2024年6月13日发(作者：僪振)

Kingston®SSDManager

UserGuide(V.1.0.1.3)

FIRMWAREANDFIRMWAREUPDATESAREPROVIDEDATKINGSTON'MWARE

ANDFIRMWAREUPDATESAREPROVIDED"ASIS"ANDAREUSEDATYOURSOLERISKWITHNOWARRANTIES,CLAIMS,ORREPRESENTATIONSFROM

KINGSTONWHATSOEVER.

KINGSTONEXPRESSLYDISCLAIMSALLSUCHWARRANTIESOFANYKIND,WHETHEREXPRESS,IMPLIEDORSTATUTORY,WITHRESPECTTOTHEFIRMWARE

ANDFIRMWAREUPDATESINCLUDING,WITHOUTLIMITATION,WARRANTIESORCONDITIONSOFQUALITY,PERFORMANCE,NON-INFRINGEMENT,

MERCHANTABILITY,ORFITNESSFORUSEFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.

KINGSTONDOESNOTREPRESENTORWARRANTTHATTHEFIRMWAREORFIRMWAREUPDATESWILLALWAYSBEAVAILABLE,ACCESSIBLE,

UNINTERRUPTED,TIMELY,SECURE,ACCURATE,COMPLETEORERROR-FREE,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOTHEACCURACYORCOMPLETENESSOFANY

INFORMATION,TEXT,GRAPHICS,LINKSOROTHERITEMSCONTAINEDWITHINTHEFIRMWARE.

NOLICENSE,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,BYESTOPPELOROTHERWISE,TOANYINTELLECTUALPROPERTYRIGHTSISGRANTEDBYALLOWINGTHEDOWNLOAD

OFANYFIRMWAREAND/ORFIRMWAREUPDATE,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDHEREIN.

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Introduction

Kingston®SSDManagerisanapplicationthatprovidesuserswiththeabilitytomonitorandmanagevariousaspectsoftheir

Kingston®SolidStateDrive.

WithKingston®SSDManageryouwillbeableto:















Monitordrivehealth,status,anddiskusage

Viewdriveidentificationdataincludingmodelname,serialnumber,firmwareversion,andotherrelevant

information

UtilizeSelf-Monitoring,Analysis,andReportingTechnology(SMART)andexportdetailedreportsintextformat

Updatedrivefirmware

Securelyerasedata

ManageTCGOpalandIEEE1667

OverprovisionwithHostProtectedArea(HPA)(DC400seriesonly)

SupportedOperatingSystems

Kingston®SSDManagerissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:









Windows®10

Windows®8.1

Windows®8

Windows®7SP1

SystemRequirements

InordertouseKingston®SSDManageryoumusthave:







OneormoreKingston®SSDs

AHCImodesetinBIOS

AdministratorprivilegesinWindows®

MainWindow

Themanfordevicesclicktherefresh

avemorethanoneKingston®ingbetweentabsis

tompanelprovidesthefollowingdriveinformation:









Partitionanddiskusage

SMARThealthoverview

SSDliferemainingandspareblocks

Temperatureandpoweronhours

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FirmwareTab

TheFirmwaretabprovidesthefollowingdriveinformation:











Physicaldevicepath

Volumeinformation

Vendor/Model

Serialnumber

Firmwareversion

IfthereisafirmwareupdateavailableforyourKingston®SSDyouwillbeabletoclickonthefirmwareupdatebuttonto

efirmwareupdateprocesshascompleteditisrecommendedtosafelyshutdownyoursystem

andleaveitpoweredofffor10secondsbeforepoweringbackonagain.

OperationsTab

TheOperationstabincludesanyspecialoperationsthatmaybeapplicabletoyourKingston®bwillbehidden

fromviewifyourmodelofSSDdoesnotsupportanyspecialoperations.

Overprovisioning

TheoverprovisioningfeatureallowsyoutomanagetheoverprovisioningofyourKingston®SSDbysettingaHostProtected

Area(HPA).OverprovisioningisthepracticeofreducingtheusablecapacityofanSSDinordertoincreasebothits

atureisonlysupportedontheDC400seriesofKingston®SSDs.

IfyouwoualsoneedtocleantheSSD

tperformanceasecureeraseisrecommended.

Nowenterthedesiredcapacityingigabytes(GB)heprocess

completessuccessfullyyoumustdisconnectandthenreconnecttheSSDinorderfortheoperatingsystemtoproperlydetect

thenewcapacity.

