Top
Abstract
The ThinkSystem 5300 Entry SATA 6Gb solid-state drives (SSDs) are high-performance self-encrypting drives (SEDs) that adhere to the Trusted Computing Group Enterprise Security Subsystem Class cryptographic standard (TCG Enterprise SSC or eSSC). They use Micron NAND flash memory technology with a SATA 6Gbps interface to provide an affordable solution for secure read-intensive workloads.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the 5300 Entry SED SSD offerings, their key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Withdrawn: The drives listed in this product guide are now withdrawn.
Change History
Changes in the November 12, 2023 update:
- The drives listed in this product guide are now withdrawn.
Introduction
The ThinkSystem 5300 Entry SATA 6Gb solid-state drives (SSDs) are high-performance self-encrypting drives (SEDs) that adhere to the Trusted Computing Group Enterprise Security Subsystem Class cryptographic standard (TCG Enterprise SSC or eSSC). They use Micron NAND flash memory technology with a SATA 6Gbps interface to provide an affordable solution for secure read-intensive workloads.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem 5300 Entry SATA 6Gb SED SSDs
Did you know?
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) provide benefits by encrypting data on-the-fly at the drive level with no performance impact, by providing instant secure erasure thereby making the data no longer readable, and by enabling auto-locking to secure active data if a drive is misplaced or stolen from a system while in use. These features are essential for many businesses, especially those storing customer data.
Rigorous testing of the 5300 Series SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven program assures a high degree of storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.
Part number information
The following table lists the ThinkSystem part numbers.
Withdrawn: The drives listed in this product guide are now withdrawn.
| Part number | Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5-inch hot-swap SED drives | ||
| 4XB7A38141 | BE29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED |
| 4XB7A38191 | B93L | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED |
| 4XB7A38192 | B93M | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED |
| Trayless SED drives | ||
| CTO only | BP28 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED |
| CTO only | BP29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED |
| CTO only | BP2A | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED |
| CTO only | BP2B | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED |
The benefits of drive encryption
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) provide benefits in three main ways:
- By encrypting data on-the-fly at the drive level with no performance impact
- By providing instant secure erasure (cryptographic erasure, thereby making the data no longer readable)
- By enabling auto-locking to secure active data if a drive is misplaced or stolen from a system while in use
The following sections describe the benefits in more details.
Automatic encryption
It is vital that a company keep its data secure. With the threat of data loss due to physical theft or improper inventory practices, it is important that the data be encrypted. However, challenges with performance, scalability, and complexity have led IT departments to push back against security policies that require the use of encryption. In addition, encryption has been viewed as risky by those unfamiliar with key management, a process for ensuring a company can always decrypt its own data. Self-encrypting drives comprehensively resolve these issues, making encryption both easy and affordable.
When the self-encrypting drive is in normal use, its owner need not maintain authentication keys (otherwise known as credentials or passwords) in order to access the data on the drive. The self-encrypting drive will encrypt data being written to the drive and decrypt data being read from it, all without requiring an authentication key from the owner.
Drive retirement and disposal
When hard drives are retired and moved outside the physically protected data center into the hands of others, the data on those drives is put at significant risk. IT departments retire drives for a variety of reasons, including:
- Returning drives for warranty, repair, or expired lease agreements
- Removal and disposal of drives
- Repurposing drives for other storage duties
Nearly all drives eventually leave the data center and their owner's control. Corporate data resides on such drives, and when most leave the data center, the data they contain is still readable. Even data that has been striped across many drives in a RAID array is vulnerable to data theft because just a typical single stripe in today’s high-capacity arrays is large enough to expose for example, hundreds of names and bank account numbers.
In an effort to avoid data breaches and the ensuing customer notifications required by data privacy laws, companies use different methods to erase the data on retired drives before they leave the premises and potentially fall into the wrong hands. Current retirement practices that are designed to make data unreadable rely on significant human involvement in the process, and are thus subject to both technical and human failure.
The drawbacks of today’s drive retirement practices include the following:
- Overwriting drive data is expensive, tying up valuable system resources for days. No notification of completion is generated by the drive, and overwriting won’t cover reallocated sectors, leaving that data exposed.
