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Table of Contents

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1 Preface....1

Typographical Conventions Used....1

Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms....1

2 Introduction.... 2

General Description....2

Key Features....2

Functional Description....4

Advanced Flash Management....4

Defect and Error Management....4

Wear Leveling....4

Bad Block Management....5

Background Garbage Collection.... 5

Tiered Caching....5

Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC)....5

Advanced Power Management....5

3 General Product Specifications....7

Interface....7

Hardware Configuration....7

Storage Capacity....7

4 Performance....9

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5"/7mm Cased....9

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280....9

5 Power Characteristics....10

Supply Voltage....10

Average Active Power Consumption.... 10

Average Maximum Operating Power Consumption.... 11

Peak Power and Maximum Current Consumption....11

Maximum In-Rush Current Power Consumption....12

Low Power Consumption Modes....12

Power Mode Transition Times.... 13

Graceful Power-off Requirements....13

6 Thermal Throttling....14

7 Endurance....15

8 Field Firmware Update (FFU)....16

9 Physical Specifications....17

SATA 2.5"/7mm Cased Form Factor....17

M.2 2280 Form Factor....18

10 Environmental Specifications....20

Temperature....20

Humidity....20

Vibration....20

Shock....20

Altitude....21

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)....21

Acoustics....21

EMI/RFI Compliance....21

Chemical Restrictions.... 21

11 Regulatory Standards and Compliance....22

12 Windows Device Certifications.... 24

HCK Certification....24

HLK Certification....24

13 Reliability Characteristics....25

Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)....25

Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)....25

14 Interface....26

Supported Standards....26

SATA Pin Assignments: Signal....26

SATA Pin Assignments: Power....26

M.2 Pin Assignments.... 27

15 Supported ATA Commands....30

Command Set....30

Identify Device Data.... 34

Log Pages....38

16 Ordering Information.... 39

1

Preface

Typographical Conventions Used

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

■ Italics - Used to indicate a technically defined term or state.
- Constant width - Used to show a literal technical command or response.

Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

DEVSLP	Device Sleep
DIPM Device Initiated Power Management
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
FFU Field Firmware Update
HIPM Host Initiated Power Management
IOPS Input/Output Operations Per Second
LBA Logical Block Addressing
LDPC Low-density Parity-check
MTTF Mean Time to Failure
NGFF Next Generation Form Factor
SLC Single Level Cell
SMART Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting	Technology
SSD Solid State Drive
TBW Terabytes Written
TLC Triple Level Cell

Introduction

This product manual describes the functional, mechanical, and interface specifications for the WD Blue™ 3D NAND SATA SSD (solid-state drive).

General Description

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD delivers high performance and reliability with low power consumption in large capacities. It is based on state-of-the-art BiCS3 64L TLC (triple level cell) flash technology and incorporates the proven tiered caching architecture designed to improve responsiveness for corporate and consumer workloads.

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is optimized for the demanding power management requirements of Ultrathin and small form factor products. It features Device Sleep (DEVSLP), more frequent use of low-power modes, and fast transitions between various power modes.

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD also features a robust error-handling mechanism technology which uses a page-level striping with distributed parity for an added layer of data protection. This mechanism thus recovers errors, without interrupting user data flow that other traditional error correction mechanisms cannot.

Available in either a SATA 2.5"/7mm cased or an M.2 2280 form factor, the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD offers drive capacities of 250 gigabyte ^1 (GB), 500GB, 1 terabyte ^2 (TB), and 2TB.

Key Features

■ Flash Technology

•BiCS3 64L 3D TLC

■ Unformatted Capacities ^3

°250GB

500GB

°1TB

°2TB

■ Form Factors

°SATA 2.5"/7mm cased: complies with SFF-8223 and SFF-8201

^5 M.2 2280-S2-B-M ^4 : complies with PCI Express M.2 (NGFF) Electromechanical Specification, rev. 1.0

°M.2 2280 is single-sided for all capacities

■ Interface to Host

°SATA III 6Gb/s (rev. 3.2) compliant

- Backwards compatible with SATA II 3Gb/s and SATA I 1.5Gb/s

- ATA 8 command set ACS-4

- NCQ support up to queue depth of 32

•SMART support

■ High Performance 5

•Sequential read up to: 560 MB/s

°Sequential write up to: 530 MB/s

-4K random read up to: 95,000 IOPS

-4K random write up to: 84,000 IOPS

■ Low Power Consumption ^6

•Maximum active power: less than or equal to 7,900mW

°Average power: 60mW

- Slumber low-power mode: 49.9mW - 56.5mW

- DEVSLP low-power mode: 4.9mW - 11.9mW

■ Endurance 7

°Up to 500 TBW

■ Advanced Flash Management

- Tiered caching architecture

- Error-management system

- TRIM command support

•Dynamic and static wear leveling

- Bad block management

•Background garbage collection

■ Dynamic Thermal Throttling

•Performance may be throttled in order to avoid cases where the temperature exceeds the product allowable temperature envelope

- Three modes dependent on thermal conditions

■ High Reliability

°Mean time to failure (MTTF): Up to 1,752,000 hours

°Uncorrectable bit error rate (UBER): 1 bit per 1016 bits read

^° Operational and non-operational shock: 1,500G, 0.5ms half sine

°Operational vibration: 5gRMS, 10-2000 Hz

°Non-operational vibration: 4.9gRMS, 7-800 Hz

°Operational temperature ^8 : 0°C to 70°C (32°F to 158°F)

