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Abstract

The Lenovo PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS solid-state drives (SSDs) in capacities of 400 GB, 800 GB and 1.6 TB capacity are next-generation high-performance SSDs suitable for a wide range of applications running on both System x and ThinkServer platforms. 

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS SSD offerings and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. 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Withdrawn: All drives listed in this product guide are withdrawn from marketing.

Introduction

The Lenovo PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS solid-state drives (SSDs) in capacities of 400 GB, 800 GB and 1.6 TB capacity are next-generation high-performance SSDs suitable for a wide range of applications of running on both System x and ThinkServer platforms.

Samsung solid-state drive
Figure 1. Lenovo PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS SSD

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Unlike SATA drives, the 12 Gb/s SAS interface on these drives supports full duplex data transfer for higher performance, as well as dual port connectivity and enterprise-level error recovery for better availability. By combining the enhanced reliability of Samsung NAND flash memory silicon with NAND Flash management technologies, PM1635 SSDs deliver the extended endurance of up to 3 drive writes per day (DWPD) for 5 years, which is suitable for many enterprise applications.

Part number information

The following tables list the information for ordering part numbers and feature codes. The first table is for System x options and the second table is for ThinkServer options.

Withdrawn: All drives listed in this product guide are withdrawn from marketing.

Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes - System x
Part number Feature code Description
2.5-inch hot-swap drives with G3HS tray
00YC460 AT9M 400GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD
00YC465 AT9N 800GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD
00YC470 AT9P 1.6TB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD
Table 2. Ordering part numbers - ThinkServer
Part number Description
2.5-inch hot-swap drives
4XB0K12258 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive
4XB0K12259 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive
4XB0K12260 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive
3.5-inch hot-swap drives
4XB0K12261 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive
4XB0K12262 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS HS SSD
4XB0K12263 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive

The part numbers include the following items:

  • One solid-state drive (HS parts include a hot-swap tray)
  • Support Flyer for SSDs
  • Warranty Flyer
  • Important Notices Flyer

Features

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs have the following features:

  • Mainstream server SSD suitable for mixed read-write-intensive workloads
  • Endurance of 3 drive-writes per day (DWPD)
  • 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch industry standard form factor with hot-swap tray
  • SAS 12 Gbps interface
  • Active-active dual port host interface
  • Protect data integrity from unexpected power loss with Samsung's advanced power-loss protection architecture
  • Supports Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T)
  • End-to-end data protection
  • Support 16 Initiator with Tag Command Queuing (TCQ) Command Set with a queue-depth of up to 128 commands
  • Compliant with SCSI Specification (SAS-3 / SPL-3 / SBC-4 / SPC-4 / SAM-5)
  • RoHS Compliant

Enterprise Entry SSDs and Enterprise Mainstream SSDs have similar read and write IOPS performance, but the key difference between them is their endurance (or lifetime) (that is, how long they can perform write operations because SSDs have a finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles). Enterprise Mainstream SSDs have better endurance but lower cost/IOPS ratio compared to Enterprise Entry SSDs. SSD write endurance is typically measured by the number of program/erase (P/E) cycles that the drive incurs over its lifetime, listed as the total bytes of written data (TBW) in the device specification.

The TBW value assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data (based on the number of P/E cycles) that a drive can be guaranteed to complete (% of remaining P/E cycles = % of remaining TBW). Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail. It simply denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed. A solid-state device will not fail upon reaching the specified TBW. At some point based on manufacturing variance margin, after surpassing the TBW value, the drive will reach the end-of-life point, at which the drive will go into a read-only mode.

Because of such behavior by Enterprise Entry solid-state drives, careful planning must be done to use them only in read-intensive or mixed up to 70% read/30% write environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive will not be exceeded before the required life expectancy.

For example, the 1.6TB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD has an endurance of 8,760 TB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, write workload must be limited to no more than 4.8 TB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 3 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 8 TB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 5 full drive writes per day.

Technical specifications

The following tables present technical specifications for the PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs.

Table 3. Technical specifications
Feature 400 GB drive 800 GB drive 1.6 TB drive
System x
part numbers		 00YC460
 		 00YC465 00YC470
 
ThinkServer
part numbers		 4XB0K12258
4XB0K12261		 4XB0K12259
4XB0K12262		 4XB0K12260
4XB0K12263
Interface 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
Capacity 400 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB
Endurance
(drive writes per day for 5 years)		 3 DWPD 3 DWPD 3 DWPD
Endurance
(total bytes written)		 2,190 TB 4,380 TB 8,760 TB
Data reliability
(UBER)		 < 1 in 1017 bits read < 1 in 1017 bits read < 1 in 1017 bits read
MTBF 2,000,000 hours 2,000,000 hours 2,000,000 hours
IOPS reads (4 KB blocks) 190,000 190,000 190,000
IOPS writes (4 KB blocks) 50,000 74,000 68,000
Sequential read rate
(128 KB blocks)		 950 MBps 950 MBps 940 MBps
Sequential write rate
(128 KB blocks)		 530 MBps 870 MBps 790 MBps
Read latency (ran) 106 µs 106 µs 106 µs
Write latency (ran) 52 µs 52 µs 52 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
Vibration, non-operating 20 GRMS (10-2000 Hz) 20 GRMS (10-2000 Hz) 20 GRMS (10-2000 Hz)
Typical power (R / W) 9 W / 9 W 9 W / 9 W 9 W / 9 W

Supported servers - System x

The following tables list the System x servers that are compatible with the PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs.