- Methods that include degaussing or physically shredding a drive are expensive. It is difficult to ensure the degauss strength is optimized for the drive type, potentially leaving readable data on the drive. Physically shredding the drive is environmentally hazardous, and neither practice allows the drive to be returned for warranty or expired lease.
- Some companies have concluded the only way to securely retire drives is to keep them in their control, storing them indefinitely in warehouses. But this is not truly secure because a large volume of drives coupled with human involvement inevitably leads to some drives being lost or stolen.
- Professional disposal services is an expensive option and includes the cost of reconciling the services as well as internal reports and auditing. Transporting of the drives also has the potential of putting the data at risk.
Self-encrypting drives eliminate the need to overwrite, destroy, or store retired drives. When the drive is to be retired, it can be cryptographically erased, a process that is nearly instantaneous regardless of the capacity of the drive.
Instant secure erase
The self-encrypting drive provides instant data encryption key destruction via cryptographic erasure. When it is time to retire or repurpose the drive, the owner sends a command to the drive to perform a cryptographic erasure. Cryptographic erasure simply replaces the encryption key inside the encrypted drive, making it impossible to ever decrypt the data encrypted with the deleted key.
Self-encrypting drives reduce IT operating expenses by reducing asset control challenges and disposal costs. Data security with self-encrypting drives helps ensure compliance with privacy regulations without hindering IT efficiency. So called "Safe Harbor" clauses in government regulations allow companies to not have to notify customers of occurrences of data theft if that data was encrypted and therefore unreadable.
Furthermore, self-encrypting drives simplify decommissioning and preserve hardware value for returns and repurposing by:
- Eliminating the need to overwrite or destroy the drive
- Securing warranty returns and expired lease returns
- Enabling drives to be repurposed securely
Auto-locking
Insider theft or misplacement is a growing concern for businesses of all sizes; in addition, managers of branch offices and small businesses without strong physical security face greater vulnerability to external theft. Self-encrypting drives include a feature called auto-lock mode to help secure active data against theft.
Using a self-encrypting drive when auto-lock mode is enabled simply requires securing the drive with an authentication key. When secured in this manner, the drive’s data encryption key is locked whenever the drive is powered down. In other words, the moment the self-encrypting drive is switched off or unplugged, it automatically locks down the drive’s data.
When the self-encrypting drive is then powered back on, it requires authentication before being able to unlock its encryption key and read any data on the drive, thus protecting against misplacement and theft.
While using self-encrypting drives just for the instant secure erase is an extremely efficient and effective means to help securely retire a drive, using self-encrypting drives in auto-lock mode provides even more advantages. From the moment the drive or system is removed from the data center (with or without authorization), the drive is locked. No advance thought or action is required from the data center administrator to protect the data. This helps prevent a breach should the drive be mishandled and helps secure the data against the threat of insider or outside theft.
Features
The 5300 Entry SATA SED SSDs have the following features:
- Industry standard 2.5-inch form factor
- Compliant with the Trusted Computing Group Enterprise Security Subsystem Class cryptographic standard (TCG Enterprise SSC)
- Supports the SafeStore self-encrypting drive (SED) functionality of ThinkSystem RAID adapters
- New generation 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory
- Suitable for read-intensive workloads with an endurance of between .6 and 1.2 full drive write per day (DWPD) for 5 years
- 6 Gbps SATA host interface
- High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
- Absence of moving parts to reduce potential failure points in the server
- S.M.A.R.T. support
- Advanced Encrypting Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption
- Supports Sanitize Cryptographic Erase
- Full end-to-end data path protection:
- Extended error correction code (ECC)
- Exclusive-OR (XOR) parity to protect against Flash die failure
- Parity-checked internal data paths without an external write cache
- Power loss data management without the need for a supercapacitor
SSDs have a huge but finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which affect how long they can perform write operations and thus their life expectancy. Mainstream SSDs typically have a better cost per read IOPS ratio but lower endurance and performance compared to Performance SSDs. SSD write endurance is typically measured by the number of program/erase cycles that the drive can incur over its lifetime, which is listed as total bytes written (TBW) in the device specification.
The TBW value that is assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data that a drive can be guaranteed to complete. Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail; the TBW simply denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed. A solid-state device does not fail upon reaching the specified TBW. However, at some point after surpassing the TBW value (and based on manufacturing variance margins), the drive reaches the end-of-life point, at which time the drive goes into read-only mode. Because of such behavior, careful planning must be done to use SSDs in the application environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive is not exceeded before the required life expectancy.