°Non-operational temperature and storage ^8,9 : -55°C to +85°C (-67°F to 185°F)

Functional Description

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD supports the following features:

■ Support for multi-stream – improves user experience in multitasking systems
■ Support for TRIM command – sustains drive's high performance over time
- Minimal write amplification – increases endurance and performance
■ Tiered caching, including use of allocated SLC blocks
■ Support for ATA register and command set (ATA-8/ACS-4 standard)
■ SMART feature support
■ Error recovery using Error Correction Code (ECC)
■ Self-management of NAND memory defects
■ Advanced power management for low-power operation, including DEVSLP capability
■ Error-management system - provides a last line of data protection
■ Dynamic and static wear leveling to extend the life of the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD

Advanced Flash Management

Defect and Error Management

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD contains an enhanced defect and error management system that is similar to systems found in hard disk drives (HDDs). If necessary, the device will rewrite data from a defective block to a good block. This action is completely transparent to the host and does not consume any user data space.

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD soft error rate specification is superior to the HDD specification. In the rare case when a read error occurs, the drive uses Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms to recover the data. These defect and error management systems give it unparalleled reliability.

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD also includes a robust error handling mechanism which can recover errors that other traditional error correction mechanisms cannot. This mechanism can leverage a hardware XOR core to calculate the extra parity on-the-fly with minimal impact in performance.

Wear Leveling

Wear leveling is an intrinsic part of the erase pooling functionality. NAND-based SSDs use dynamic and static wear leveling and automatic block management to ensure an even distribution of write/erase cycles throughout the entire device. These processes guarantee high data reliability and maximize flash life expectancy. Wear leveling is done between all TLC blocks and separately between all SLC blocks.

Bad Block Management

Bad blocks are occasionally created during the life cycle of a flash component. These bad blocks must be marked and replaced dynamically in order to prevent read/write failures. When a bad block is detected, the embedded Bad Block Mapping algorithm removes the block from future use.

Background Garbage Collection

The flash management firmware will perform internal housekeeping activities, such consolidating and flushing the SLC blocks to the TLC storage or reorganizing the data in the TLC array or SLC array. These activities are performed in the background and are transparent to the host, thus improving performance while providing a seamless user experience.

Tiered Caching

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD uses a tiered caching structure to improve write performance and endurance.

Modern operating systems typically access the storage device using small access blocks; the majority of these being 4KB. These access blocks are incongruent with the physical block size (less than 1MB) of the newer generation of flash memory technology, and writing directly to the TLC array is also slower than writing to SLC blocks. To overcome these hurdles, the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD employs three storage layers:

■ Volatile cache — DDR DRAM cache
■ Tiered Caching structure — A non-volatile flash write cache
■ Mass storage — TLC NAND flash

The tiered caching structure is a pool of X1 blocks which are used as write cache to accumulate and consolidate all writes at high speed. It works in the background, then flushes them into the larger X3 storage blocks and uses optimized write transaction sizes to maximize endurance.

All host data is written to X1 blocks to achieve the highest performance. Three X1 blocks are copied sequentially into one X3 block during the flush to mass storage when exceeding their threshold.

Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC)

An enhancement introduced with the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is the low-density parity-check (LDPC) error correction code (ECC) technology. LDPC significantly improves reliability over the previous generation of BCH code, supports progressive levels of error correction, and runs on-the-fly using a dedicated hardware core to minimize latency and impact on overall drive performance. Consequently, it uses less power than deeper dynamic read retries.

Advanced Power Management

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD includes an advanced power management system that supports Device Initiated Power Management (DIPM). Host Initiated Power Management (HIPM) has been disabled in the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD.

The device can enter in to the SATA Partial and Slumber low-power modes through DIPM. In DIPM, the device sends a request to the host to enter into Slumber mode upon completion of any command.

The device also supports the SATA Device Sleep (DEVSLP) mode. For more information, refer to the SATA revision 3.2 specification available at www.t13.org

General Product Specifications

Interface

The device interface complies with the Serial ATA standard published by ANSI. It complies with the SATA 6Gb/s (rev. 3.2) specification and supports ATA-8 Command Set ACS-4. It is also backwards compatible with SATA 3Gb/s (rev. 2.0) and SATA 1.5Gb/s (rev. 1.0).

For more information, refer to the American National Standard X3.221: AT Attachment for Interface for Disk Drives document. Order this document from IHS by calling 1-800-854-7179 or by accessing their web site: http://global.ihs.com

Hardware Configuration

The following table provides the basic hardware configuration values for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD.

Form Factor	NAND Capacity Memory
2.5"/7mm cased BiCS3 64L eX3 250GB 4 x 2D BGA
2.5"/7mm cased BiCS3 64L eX3 500GB 4 x 4D BGA
2.5"/7mm cased BiCS3 64L eX3 1TB 8 x 4D BGA
2.5"/7mm cased BiCS3 64L eX3 2TB 8 x 8D BGA
M.2-2280 S2 BiCS3 64L eX3 250GB 4 x 2D BGA
M.2-2280 S2 BiCS3 64L eX3 500GB 4 x 4D BGA
M.2-2280 S2 BiCS3 64L eX3 1TB 4 x 8D BGA
M.2-2280 S3 BiCS3 64L eX3 2TB	^10	4 x 16D BGA

Storage Capacity

The following table provides the storage capacities for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5"/7mm cased and M.2 2280 form factors.

