Dell PowerEdge C6220 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Intel 320 Series SSD User's Information for Dell PowerEdge C Products.........................5
About This Document ...............................................................................................................................................5
Supported Hardware ................................................................................................................................................5
PowerEdge C Servers ........................................................................................................................................5
Controllers ..........................................................................................................................................................5
SSD Hard Drive Indicator Patterns ...........................................................................................................................6
Drive Activity Indicator .......................................................................................................................................6
Drive Status Indicator ........................................................................................................................................6
Wear Usage Monitoring ...........................................................................................................................................7
The Smartmon Tool ............................................................................................................................................7
Obtaining the Smartmon Tool .............................................................................................................................7
SMART Attributes ..............................................................................................................................................7
Smartmon Tool and smartctl Resources ............................................................................................................7
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Linux RAID Environments ................................8
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Non-RAID Environments .................................8
Using the Smartmon Tool to Estimate Wear Usage — Windows RAID Environments ONLY ............................8
Calculating Estimated Drive Wear ...................................................................................................................10
Firmware Upgrades for Intel SSDs .........................................................................................................................11
Adjusting SSD Usable Capacity to Improve Drive Performance ............................................................................11
Intel 320 SSD ATA Instant Secure Erase Functionality ..........................................................................................11
2 Getting Help................................................................................................................................13
Contacting Dell .......................................................................................................................................................13