For example, the 5300 Entry 3.84TB drive has an endurance of 8,410 TB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, write workload must be limited to no more than 4,608 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 1.2 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 7,680 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 2.0 full drive writes per day.
Technical specifications
The following table presents technical specifications for the 5300 Entry SATA SED SSDs.
Tip: Drives listed in this product guide are the Lenovo versions of the Micron 5300 PRO family of SSDs.
| Feature | 960 GB drive |
1.92 TB drive |
3.84 TB drive |
7.68 TB drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA |
| Capacity | 960 GB | 1.92 TB | 3.84 TB | 7.68 TB |
| SED encryption | TCG Enterprise | TCG Enterprise | TCG Enterprise | TCG Enterprise |
| Endurance (drive writes per day) |
1.5 DWPD | 1.5 DWPD | 1.2 DWPD | 0.6 DWPD |
| Endurance (total bytes written) |
2628 TB | 5256 TB | 8410 TB | 9110 TB |
| Data reliability | < 1 in 1017 bits read |
< 1 in 1017 bits read |
< 1 in 1017 bits read |
< 1 in 1017 bits read |
| MTTF | 3,000,000 hours |
3,000,000 hours |
3,000,000 hours |
3,000,000 hours |
| IOPS reads (4 KB blocks) |
95,000 | 95,000 | 95,000 | 95,000 |
| IOPS writes (4 KB blocks) |
35,000 | 30,000 | 22,000 | 11,000 |
| Sequential read rate (128 KB blocks) |
540 MBps | 540 MBps | 540 MBps | 540 MBps |
| Sequential write rate (128 KB blocks) |
520 MBps | 520 MBps | 520 MBps | 520 MBps |
| Read latency (seq) | 175 µs | 175 µs | 175 µs | 175 µs |
| Write latency (seq) | 100 µs | 300 µs | 350 µs | 650 µs |
| Shock, non-operating |
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 ms |
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 ms |
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 ms |
1,500 G (Max) at 0.5 ms |
| Vibration, non-operating |
3.13 GRMS (5-800 Hz) |
3.13 GRMS (5-800 Hz) |
3.13 GRMS (5-800 Hz) |
3.13 GRMS (5-800 Hz) |
| Typical power (R/W) | 2.8 W / 3.4 W | 3.0 W / 3.8 W | 2.5 W / 3.8 W | 2.5 W / 3.9 W |
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3/V4 | 4S 8S Intel V3 | Multi Node V3/V4 | 1S V3 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G) |
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E) |
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C) |
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A) |
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A) |
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73) |
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76) |
SR630 V4 (7DG8 / 7DG9) |
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96) |
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93) |
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4) |
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1) |
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3) |
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2) |
SD520 V4 (7DFZ / 7DFY) |
ST45 V3 (7DH4 / 7DH5) |
ST50 V3 (7DF4 / 7DF3) |
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE) |
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL) |
||
| 2.5-inch hot-swap SED drives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4XB7A38141 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38191 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38192 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Trayless SED drives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BP28 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP2B | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | GPU Rich | Edge | Super Computing | 1S Intel V2 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23) |
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R) |
SR680a V3 (7DHE) |
SR685a V3 (7DHC) |
SR780a V3 (7DJ5) |
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE350 V2 (7DA9) |
SE360 V2 (7DAM) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
SE455 V3 (7DBY) |
SC750 V4 (7DDJ) |
SC777 V4 (7DKA) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
SD650-N V3 (7D7N) |
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J) |
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F) |
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q) |
||
| 2.5-inch hot-swap SED drives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4XB7A38141 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38191 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38192 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Trayless SED drives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BP28 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP2B | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V2 | AMD V1 | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74) |
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71) |
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73) |
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99) |
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01) |
SR655 Client OS |
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X) |
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V) |
SD630 V2 (7D1K) |
SD650 V2 (7D1M) |
SD650-N V2 (7D1N) |
SN550 V2 (7Z69) |
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32) |
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60) |
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
||
| 2.5-inch hot-swap SED drives | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4XB7A38141 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38191 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38192 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Trayless SED drives | |||||||||||||||||||
| BP28 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP2B | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 1S Intel V1 | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50) |
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46) |
SR150 (7Y54) |
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51) |
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10) |
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08) |
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04) |
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03) |
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99) |
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02) |
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06) |
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37) |
SD530 (7X21) |
SD650 (7X58) |
SN550 (7X16) |
SN850 (7X15) |
||
| 2.5-inch hot-swap SED drives | |||||||||||||||||
| 4XB7A38141 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38191 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 4XB7A38192 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Trayless SED drives | |||||||||||||||||
| BP28 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP29 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BP2B | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD SED | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Storage controller support
SAS and SATA SED drives require a supported controller, either a SAS HBA or a RAID controller, with SED support. SED support of RAID adapters is via the MegaRAID SafeStore functionality of the adapter. SED support of the SAS HBAs (where supported) is by using software on the server (SED commands are passed through the HBA to the drives).