Unformatted Capacity11	Sectors in LBA Mode12	Logical Cylinders Number of Logical Heads		Logical Sectors per Track
250GB 488,397,168	16,383	16	63
500GB	976,773,168	16,383	16	63
1TB	1,953,525,168	16,383	16	63

Unformatted Capacity11	Sectors in LBA Mode12	Logical Cylinders Number of Logical Heads	Logical Sectors per Track
2TB 3,907,029,168 16,383 16 63

Performance

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5"/7mm Cased

Parameter Unit Queue		250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB
	Depth
Sequential Read ^13 up to:	MB/s 32 550 560 560 560
Sequential Write ^13 up to:	MB/s 32 525 530 530 530
Random Read [4KB] ^13 up to:	IOPS 1 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Random Read [4KB] ^13 up to:	IOPS 32 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000
Random Write [4KB] ^13 up to:	IOPS 1 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000
Random Write [4KB] ^13 up to:	IOPS 32 81,000 84,000 84,000 84,000
OFF to ON Resume Time ^14	ms N/A	100	100	100	100

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280

Performance values for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 form factor are identical to the performance values for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5"/7mm cased form factor.

Power Characteristics

This section provides the measured voltage, power, and current consumed by the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD. ^15

Supply Voltage

Parameter Specification

Input Voltage: 2.5"/7mm cased 5V ± 5%

Input Voltage: M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5%

Maximum Ripple 100mV (peak to peak), 0Hz to 30MHz

Maximum Supply Rise Time 100ms

Average Active Power Consumption

The average active power consumption ^16 is defined as the blended read/write/idle power used by the drive while in operation with a commonly used operating system. It is measured using the MobileMark ^® 2014 benchmark with DIPM (Device Initiated Power Management) enabled. When DIPM is enabled, the drive is allowed to enter low-power modes during host idle times. This benchmark simulates the typical usage of user applications in a Windows environment, providing a reproducible test for measuring average active power consumption.

The following table provides the average active power and average current values for all WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD storage capacities (250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB).

Form Factor	Input Voltage	Test 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB
2.5"/7mm	5V ± 5% Average	52mW 54mW 66mW 60mW
cased		Power
		Average Current	10.4mA 10.8mA 13.2mA 12mA
M.2 2280	3.3V ± 5%	Average Power	51mW 49mW 58mW 60mW
		Average Current	15.4mA 14.8mA 17.5mA 18.1mA

Average Maximum Operating Power Consumption

Average maximum operating power consumption ^17 is measured while the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is continuously processing sequential read and write commands (tested separately) for at least 1 minute, with a transfer size of 256 sectors per command (128KB). The sampling interval is 125 milliseconds. This benchmark is designed to test the worst-case scenario, i.e., when continuous power is required by the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD during long read or write command sequences.

Note: The power and current values in the following table are average maximum with 20% margin.

Form Factor Input Voltage		Test 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB
2.5"/7mm cased	5V ± 5% Read: Power 2200mW 2050mW 2550mW 2650mW
		Read: 440mA 410mA 510mA 530mACurrent
		Write: Power 2250mW 3350mW 3750mW 3800mW
		Write: 450mA 670mA 750mA 760mACurrent
M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% Read: Power 2200mW 2050mW 2300mW 3000mW
					Read: 667mA 621mA 697mA 909mACurrent
					Write: Power 2200mW 3300mW 3750mW 3800mW
					Write: 667mA 1000mA 1136mA 1152mACurrent

Peak Power and Maximum Current Consumption

Peak power consumption ^17 is the maximum instantaneous power consumption measured while the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is continuously processing sequential read and write commands (tested separately) for at least one minute with a transfer size of 256 sectors per command (128KB). The sampling interval is 10 s (microseconds). This benchmark is designed to test the worst-case scenario, i.e., when continuous power is required by the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD during long read or write command sequences.

Maximum current refers to the maximum operating power that can be applied continuously to the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD drive without harming the drive.

Note: The power and current values in the following table are average maximum with 20% margin.

Form Factor Input Voltage	Test 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB
2.5"/7mm cased	5V ± 5% Peak Power 4300mW 5550mW 7600mW 7900mW
	Maximum Current	860mA 1110mA 1520mA 1580mA
M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% Peak Power 4350mW 5650mW 7100mW 7350mW
					Maximum Current	1318mA 1712mA	2152mA	2227mA

Maximum In-Rush Current Power Consumption

Maximum in-rush current refers to the maximum instantaneous power consumption of the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD drive after a power cycle until all voltage rails required for operation are stabilized to their nominal values on the drive. The sampling interval is 10 s (microseconds).

Form Factor	Input Voltage	Test Maximum In-Rush
2.5"/7mm cased	5V ± 5%	1.5A
M.2 2280	3.3V ± 5%	1.5A

Low Power Consumption Modes

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD supports the Partial, Slumber, and DEVSLP low power consumption modes. ^17

Note: The power and current values in the following table are averages for a typical WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD drive.

Form Factor Input Voltage		Power Mode	250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB
2.5"/7mmcased	5V ± 5% Slumber(Power)		51.4mW	55.4mW	56.0mW	54.5mW
2.5"/7mmcased	5V ± 5% Slumber(Current)		10.3mA	11.1mA	11.2mA	10.9mA
2.5"/7mmcased	5V ± 5% DEVSLP(Power)		6.9mW	5.7mW	11.9mW	11.9mW
2.5"/7mmcased	5V ± 5% DEVSLP(Current)		1.4mA	1.1mA	2.4mA	2.4mA
M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% Slumber(Power)			55.9mW	54.7mW	56.5mW	54.7mW
M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% Slumber(Current)			16.9mA	16.6mA	17.1mA	16.6mA
M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% DEVSLP(Power)			5.1mW	4.9mW	4.9mW	4.9mW

Form Factor Input Voltage

Power Mode 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB

M.2 2280 3.3V ± 5% DEVSLP

1.6mA 1.5mA 1.5mA 1.5mA

(Current)

Power Mode Transition Times

The following table specifies the transition times between the DEVSLP and active power states.