Note:IftheoverprovisioningprocessfailspleasepowercycletheSSDandtryagain.

SMARTTab

TheSMARTtaballowsyoutomonitorvariousattributesrelatedtothehealthandstatusofyourKingston®he

refreheexportdatabuttontosavethe

SMARTinformationtoatextfile.

Youributeswithcoloredgaugesnext

tothemallowyoutoquicklymonitortheirstatus.

ThereisalsoatablelistingallofthesupportedSMARTattributesalongwiththeirtechnicaldetailsandvalues:

Attribute:Theattributenumberanddescription.

Normalized:Thecurrentnormalizedvalueoftheattribute.

Worst:Thelowestrecordednormalizedvalueoftheattribute.

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





Threshold:Thevaluethattheattributeshouldnotexceedundernormaloperation.

Raw:Rawvalueoftheattribute.

Flags:Thenumberofflagsassociatedwiththeattribute.

SecurityTab

TheSecuritytaballowsyoutomanageandviewthecurrentstatusofthefollowingsecurityfeaturesofyourKingston®SSD:

ATASecurity:beabletoperformanATAsecureeraseonasecondary

willrestoreyourKingston®ureerasemaynotbeavailableonall

systems.

TCGOpal:lyappliestoKingston®driveisTCG

enabledandyouwouldliketorestoreittoadisabledstatethenyouhavetheabilitytoperformaTCGrevertusing

mustbeconnectedasa

uhavePSIDtypedinclicktheTCG

ertwillcryptographicallyerasealldataonthedrive.

IEEE1667:lyappliestoKingston®

enableordisableIEEE1667supportbyclickingontheIEEE1667enable/commendedtoonly

haveIEEE1667enabledifyouplantousehardwareencryptioninBitLockeraccordingtotheMicrosoft®eDrive

standard.





EventsTab

TheEventstabcontainsaneventlogthatrecordsallactionssincetheapplicationwaslaunched.

ForadditionalsupportrelatedtheKingston®SSDManager,pleasecontactourTechnicalSupportteam@

/support

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2024年6月13日发(作者：僪振)

Kingston®SSDManager

UserGuide(V.1.0.1.3)

FIRMWAREANDFIRMWAREUPDATESAREPROVIDEDATKINGSTON'MWARE

ANDFIRMWAREUPDATESAREPROVIDED"ASIS"ANDAREUSEDATYOURSOLERISKWITHNOWARRANTIES,CLAIMS,ORREPRESENTATIONSFROM

KINGSTONWHATSOEVER.

KINGSTONEXPRESSLYDISCLAIMSALLSUCHWARRANTIESOFANYKIND,WHETHEREXPRESS,IMPLIEDORSTATUTORY,WITHRESPECTTOTHEFIRMWARE

ANDFIRMWAREUPDATESINCLUDING,WITHOUTLIMITATION,WARRANTIESORCONDITIONSOFQUALITY,PERFORMANCE,NON-INFRINGEMENT,

MERCHANTABILITY,ORFITNESSFORUSEFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.

KINGSTONDOESNOTREPRESENTORWARRANTTHATTHEFIRMWAREORFIRMWAREUPDATESWILLALWAYSBEAVAILABLE,ACCESSIBLE,

UNINTERRUPTED,TIMELY,SECURE,ACCURATE,COMPLETEORERROR-FREE,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOTHEACCURACYORCOMPLETENESSOFANY

INFORMATION,TEXT,GRAPHICS,LINKSOROTHERITEMSCONTAINEDWITHINTHEFIRMWARE.

NOLICENSE,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,BYESTOPPELOROTHERWISE,TOANYINTELLECTUALPROPERTYRIGHTSISGRANTEDBYALLOWINGTHEDOWNLOAD

OFANYFIRMWAREAND/ORFIRMWAREUPDATE,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDHEREIN.

490KSM-UG05.Apage|2

Introduction

Kingston®SSDManagerisanapplicationthatprovidesuserswiththeabilitytomonitorandmanagevariousaspectsoftheir

Kingston®SolidStateDrive.