The following table lists which ThinkSystem controllers support the use of SED drives.
Note: Not all servers that support these drives also support all of the adapters supported here. Consult the individual server product guide for specific server support of the adapters.
| Part number |
Description | SED Services |
|---|---|---|
| SAS HBAs for internal drives | ||
| 7Y37A01088 | ThinkSystem 430-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Host software pass-thru |
| 4C57A16217 | ThinkSystem SD530 430-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb Dense HBA Kit | Host software pass-thru |
| 7Y37A01089 | ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Host software pass-thru* |
| 4Y37A72480 | ThinkSystem 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Host software pass-thru* |
| 4Y37A72481 | ThinkSystem 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Host software pass-thru* |
| 4Y37A09725 | ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb Internal HBA | Host software pass-thru |
| RAID adapters for internal drives | ||
| None | Intel RSTe onboard controller | No |
| 7M27A03918 | ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i 2 Drive Adapter Kit for SN550 | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7M17A03932 | ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i 4 Drive Adapter Kit for SN850 | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7Y37A01082 | ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09727 | ThinkSystem RAID 530-16i PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRIAD SafeStore |
| 4C57A16216 | ThinkSystem SD530 HW RAID Kit | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A72482 | ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Supported* |
| 7Y37A01083 | ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter | No |
| 4Y37A09722 | ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7M27A03917 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i-2GB 2 Drive Adapter Kit for SN550 | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7M17A03933 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i-2GB 4 Drive Adapter Kit for SN850 | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7Y37A01084 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7Y37A01085 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09721 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 8GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 7Y37A01086 | ThinkSystem RAID 930-24i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A72483 | ThinkSystem RAID 9350-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Supported* |
| 4Y37A72485 | ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Supported* |
| 4Y37A72484 | ThinkSystem RAID 9350-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Internal Adapter | Supported* |
| 4Y37A72486 | ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Internal Adapter | Supported* |
| 4Y37A09728 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09729 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A78600 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-16i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09730 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-16i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09735 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-16i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Internal Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
| 4Y37A09733 | ThinkSystem RAID 940-32i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter | MegaRAID SafeStore |
* A firmware update may be required for SED support
For more information, see the RAID adapter and HBA product guides:
- RAID controllers: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
- SAS HBAs: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
To compare the capabilities of these adapters, see the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference:
https://lenovopress.com/LP1288
Operating system support
SAS and SATA operate transparently to users, storage systems, applications, databases, and operating systems.
Operating system support is based on the controller used to connect to the drives. Consult the controller product guide for more information:
- RAID controllers: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
- SAS HBAs: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
IBM SKLM Key Management support
To effectively manage a large deployment of SEDs in Lenovo servers, IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) offers a centralized key management solution. Certain Lenovo servers support Features on Demand (FoD) license upgrades that enable SKLM support.
