Intel PowerEdge External Media System 1434 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 Intel 320 Series SSD User's Information for Dell PowerEdge Products............................5
About This Document...............................................................................................................................................5
Compatible Hardware...............................................................................................................................................5
12th Generation PowerEdge Servers.................................................................................................................5
11th Generation PowerEdge Servers.................................................................................................................5
SSD Hard Drive Indicator Patterns...........................................................................................................................6
Drive Activity Indicator.......................................................................................................................................6
Drive Status Indicator........................................................................................................................................6
Controller BIOS Configuration Utility Behavior.........................................................................................................7
OMSA Drive Information Page.................................................................................................................................7
SMART Predictive Failure Notification Support.................................................................................................7
SMART Wear Out Indicator Not Supported.......................................................................................................8
OMSA Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................8
System Alerts Page............................................................................................................................................8
Storage Pages....................................................................................................................................................9
Wear Usage Monitoring.........................................................................................................................................10
The Smartmon Tool..........................................................................................................................................10
Obtaining the Smartmon Tool...........................................................................................................................10
SMART Attributes............................................................................................................................................10
Smartmon Tool and smartctl Resources..........................................................................................................11
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Linux RAID Environments..............................11
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Non-RAID Environments...............................11
Using the Smartmon Tool to Estimate Wear Usage — Windows RAID Environments ONLY..........................11
Calculating Estimated Drive Wear...................................................................................................................13
Adjusting SSD Usable Capacity to Improve Drive Performance............................................................................14
Intel 320 SSD ATA Instant Secure Erase Functionality ..........................................................................................14
2 Getting Help................................................................................................................................15
Contacting Dell.......................................................................................................................................................15