Power Mode 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB

DEVSLP (Resume) 72ms 79ms 104ms 131ms

Graceful Power-off Requirements

On most operating systems, Write Cache is enabled by default. This is a feature of the ATA standard and is not specific to WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSDs. There may be data residing in the WD Blue 3D NAND cache that have not been written to the flash memory. To ensure that the data is properly committed to flash memory, the WD Blue 3D NAND requires a STANDBY IMMEDIATE command before power down. This command instructs the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD to write all of its volatile data cache to flash memory and returns a GOOD status to the host after its successful completion. This command is handled transparently by most operating systems during the shutdown sequence (e.g., hibernation, shutdown, and standby).

However, if power is lost without warning – leading to an ungraceful shutdown – data loss may occur. This may also lead to a longer power-on time for the subsequent power-up.

Thermal Throttling

To protect the integrity of the data and prevent excessive heat dissipation, the X600 3D NAND SATA SSD uses an integrated thermal sensor in the NAND to monitor its critical component temperature. If the sensor temperature rises above the allowable limit, system performance is throttled until the temperature decreases to an acceptable level. The X600 returns to full performance when the temperature returns to a normal range. This performance throttling technique acts as a safety measure.

The X600 3D NAND SATA SSD reads temperature from the integrated thermal sensor every one second. The device then autonomously decides which throttling level is required and reduces performance appropriate to the state.

The following table details the thermal throttling behavior for both the X600 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5"/7mm cased and M.2 2280 form factors.

Thermal Band	≤74°C ≥75°C ≥83°C ≥87°C
Thermal Throttle State	Normal Light (up to) Heavy (up to) Emergency		Shutdown
250GB Read Refer to	Performance Section	250 150 No host I/O	available in this state
250GB Write Refer to	Performance Section	60 20 No host I/O	available in this state
500GB Read Refer to	Performance Section	250 140 No host I/O	available in this state
500GB Write Refer to	Performance Section	60 20 No host I/O	available in this state
1TB Read Refer to	Performance Section	250 140 No host I/O	available in this state
1TB Write	Refer to Performance Section	60 20 No host I/O	available in this state
2TB Read	Refer to Performance Section	240 150 No host I/O	available in this state
2TB Write	Refer to Performance Section	70 20 No host I/O	available in this state

Light Thermal Throttle performance is defined has performance defined as 10% of Normal. Heavy Thermal Throttle has performance is defined as 650% of Normal. Emergency Shutdown is activated if device temperature is equal to or higher than 87°C for 20 seconds.

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Endurance

The endurance (longevity) of the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is calculated using JEDEC client workload (JESD219). Endurance is a direct function of user workload and access pattern. Defined in terms of terabytes written (TBW), endurance represents the amount of data that can be written to the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD during the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD lifetime and varies by product capacity.

Refer to the table below.

Parameter 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB

Endurance 100 TBW 200 TBW 400 TBW 500 TBW

Field Firmware Update (FFU)

Field firmware updates (FFUs) for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD, when available, are found at the following website (http://kb.sandisk.com). Download and activate these FFUs via the codes indicated in the following table.

Code Subcommand Name	Phases Included: Download	Phases Included: Save	Phases Included: Activate
01h Obsolete n/a n/a n/a
03h Download with offsets, and save microcode for future use	One or more segments	Yes No	18
07h Download and save microcode for future use	One segment only	Yes No	18
0Eh Download with offsets, and save microcode for future use	One or more segments	Yes No	19
0Fh Activate downloaded microcode	No No Yes
All others Reserved n/a n/a n/a

Physical Specifications

SATA 2.5"/7mm Cased Form Factor

The SATA 2.5"/7mm cased form factor complies with the SFF-8201 and SFF-8223 specifications.

Parameter Specification

Width 69.85mm ± 0.25mm

Length 100.20mm ± 0.25mm

Thickness 7.0mm ± 0.2mm/-0.5mm

Typical Weight

■ 250GB: 37.4g
■ 500GB: 37.4g
■ 1TB: 37.4g
■ 2TB: 59.7g

Mounting Screws M3 x 0.5 non-self-tapping or thread forming

Maximum Screw Penetration 3.5mm (0.138")

Screw Torque (nominal/max) 4kgf-cm/7kgf-cm

The figure below is enlarged to show detail, but is not the actual size of the form factor. This figure shows 2.5"/7mm cased full form factor (for 1TB and 2TB capacities only).

100.50 Per SFF-8223 Case edge to connector edge 69.85 ±0.25 100.20 ±0.25 14.00 90.60 3.00 +0.2 7.00 -0.5 4.70 61.72 90.60 14.00

The figure below is enlarged to show detail, but is not the actual size of the form factor. This figure shows 2.5"/7mm cased one-half form factor (for 250GB and 512GB capacities only).

