System and method of managing a memory medium
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine that an information handling system is to be powered down and provide, to a non-volatile memory medium via a power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down. For example, the power coupling of the non-volatile storage medium may include one or more conductors, and the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down may be provided via at least one of the one or more conductors. In one or more embodiments, the non-volatile memory medium may include volatile storage and non-volatile storage. For example, based at least on the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down, the non-volatile memory medium may store information, that is stored by the volatile storage, via the non-volatile storage.
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a processor;
a memory medium, communicatively coupled to the processor; and
an embedded controller coupled to the processor;
wherein the embedded controller is configured to:
determine that the information handling system is to be powered down; and
provide, to a non-volatile memory medium via a power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 ,
wherein the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium includes one or more conductors; and
wherein, to provide the information, to the non-volatile memory medium via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down, the embedded controller is further configured to provide the information, to the non-volatile memory medium via at least one of the one or more conductors of the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
3. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the non-volatile memory medium;
wherein the non-volatile memory medium is configured to receive the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium.
4. The information handling system of claim 3 ,
wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes volatile storage configured to cache information;
wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes non-volatile storage; and
wherein the non-volatile memory medium is configured to store, via the non-volatile storage, the information cached by the volatile storage.
5. The information handling system of claim 4 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a solid state drive.
6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the information includes a flash translation layer table.
7. The information handling system of claim 3 ,
wherein the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium includes one or more conductors; and
wherein, to receive the information indicating that the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the non-volatile memory medium is further configured to receive the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down via at least one of the one or more conductors of the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium.
8. A method, comprising:
determining, by an embedded controller of an information handling system, that the information handling system is to be powered down; and
providing, by the embedded controller, to a non-volatile memory medium via a power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
9. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium includes one or more conductors; and
wherein the providing, by the embedded controller, to the non-volatile memory medium via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down includes providing, by the embedded controller, to the non-volatile memory medium via at least one of the one or more conductors of the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the non-volatile memory medium, via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the information indicating that the indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
11. The method of claim 10 ,
wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes volatile storage configured to cache information;
wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes non-volatile storage; and
wherein the non-volatile memory medium is configured to store, via the non-volatile storage, the information cached by the volatile storage;
the method further comprising:
based at least on the non-volatile memory medium receiving the information, via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down, storing, the non-volatile memory medium, the information via the non-volatile storage of the non-volatile memory medium.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a solid state drive.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the information includes a flash translation layer table.
14. The method of claim 10 ,
wherein the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium includes one or more conductors; and
wherein the receiving, by the non-volatile memory medium, via the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the information indicating that the indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down includes receiving, by the non-volatile memory medium, via at least one of the one or more conductors of the power coupling of the non-volatile memory medium, the information indicating that the indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
15. A non-volatile memory medium, comprising:
a volatile storage;
a non-volatile storage; and
a power coupling;
wherein the non-volatile memory medium is configured to:
receive, via the power coupling, information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down; and
store cached information, that is stored by the volatile storage, via the non-volatile storage, based at least on receiving the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
16. The non-volatile memory medium of claim 15 ,
wherein the power coupling includes one or more conductors; and
wherein, to receive, via the power coupling, the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down, the non-volatile memory medium is further configured to receive, via at least one of the one or more conductors of the power coupling, the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down.
17. The non-volatile memory medium of claim 15 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a solid state drive.
18. The non-volatile memory medium of claim 17 , wherein the cached information includes a flash translation layer table.
19. The non-volatile memory medium of claim 15 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium is further configured to perform a cache flush operation, in response to receiving, via the power coupling, the information indicating that the non-volatile memory medium is to be powered down, which causes the non-volatile memory medium to store the cached information via the non-volatile storage.
20. The non-volatile memory medium of claim 19 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium performs the cache flush operation without causing a break in a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) command sequence.