Dell R320- User Manual

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Contents 1 Intel 320 Series SSD User's Information for Dell PowerEdge Products............................5 About This Document ...............................................................................................................................................5 Compatible Hardware ..........

Page 5 - About This Document; 2th Generation PowerEdge Servers

1 Intel 320 Series SSD User's Information for Dell PowerEdge Products About This Document This document describes features and behaviors of the Intel 320 Series SSDs that you may encounter when using these drives in a Dell PowerEdge server. Compatible Hardware 12th Generation PowerEdge Servers The f...

Page 6 - SSD Hard Drive Indicator Patterns; Drive Activity Indicator

• H700 • H200 Note that the H800, S100, and S300 controllers are NOT qualified for use with the Intel SSDs. NOTE: Additional servers and controllers may be qualified in the future as compatible with Intel 320 Series SDDs. Contact your Dell sales representative for the latest information. SSD Hard Dr...

Page 7 - Controller BIOS Configuration Utility Behavior; OMSA Drive Information Page; SMART Predictive Failure Notification Support

SSD Drive Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after the system is turned on. Drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time. Blinks green and off Predicted drive failure Blinks green slowly ...

Page 8 - SMART Wear Out Indicator Not Supported; OMSA Warnings; System Alerts Page

Figure 3. Drive information page with predictive failure notice SMART Wear Out Indicator Not Supported Although the Intel SSD 320 Series drives log SMART attribute E9, Media Wear Out Indicator, that captures the remaining life of the SSD as a percentage, the OMSA Physical Disks page does not report ...

Page 9 - Storage Pages

Figure 4. OMSA system alerts page Storage Pages Within the Storage section of OMSA, a yellow warning icon will appear on the controller page, and the Physical Disks page. This is normal behavior and does not indicate an issue with the drive. Figure 5. Controller page 9

Page 10 - Wear Usage Monitoring; The Smartmon Tool; SMART Attributes

Figure 6. Physical disks page Wear Usage Monitoring The Smartmon Tool You can use a software tool — Smartmon — that monitors three Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) attributes for SSDs. Smartmon includes a command line utility, smartctl, used to check these attributes. Obta...

Page 11 - Smartmon Tool and smartctl Resources

NOTE: You must run the workload to be evaluated for at least 60 minutes for these SMART drive attributes to register. Smartmon Tool and smartctl Resources For details of the Smartmon tool, the smartctl utility, and SMART attributes, refer to: • “Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series in Server Storage A...

Page 13 - Calculating Estimated Drive Wear

– Note that the attribute ID# are listed in decimal and not in Hex with the Attribute_NAME associated with Hard Drives. Figure 8. Reading the SMART drive wear attributes The table below translates the data from smartctl to the Intel-supported SMART Attributes. Table 1. Converting SMART attribute val...

Page 14 - Adjusting SSD Usable Capacity to Improve Drive Performance; Intel 320 SSD ATA Instant Secure Erase Functionality

• Timed Workload Media Wear rate of 0.620% for every 1367 minutes: – Workload Media Wear Rate 0.027% per hour– Workload Media Wear Rate 0.653% per day Using the drive in this 100% workload example, the drive wears at .653% per day. • 100/.653 = 153 • In this exaggerated case, the drive will use 100%...

Page 15 - Getting Help; Contacting Dell

2 Getting Help Contacting Dell NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country ...

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