M.2 2280 Form Factor

The M.2 2280 form factor complies with the PCI Express™ M.2 Specification, Revision 1.0. This specification is available at https://pcisig.com/specifications

Parameter	Specifications
Type 250GB, 512GB and 1TB: M.2 2280-S2-B-M	2TB: M.2 2280-S3-B-M
Width 22 ± 0.15mm
Length 80 ± 0.15mm
Thickness (max) 2.23mm: 250GB, 512GB, 1TB	2.38mm: 2TB
Typical Weight 7g ± 1g

The figure below is enlarged to show detail, but is not the actual size of the form factor.

Environmental Specifications

Temperature

Parameter Specifications
Operational^20	0°C to 70°C (32°F to 158°F)
Non-operational^21	-55°C to 85°C (-67°F to 185°F)

Humidity

Parameter	Specifications
Operational
Humidity (Non condensation) 5% to 95%
Maximum wet bulb 30°C
Non-operational
Humidity (Non condensation) 5% to 95%
Maximum wet bulb 40°C

Vibration

Parameter	Specifications
Operational 5gRMS, 10-2000 Hz, 3 axes
Non-operational 4.9gRMS, 7-800 Hz, 3 axes

Shock

Parameter	Acceleration Force Half Sine Pulse Duration
Operational/Non-operational 1,500G 0.5ms

Altitude

Parameter Specifications

Operational/Non-operational -1,500ft (-457m) to 40,000ft (12,192m)

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Parameter ^22

Test Voltage

Contact ±4kV

Air 8kV

Acoustics

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD does not generate any acoustic noise (0dB).

EMI/RFI Compliance

Certified Standards Compliance

FCC Part 15 Class B

IECS-003 Class B

EN 55022 Class B

EN 55024

KN 32

KN 35

CNS 13438 2006 (full version)

VCCI: VCCI rules and regulations (latest rev)

AS/NZS CISPR 22: (latest rev)

Chemical Restrictions

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD complies with:

■ European Union's Restriction on Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EU RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EC
■ European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Regulation (EC) 1907/2006

It also complies with China's management methods for controlling pollution by electronic information products (China RoHS).

Regulatory Standards and Compliance

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD conforms to and complies with the directives, regulations, and standards specified in the table below. The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is certified to meet the qualification criteria of these standards and regulations.

Directives, Regulations and Standards Description or Regulatory Parties

2014/30/EU EMC Directive

2014/25/EU LVD Directive

EMI/EMC Testing Directives, Regulations and Standards Description or Regulatory Parties

FCC Part 15 Subpart B:2012 FCC (United States)

ICES-003 Issue 5 Canada

EN 55022:2010 Information Technology Equipment--Radio

Disturbances Characteristics-Limits and Methods of Measurement

EN61000-3-2:2006+A1:2009+A2:2009Power Harmonics

EN61000-3-3:2008 Voltage Fluctuation

EN 55024:2010 Information Technology Equipment--Immunity

Characteristics-Limits and Methods of Measurement

EN 61000-4-2:2009 Electrostatic Discharge Immunity (±8 kV Air

Discharge, ±4 kV Contact Discharge, VCP, HCP)

EN 61000-4-3:2006+A1:2008+A2:2010Radiated Electromagnetic Field Immunity

EN 61000-4-4:2004+A1:2010 Electrical Fast Transient/Burst Immunity

EN 61000-4-5:2006 Surge Immunity

EN 61000-4-6:2009 Conducted Immunity

EN 61000-4-8:2010 Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity

EN 61000-4-11:2004 Voltage Dips Voltage Interruptions

VCCI V-3/2011.04 VCCI (Japan)

AS/NZS CISPR 22:2009 AUS/NZ

BSMI CNS 13438:2006 BSMI (Republic of China)

Safety Directives, Regulations and Standards Description or Regulatory Parties

UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition, 2007-03-27

N. America (Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1: General Requirements)

CSA 22.2 No. 60950-1-07 2nd Edition, 2007-03 (Covered by CULus)

Canada (Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1: General Requirements)

IEC 60950-1:2005 (Second Edition)

International Electrotechnical Commission

Safety Directives, Regulations and Standards Description or Regulatory Parties

EN 60950-1:2006 +A11 TUV Bauart (Germany) License ID number 1234500561

Windows Device Certifications

HCK Certification

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is certified with Windows HCK (Hardware Certification Kit) for Windows 7.

Category Device
Product Type Hard Drive
Qualification Level Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 7 x32
	Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 7 x64
	Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 8.1 x32
	Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 8.1 x64

HLK Certification

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD is also certified with Windows HLK (Hardware Lab Kit) for Windows 10.

Category	Device
Product Type Hard Drive
Qualification Level Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 10 x32
	Logo - Device - Compatible with Windows 10 x64

Reliability Characteristics

Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)

The uncorrectable bit error rate is one error per 10^16 bits read.

Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)

Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) ^23 is a reliability figure that indicates the expected time to failure of non-repairable electronic equipment. Estimates of MTTF made using a prediction methodology based in accordance with the Telcordia Special Report SR-332. The prediction is based on a Parts Stress Analysis.

Quality levels were defined as industrial grade (I) for all of the components. The detailed prediction for the system was performed at a temperature of 25^ C in a GB (ground, benign) environment.

The MTTF for all WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD form factors and storage capacities is 1,752,000 hours.

