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P3600 NVMe 2.5-inch G3HS Enterprise Value PCIe SSD Support Requirements - Lenovo x86 servers

Troubleshooting


Problem

LImitations.

Resolving The Problem

  1. Part Number

    Description Marketing Part number
    P3600 400 GB NVMe 2.5" G3HS Enterprise Value PCIe SSD for System x 90Y3227
    P3600 800 GB NVMe 2.5" G3HS Enterprise Value PCIe SSD for System x 90Y3230
    P3600 1.6 TB NVMe 2.5" G3HS Enterprise Value PCIe SSD for System x 90Y3233
    P3600 2.0 TB NVMe 2.5" G3HS Enterprise Value PCIe SSD for System x 90Y3236

    Note: Usage on  x240M5 systems requires 2 CPUs and  NVMe SSD Enablement Kit Option (p/n 00JX177)

  2. Limitations exist for this drive regarding using the drive as a boot device, Hot Swap, and if an AC Cycle is required after FW update, see table below for details.

    Feature/Requirement Windows RHEL 6.5 RHEL 7 SLES 11 SLES 12 VMWare ESX 5.1 VMWare ESX 5.5
    Bootable Drive Yes No No (1) No No (1) N/A (2) No
    Hot Swap (3) Yes (3) No No No No N/A No
    AC Cycle Required After FW update No Yes Yes (1) Yes Yes (1) N/A Yes (1)
    Notes:
    1 - Dependent on System OS support
    2 - ESX 5.1 does not have native NVMe support
    3 - Hot Swap assumes informed remove only (not surprise remove), and using the latest Windows driver

  3. Windows Driver Available on Lenovo Fix Central

  4. VMWare ESX 5.5 Driver Download Location

  5. SUSE  Driver Download Location

  6. RHEL NVMe Drivers are included in the Red Hat distribution.

  7. Intel Install Guide ( Intel_SSD_DC_Family_for_PCIe_Installation_Guide_330547_001.pdf)

 

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

Lenovo x86 servers:VMware vSphere 5.5

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 January 2019

UID

ibm1PCIE-NVME

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