............................................................................................17
4.1.6.Cylinder Low (LBA15-8) Register...............................................................................................17
4.1.7.Cylinder High (LBA23-16) Register............................................................................................17
4.1.8.Drive/Head (LBA27-24) Register ................................................................................................17
4.1.9.Status Registers.............................................................................................................................18
4.1.10.Device Control Register..............................................................................................................18
4.1.11.Drive Address Register................................................................................................................19
5.ATA Command Description......................................................................................................................................19
5.1.ATA Command Set..................................................................................................................................19
5.1.1.Identify Drive—ECH....................................................................................................................21
6.S.M.A.R.T. Support..................................................................................................................................................23
6.1.S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations................................................................................................................24
6.2.S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations...............................................................................................................24
6.3.S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave ......................................................................................24
6.4.S.M.A.R.T. Read Data.............................................................................................................................25
6.5.S.M.A.R.T. Attributes..............................................................................................................................26
6.6.S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds....................................................................................................29
6.7.S.M.A.R.T. Return Status........................................................................................................................31
6.8.S.M.A.R.T. Read Log..............................................................................................................................32