A storage system includes at least one solid-state drive (SSD) and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The at least one SSD communicates over a communication link information that the at least one SSD includes a predetermined number of super capacitors in which the predetermined number includes 0, and is capable of providing a mode of operation to flush data in a non-volatile memory to a non-volatile memory that spans a predetermined amount of time if a loss of power condition is detected. The BMC device receives the information from the SSD and in response sends a message to the at least on SSD to enter the mode of operation.