Dell POWEREDGE R720 - Manual (Page 3)

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