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Interface

Supported Standards

The supported standards for the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD are:

■ SATA 6Gb/s, Revision 3.2
■ ATA-8 Command Set ACS-4

SATA Pin Assignments: Signal

Pin #	Assignment Description
S1 GND 2nd mate
S2 A+ RxP
S3 A- RxM
S4 GND 2nd mate
S5 B- TxM
S6 B+ TxP
S7 GND 2nd mate

SATA Pin Assignments: Power

Pin #	Assignment Description
P1 V33 Not connected
P2 V33 Not connected
P3 DEVSLP Device sleep, high signal driven	by the host to shut down the SATA interface completely.
P4 GND 1st mate
P5 GND 2nd mate
P6 GND 3rd mate
P7 V5 5V power input, pre-charge,	2nd mate
P8 V5 5V power input
P9 V5 5V power input
P10 GND 2nd mate
P11 DAS Device Activity Signal
P12 GND 1st mate

Pin # Assignment Description

P13 V12 Not connected

P14 V12 Not connected

P15 V12 Not connected

M.2 Pin Assignments

Pin # Assignment Description
1 Presence Detection Pulled low by device
2 +3.3V 3.3V Source
3 GND Return Current Path
4 +3.3V 3.3V Source
5 No Connect
6 No Connect
7 No Connect
8 No Connect
9 No Connect
10 DAS/DSS# Device Activity
11 No Connect
12 Mechanical Notch B
13 Mechanical Notch B
14 Mechanical Notch B
15 Mechanical Notch B
16 Mechanical Notch B
17		Mechanical Notch B
18 Mechanical Notch B
19 Mechanical Notch B
20		No Connect
21	OC SSD	GND = SSD
22
23		No Connect
24		No Connect
25		No Connect
26		No Connect
27	GND Return Current Path
28		No Connect
29		No Connect

Pin # Assignment Description

30 No Connect
31 No Connect
32 No Connect
33 GND Return Current Path
34 No Connect
35 No Connect
36 No Connect
37 No Connect
38 DEVSLP Device Sleep, High Signal driven by the host shuts down the SATA interface completely.
39 GND Return Current Path
40 No Connect
41 +B - TXP Transmitter Differential Signal Pair
42 No Connect
43 -B - TXN Transmitter Differential Signal Pair
44 No Connect
45 GND Return Current Path
46 No Connect
47 -A - RXN Receiver Differential Signal Pair
48 No Connect
49 +A - RXP Receiver Differential Signal Pair
50 No Connect
51 GND Return Current Path
52 No Connect
53 No Connect
54 No Connect
55 No Connect
56 No Connect
57 GND Return Current Path
58 No Connect
59 Mechanical Notch M
60 Mechanical Notch M
61 Mechanical Notch M
62 Mechanical Notch M

Pin # Assignment Description

63 Mechanical Notch M

64 Mechanical Notch M

65 Mechanical Notch M

66 Mechanical Notch M

67 No Connect

68 No Connect

69 PEDET Ground = SATA

70 +3.3V 3.3V Source

71 GND Return Current Path

72 +3.3V 3.3V Source

73 GND Return Current Path

74 +3.3V 3.3V Source

75 GND Return Current Path

Supported ATA Commands

Command Set

The following table defines the common ATA commands supported by the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD. Specifics of each ATA command's operation can be found in the ATA/ATAPI Command Set ACS-4 Specification which is available at: http://www.t13.org

Command Name ATA8 Code

Check Power Mode Retired/M 98h/E5h
Data Set Management Obs/O 05h/06h
TRIM 01h
Accessible Max Address ConfigurationO 78h
Sub-command: Get Native Max Address EXT 0000h
Sub-command: Set Accessible Max Address EXT 0001h
Sub-command: Freeze Accessible Max Address EXT 0002h
Download Microcode/Download Microcode DMA	O/O	92h/93h
Sub-command: Download with offsets and save microcode for immediate and future use	O 03h
Sub-command: Download (without offsets) and save microcode for immediate and future use		07h
Sub-command: Download with offsets and save microcode for future use		0Eh
Sub-command: Activate downloaded microcode		0Fh
Execute Device Diagnostic	M 90h
Flush Cache	O E7h
Flush Cache Ext	O EAh
Identify Device/Identify Device DMA	M/Obs	ECH/EEh
Idle	Retired/M 97h/E3h
Idle Immediate	Retired/M 95h/E1h
Initialize Drive Parameters	Obs	91h
Read Buffer/Read Buffer DMA	O/O	E4h/E9h
Read DMA	O C8h
Read DMA Ext	O 25h
Read DMA w/o Retry	Obs	C9h
Read FPDMA Queued	O 60h
Read Log Ext/Read Log DMA Ext	O/O	2Fh/47h
Sub-command: Log Directory		00h

Command Name ATA8 Code

Sub-command: Extended Comprehensive SMART Error Log 03h
Sub-command: Device Statistics Logs 04h
Sub-command: List of supported log pages 00h
Sub-command: General Statistics 01h
Sub-command: SSD Statistics 07h
Sub-command: Extended SMART Self-test Log 07h
Sub-command: NCQ_Error Log 10h
Sub-command: SATA PHY Event Counters Log 11h
Sub-command: Identify Device Data Log 30h
Sub-command: List of Supported Pages 00h
Sub-command: Copy of IDENTIFY DEVICE Data 01h
Sub-command: Capacity 02h
Sub-command: Supported Capabilities 03h
Sub-command: Current Settings		04h
Sub-command: ATA Strings		05h
Sub-command: Security		06h
Sub-command: Serial ATA		08h
Sub-command: Thermal Throttling Log		DEh
Read Multiple	Obs	C4h
Read Multiple Ext	Obs	29h
Read Sectors	O	20h
Read Sectors Ext	O	24h
Read Sectors w/o Retry	Obs	21h
Read Verify Sectors	O	40h
Read Verify Sectors Ext	O	42h
Read Verify Sectors w/o Retry	Obs	41h
Recalibrate	Obs	1Xh
Sanitize Device	O	B4h
Sub-command: Sanitize Status Ext		00h
Sub-command: Crypto Scramble Ext	SED Only	11h
Block Erase Ext		12h
Sub-command: Sanitize Freeze Lock Ext 20h
Security Disable Password O	F6h
Security Erase Prepare	O	F3h
Security Erase Unit	O	F4h
Security Freeze Lock	O	F5h