The following table lists the part numbers and feature codes to enable SKLM support in the management processor of the server.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Security Key Lifecycle Manager - FoD (United States, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Japan) | ||
| 00D9998 | A5U1 | SKLM for System x/ThinkSystem w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S |
| 00D9999 | AS6C | SKLM for System x/ThinkSystem w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S |
| Security Key Lifecycle Manager - FoD (Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa) | ||
| 00FP648 | A5U1 | SKLM for System x/ThinkSystem w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S |
| 00FP649 | AS6C | SKLM for System x/ThinkSystem w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S |
The IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager software is available from Lenovo using the ordering information listed in the following table.
| Part number | Description |
|---|---|
| 7S0A007FWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager Basic Edition Install License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007HWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007KWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007MWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007PWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3/V4 | 4S 8S Intel V3 | Multi Node V3/V4 | 1S V3 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G) |
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E) |
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C) |
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A) |
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A) |
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73) |
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76) |
SR630 V4 (7DG8 / 7DG9) |
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96) |
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93) |
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4) |
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1) |
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3) |
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2) |
SD520 V4 (7DFZ / 7DFY) |
ST45 V3 (7DH4 / 7DH5) |
ST50 V3 (7DF4 / 7DF3) |
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE) |
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL) |
||
| A5U1 | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| AS6C | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Part Number | Description | GPU Rich | Edge | Super Computing | 1S Intel V2 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23) |
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R) |
SR680a V3 (7DHE) |
SR685a V3 (7DHC) |
SR780a V3 (7DJ5) |
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE350 V2 (7DA9) |
SE360 V2 (7DAM) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
SE455 V3 (7DBY) |
SC750 V4 (7DDJ) |
SC777 V4 (7DKA) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
SD650-N V3 (7D7N) |
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J) |
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F) |
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q) |
||
| A5U1 | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| AS6C | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V2 | AMD V1 | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74) |
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71) |
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73) |
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99) |
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01) |
SR655 Client OS |
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X) |
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V) |
SD630 V2 (7D1K) |
SD650 V2 (7D1M) |
SD650-N V2 (7D1N) |
SN550 V2 (7Z69) |
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32) |
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60) |
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
||
| A5U1 | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| AS6C | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Part Number | Description | 1S Intel V1 | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50) |
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46) |
SR150 (7Y54) |
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51) |
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10) |
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08) |
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04) |
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03) |
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99) |
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02) |
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06) |
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37) |
SD530 (7X21) |
SD650 (7X58) |
SN550 (7X16) |
SN850 (7X15) |
||
| A5U1 | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/1Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| AS6C | SKLM for System x w/SEDs - FoD per Install w/3Yr S&S | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
Warranty
The 5300 Entry SATA SED SSDs carry a one-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When the SSDs are installed in a supported server, these drives assume the system’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Solid State Memory cells have an intrinsic, finite number of program/erase cycles that each cell can incur. As a result, each solid state device has a maximum amount of program/erase cycles to which it can be subjected. The warranty for Lenovo solid state drives (SSDs) is limited to drives that have not reached the maximum guaranteed number of program/erase cycles, as documented in the Official Published Specifications for the SSD product. A drive that reaches this limit may fail to operate according to its Specifications.
Physical specifications
The drives have the following physical specifications (approximate, without the tray):
- Height: 7 mm (0.3 in.)
- Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
- Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
- Weight: 70 g (2.5 oz)
Shipping dimensions and weight - 2.5-inch drives (approximate, including the tray):
- Height: 63 mm (2.5 in.)
- Width: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
- Depth: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
- Weight: 434 g (1.0 lb)
Operating environment
The SSDs are supported in the following environment:
- Operating temperature: 0 to 70°C (32 to 158°F)
- Non-operating temperature: -40 to 85°C (-40 to 185°F)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)
Agency approvals
The 5300 Entry SATA SED SSDs conform to the following regulations:
- Micron Green Standard
- Built with sulfur resistant resistors
- CE (Europe): EN 55032 Class B, RoHS
- FCC: CFR Title 47, Part 15 Class B
- UL: UL-60950-1, 2nd Edition
- BSMI (Taiwan): approval to CNS 13438
- RCM (Australia, New Zealand): AS/NZS CISPR32 Class B
- KCC RRL (Korea): approval to KN 32 Class B, KN 35 Class B
- W.E.E.E.: Compliance with EU WEEE directive 2002/96/EC.
- TUV (Germany): approval to IEC60950/EN60950
- VCCI (Japan): 2015-04 Class B
- IC (Canada): CISPR32 Class B: Canadian ICES-003:2016
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
Trademarks
Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/legal/copytrade/.
The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
Lenovo®
ServerProven®
System x®
ThinkSystem®
The following terms are trademarks of other companies:
AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Intel® is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
