Solid State Drive (SSD) identified as "HDD" in RAID utility - IBM BladeCenter HS22, System x3550 M2, x3650 M2

Troubleshooting

Problem

When viewing the 31.4 Gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch SATA SSD Value G2-HS, Option 43W7648, under Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) management software utilities, such as the LSI MegaRAID Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configuration or management utilities, the option is listed as "HDD" instead of "SSD."

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip: H196084

Symptom

When viewing the 31.4 Gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch SATA Solid State Drive (SSD) Value G2-HS, Option part number 43W7648, under Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) management software utilities, such as the LSI MegaRAID Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configuration or management utilities, the option is listed as "HDD" instead of "SSD."

Affected configurations

The system may be any of the following IBM servers:

BladeCenter HS22, type 1936, any model
BladeCenter HS22, type 7870, any model
System x3550 M2, type 4198, any model
System x3550 M2, type 7946, any model
System x3650 M2, type 4199, any model
System x3650 M2, type 7947, any model

The system is configured with one or more of the following IBM Options:

4 GB 2.5-inch SATA SSD Value G2-HS, Option part number 43W7648

This tip is not software specific.

Workaround

To confirm the specific capabilities of any storage device, use the drive replacement part number (FRU) or Option part number for verification.

Additional information

There is no performance impact to the server or option.

This SSD device is based on the ATA-7 standard, which does not have the ability to report data on device type. It can only report that it supports ATA-7 Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) standard specification.

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

System x:Operating system independent / None

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