Command Name ATA8 Code

Security Set Password O F1h
Security Unlock O F2h
Seek Obs 7Xh
Set Features M EFh
Sub-command: Enable write cache 02h
Sub-command: Set transfer mode 03h
Sub-command: Enable Advanced Power Management (APM)		05h
Sub-command: Enable SATA features 10h
Sub-command: DMA Setup FIS Auto-Activate Optimization 02h
Sub-command: Device-initiated power state transitions 03h
Sub-command: Software Setting Preservation 06h
Sub-command: Device Sleep 09h
Sub-command: Disable read look-ahead		55h
Sub-command: Disable reverting to power-on defaults		66h
Sub-command: Disable write cache		82h
Sub-command: Disable Advanced Power Managment (APM)		85h
Sub-command: Disable SATA features		90h
Sub-command: DMA Setup FIS Auto-Activate Optimization 02h
Sub-command: Device-Initiated Interface Power Management		03h
Sub-command: Software Setting Preservation 06h
Sub-command: Device Automatic Partial-to-Slumber transitions		07h
Sub-command: Device Sleep 09h
Sub-command: Enable read look-ahead		AAh
Sub-command: Enable reverting to power-on defaults		CCh
Set Multiple Mode	Obs C6h
Sleep	Retired/M	99h/E6h
Smart	O B0h
Sub-command: Read Attribute Values (Read Data)		D0h
Sub-command: Read Attribute Thresholds	Obs D1h
Sub-command: Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave	Obs D2h
Sub-command: Save Attribute Values D3h
Sub-command: Execute Offline Immediate		D4h
Sub-command: Execute Short Self-test routine (Offline)		01h
Sub-command: Execute Extended Self-test routine (Offline)		02h

Command Name ATA8 Code

Sub-command: Execute Selective Self-test routine (Offline)04h
Sub-command: Abort Offline Immediate routine 7Fh
Sub-command: Execute Short Self-test routine (Captive) 81h
Sub-command: Execute Extended Self-test routine (Captive)		82h
Sub-command: Read Log D5h
Sub-command: Write Log D6h
Sub-command: Enable Operations Obs D8h
Sub-command: Disable Operations Obs D9h
Sub-command: Return Status DAh
Sub-command: Enable/Disable Automatic OfflineObs D8h
Standby Retired/M 96h/E2h
Standby Immediate Retired/M 94h/E0h
Trusted Non-Data	O, SED Only	5Bh
Trusted Receive	O, SED Only	5Ch
Trusted Receive DMA	O, SED Only	5Dh
Trusted Send	O, SED Only	5Eh
Trusted Send DMA	O, SED Only	5Fh
Write Buffer/Write Buffer DMA	O/O	E8h/EBh
Write DMA	M	CAh
Write DMA Ext	O	35h
Write DMA FUA Ext	O	3Dh
Write DMA w/o Retry	Obs 82h
Write FPDMA Queued	O	61h
Write Log Ext/Write Log DMA Ext O/O	82h
Write Multiple	M	C5h
Write Multiple Ext	O	39h
Write Multiple FUA Ext	M	CEh
Write Sectors	M	30h
Write Sectors Ext	O	34h
Write Sectors w/o Retry	Obs 31h
Write Uncorrectable Ext	O	45h
Psuedo-UECC with Logging		55h
Flagged-UECC without Logging		AAh

Legend: M = Mandatory, O = Optional, Obs = Obsolete But Supported, Retired = Retired But Supported

Identify Device Data

The following table defines the specifics of the IDENTIFY DEVICE data returned by the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD.