WithKingston®SSDManageryouwillbeableto:















Monitordrivehealth,status,anddiskusage

Viewdriveidentificationdataincludingmodelname,serialnumber,firmwareversion,andotherrelevant

information

UtilizeSelf-Monitoring,Analysis,andReportingTechnology(SMART)andexportdetailedreportsintextformat

Updatedrivefirmware

Securelyerasedata

ManageTCGOpalandIEEE1667

OverprovisionwithHostProtectedArea(HPA)(DC400seriesonly)

SupportedOperatingSystems

Kingston®SSDManagerissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:









Windows®10

Windows®8.1

Windows®8

Windows®7SP1

SystemRequirements

InordertouseKingston®SSDManageryoumusthave:







OneormoreKingston®SSDs

AHCImodesetinBIOS

AdministratorprivilegesinWindows®

MainWindow

Themanfordevicesclicktherefresh

avemorethanoneKingston®ingbetweentabsis

tompanelprovidesthefollowingdriveinformation:









Partitionanddiskusage

SMARThealthoverview

SSDliferemainingandspareblocks

Temperatureandpoweronhours

490KSM-UG05.Apage|3

FirmwareTab

TheFirmwaretabprovidesthefollowingdriveinformation:











Physicaldevicepath

Volumeinformation

Vendor/Model

Serialnumber

Firmwareversion

IfthereisafirmwareupdateavailableforyourKingston®SSDyouwillbeabletoclickonthefirmwareupdatebuttonto

efirmwareupdateprocesshascompleteditisrecommendedtosafelyshutdownyoursystem

andleaveitpoweredofffor10secondsbeforepoweringbackonagain.

OperationsTab

TheOperationstabincludesanyspecialoperationsthatmaybeapplicabletoyourKingston®bwillbehidden

fromviewifyourmodelofSSDdoesnotsupportanyspecialoperations.

Overprovisioning

TheoverprovisioningfeatureallowsyoutomanagetheoverprovisioningofyourKingston®SSDbysettingaHostProtected

Area(HPA).OverprovisioningisthepracticeofreducingtheusablecapacityofanSSDinordertoincreasebothits

atureisonlysupportedontheDC400seriesofKingston®SSDs.

IfyouwoualsoneedtocleantheSSD

tperformanceasecureeraseisrecommended.

Nowenterthedesiredcapacityingigabytes(GB)heprocess

completessuccessfullyyoumustdisconnectandthenreconnecttheSSDinorderfortheoperatingsystemtoproperlydetect

thenewcapacity.

Note:IftheoverprovisioningprocessfailspleasepowercycletheSSDandtryagain.

SMARTTab

TheSMARTtaballowsyoutomonitorvariousattributesrelatedtothehealthandstatusofyourKingston®he

refreheexportdatabuttontosavethe

SMARTinformationtoatextfile.

Youributeswithcoloredgaugesnext

tothemallowyoutoquicklymonitortheirstatus.

ThereisalsoatablelistingallofthesupportedSMARTattributesalongwiththeirtechnicaldetailsandvalues:

Attribute:Theattributenumberanddescription.

Normalized:Thecurrentnormalizedvalueoftheattribute.

Worst:Thelowestrecordednormalizedvalueoftheattribute.

490KSM-UG05.Apage|4







Threshold:Thevaluethattheattributeshouldnotexceedundernormaloperation.

Raw:Rawvalueoftheattribute.

Flags:Thenumberofflagsassociatedwiththeattribute.

SecurityTab

TheSecuritytaballowsyoutomanageandviewthecurrentstatusofthefollowingsecurityfeaturesofyourKingston®SSD:

ATASecurity:beabletoperformanATAsecureeraseonasecondary

willrestoreyourKingston®ureerasemaynotbeavailableonall

systems.

TCGOpal:lyappliestoKingston®driveisTCG

enabledandyouwouldliketorestoreittoadisabledstatethenyouhavetheabilitytoperformaTCGrevertusing

mustbeconnectedasa

uhavePSIDtypedinclicktheTCG

ertwillcryptographicallyerasealldataonthedrive.

IEEE1667:lyappliestoKingston®

enableordisableIEEE1667supportbyclickingontheIEEE1667enable/commendedtoonly

haveIEEE1667enabledifyouplantousehardwareencryptioninBitLockeraccordingtotheMicrosoft®eDrive

standard.





EventsTab

TheEventstabcontainsaneventlogthatrecordsallactionssincetheapplicationwaslaunched.

ForadditionalsupportrelatedtheKingston®SSDManager,pleasecontactourTechnicalSupportteam@

/support

490KSM-UG05.Apage|5