Word Address Default Value Total Bytes Data Field Type			Information
0 0040h 2 ATA General			configuration: bit-significant information
1-6XXXXh 12 Obsolete/Retired/			Specific
7-80000h 4 Reserved
9 0000h 2 Retired
10-19ASCII 20 Serial number in ASCII			(left-justified)
20-226 2 Retired/Obsolete
23-26	ASCII 8 Firmware revision in		ASCII (left-justified)
27-46	WDC WDSxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx	40 Model number in ASCII	(left-justified) for WDBlue 3D NAND SATASSD. SKU without dash;X depends on capacityand HW configuration
47	8001h	2 R/w Multiple Sector	Count
48 4000h 2 Trusted Computing			feature set
49 2F00h 2 LBA and MW DMA			modes supported
50	4000h 2 Capabilities
51-52	XXXXh 4 Obsolete
53 0007h	2 Field validity
54-58	XXXXh	10	Obsolete
59 D101h	2 Sanitize and multiple		sector setting
60-61	XXXXh	4	ATA total number ofsectors addressable inLBA mode
62 0000h 2 Obsolete
63	0007h	2 MW DMA Transfer	Modes
64 0003h 2 Advanced PIO transfer			modes supported
65 0078h 2 Minimum MDMA			transfer cycle time per word in ns
66 0078h 2 Recommended MDMA			transfer cycle time per word in ns
67 0078h 2 Minimum PIO transfer			cycle without flow control
68 0078h 2 Minimum PIO transfer			cycle with IORDY flow control
69-70XXXXh 2 Reserved
71-740000h 8 Reserved for IDENTIFY			PACKET DEVICE command
75 001Fh 2 Queue Depth
76 870Eh 2 SATA capabilities
77 0084h 2 SATA Additional			capabilities(0002=1.5Gb/s,0004=3Gb/s,0006=6Gb/s)
78 014Ch	2 SATA Features		Supported
79 0040h 2 SATA Features Enabled
80	03F0h 2 Major Version number
81	0110h	2 Minor Version number
82 346Bh 2 Command and features			sets supported #1
83 7D09h	2 Command and features		sets supported #2
84 4163h	2 Command and features		sets supported #3
85 3469h 2 Command and features			sets enabled #1
86 BC09h	2 Command and features		sets enabled #2
87 4163h	2 Command and features		sets enabled #3
88 207Fh 2 ATA - Ultra DMA modes			supported and selected
89 0001h 2 Time required for			security erase-unit completion (all capacities complete less than 2 minutes)
90 0032h 2 Time required for			enhanced security erase unit completion
91 0080h 2 Current advanced			power management (APM) value
92 FFFEh 2 Master Password			Identifier
93 0000h 2 COMRESET Result
94 0000h 2 Acoustic Management			Value
95 0000h 2 Stream Min Request			Size
96 0000h 2 Streaming Transfer			Time-DMA
97 0000h 2 Streaming Access			Latency
98-990000h 4 Streaming Performance			Granularity
100-103XXXXh 8 48-bit # of LBAs
104	0000h 2 Streaming Transfer		Time-PIO
105	0010h	2 Max # 512-byte Blocks	in LBA Range Entries
106	4000h 2 Physical Sector Size/		Logical
107	0000h 2 Inter-Seek Delay for		ISO-7779
108	0000h 2 WWN
109	0000h 2 WWN
110	0000h 2 WWN
111 0000h 2 WWN
112-115	0000h 2 Reserved
116	0000h 2 Reserved for INCITS		TR-37-2004
117-1180000h 4 Logical Sector Size
119 401Ch 2 Command/Feature			Sets Supported #4
120 401Ch 2 Command/Feature			Sets Enabled
121-1260000h 12 Reserved
127 0000h 2 Obsolete
128 0021h 2 Security Status
129-1590000h 62 Reserved Vendor-			Unique Bytes
160 0000h 2 CFA Power Mode 1
161-175	XXXXh	30	Reserved
176-205	2020h	60	Current Media Serial Number
206	0000h 2 SCT Command		Transport
207-208	0000h 4 Reserved for CE-ATA
209	4000h	2 Alignment-logical	within Physical Block
210-211	0000h 4 Wr/Rd/Vfy Sector		Count Mode 3
212-2130000h 4 Wr/Rd/Vfy Sector			Count Mode 2
214	0000h 2 NV Cache Capabilities
215 0000h 2 NV Cache Size in			Logical Blocks (LSW)
216 0000h 2 NV Cache Size in			Logical Blocks (MSW)
217 0001h	2 NV Cache Read		Transfer Speed in MB/s
218 0000h 2 NV Cache Write			Transfer Speed in MB/s
219 0000h 2 NV Cache Options
220	0000h 2 Wr/Rd/Vfy Feature		Set-Current Mode
221 0000h 2 Reserved
222	10FFh	2 Transport Major Version	Number
223	0000h 2 Transport Minor Version		Number

Word Address Default Value Total Bytes Data Field Type	Information
224-2330000h 20 Reserved for CE-ATA
234 0001h 2 Min Sector Count for	Download Microcode Mode 3
235 0080h 2 Max Sector Count for	Download Microcode Mode 3
236-2540000h 38 Reserved
255 3BA5h 2 Integrity Word-	Checksum

Log Pages

The following table defines the list of supported Log Pages accessible through SMART WRITE LOG, SMART READ LOG, READ LOG EXT and WRITE LOG EXT commands.

Log Address	Total Pages Log Address	Description	Access
00h 1	General Purpose Log	Directory	GPL, SMART Log
01h	1	Summary SMART Error Log	SMART Log
02h	2 Comprehensive SMART	Error Log	SMART Log
03h	1	Extended Comprehensive SMART Error Log	GPL
04h	8 Device Statistics Log	GPL, SMART Log
06h	1	SMART Self-Test Log	SMART Log
07h	1	Extended SMART Self-Test Log	GPL
10h	1	NCQ Error Log GPL
11h	1	SATA PHY Event Counters Log	GPL
30h	8 Identify Device Data	Log	GPL, SMART Log
80-9Fh	16	Host Vendor-specific Logs	GPL, SMART Log
DEh	1	Thermal Throttling Logs	GPL

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Ordering Information

The following table uses a generic sample SKU to explain and describe the format of a WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD SKU.

SKU Details

WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5" 7mm 250GB

WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5" 7mm 500GB

WDS100T1B0A-00H9H0 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5" 7mm 1000GB

WDS200T1BOA-00H9H0 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 2.5" 7mm 2000GB

WDS250G1B0B-00AS40 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 250GB

WDS500G1B0B-00AS40 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 500GB

WDS100T1B0B-00AS40 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 1000GB

WDS200T1B0B-00AS40 WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 2000GB

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