Support for System x and dense servers with Xeon E5/E7 v4 and E3 v5 processors

Table 4. Support for System x and dense servers with Xeon E5/E7 v4 and E3 v5 processors
Part
number		 Description
x3250 M6 (3943)
x3250 M6 (3633)
x3550 M5 (8869)
x3650 M5 (8871)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v4)
nx360 M5 (5465, E5-2600 v4)
sd350 (5493)
00YC460 400GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y N
00YC465 800GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y N
00YC470 1600GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y N

Support for System x and dense servers with Intel E5 v3 and E3 v3 processors

Table 5. Support for servers with Intel Xeon v3 processors
Part
number		 Description
x3100 M5 (5457)
x3250 M5 (5458)
x3500 M5 (5464)
x3550 M5 (5463)
x3650 M5 (5462)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v3)
nx360 M5 (5465)
00YC460 400GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y Y
00YC465 800GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y Y
00YC470 1.6TB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N Y Y Y Y Y

Support for servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors

Table 6. Support for servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors
Part
number		 Description
x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600 v2)
x3530 M4 (7160, E5-2400 v2)
x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600 v2)
x3630 M4 (7158, E5-2400 v2)
x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600 v2)
x3650 M4 BD (5466)
x3650 M4 HD (5460)
x3750 M4 (8752)
x3750 M4 (8753)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (3837)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v2)
dx360 M4 (E5-2600 v2)
nx360 M4 (5455)
00YC460 400GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N N N N N N N N N Y N N
00YC465 800GB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N N N N N N N N N Y N N
00YC470 1.6TB Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD N N N N N N N N N N Y N N

Supported servers - ThinkServer

The following tables list the ThinkServer systems that are compatible with the PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs.

Support for ThinkServer Generation 5 servers with E5 v4 and E3 v5 processors

Table 7. Support for ThinkServer Generation 5 servers with E5 v4 and E3 v5 processors
Part number Description
TS150
TS450
TS460
RS160
TD350
RD350 (70Qx)
RD450 (70Qx)
RD550 (70Rx/70Sx)
RD650 (70Rx)
4XB0K12261 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12262 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS HS SSD N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12263 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12258 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12259 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12260 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N N Y Y Y Y Y

Support for ThinkServer Generation 5 servers with E5 v3 and E3 v3 processors

Table 8. Support for ThinkServer Generation 5 servers with E5 v3  and E3 v3 processors
Part number Description
TS140
TS440
RS140
TD350
RD350 (70Dx)
RD450 (70Dx)
RD550 (70Cx)
RD650 (70Dx)
4XB0K12261 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12262 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS HS SSD N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12263 Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12258 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 400GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12259 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 800GB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N Y Y Y Y Y
4XB0K12260 Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 1.6TB PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 12Gb SAS Hot Swap Solid State Drive N N N Y Y Y Y Y

Supported servers - Flex System

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs are currently not supported by any Flex System compute nodes.

Supported storage controllers

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs require a supported disk controller.

The following table list the System x controllers that support these solid-state drives installed in a supported server.

Table 9. Supported controllers - System x
    v2 Xeon v3 Xeon v4
Part number Description
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v2)
x3500 M5 (5464)
x3550 M5 (5463)
x3650 M5 (5462)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v3)
nx360 M5 (5465, E5-2600 v3)
x3550 M5 (8869)
x3650 M5 (8871)
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v4)
nx360 M5 (5465, E5-2600 v4)
47C8675 N2215 HBA Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
46C9114 ServeRAID M1215 N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

The following table list the ThinkServer controllers that support these solid-state drives installed in a supported server.

Table 10. Supported controllers - ThinkServer
    TD350 RD350 RD450 RD550 RD650
4XB0F28691 AnyRAID 510i Y N Y Y Y
4XB0F28693 AnyRAID 720i Y N Y Y Y
4XB0F28694 AnyRAID 720ix Y N Y Y Y
4XC0G88834 RAID 500 N Y Y N N
4XC0G88850 RAID 520i Y Y Y Y Y
4XC0G88836 RAID 710 N Y Y N N
4XC0G88849 RAID 720i Y Y Y Y Y

Operating system support

SSDs operate transparently to users, storage systems, applications, databases, and operating systems. The controllers that support SSDs are supported by the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
  • VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
  • VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)
  • VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi)

For the latest information about the specific supported operating system versions and service packs, see the Operating System Interoperability Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/osig

Warranty

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream 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 PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs have the following physical specifications:

Dimensions and weight (approximate, without the hot-swap tray, if applicable):

  • Height: 15 mm (0.6 in.)
  • Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
  • Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
  • Weight: 140 g (4.9 oz)

Shipping dimensions and weight for the 2.5-inch drives (approximate):

  • Height: 63 mm (2.5 in.)
  • Width: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
  • Depth: 174 mm (6.9 in.)

Shipping dimensions and weight for the 3.5-inch drives (approximate):

  • Height: 95 mm (3.7 in.)
  • Width: 194 mm (7.6 in.)
  • Depth: 257 mm (10.0 in.)

Operating environment

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs are supported in the following environment:

  • Temperature, operating: 0 - 70 °C (32 - 158 °F)
  • Temperature, non-operating: -40 to 85 °C (-40 - 185 °F)
  • Relative humidity: 5 - 95% (noncondensing)
  • Maximum altitude: -300 - 4,572 m (-1,000 to 15,000 feet)

Agency approvals

The PM1635 Enterprise Mainstream SSDs conform to the following regulations:

  • UL
  • TUV
  • FCC
  • IC
  • CB
  • CE Mark
  • C-Tick Mark
  • BSMI (Taiwan)
  • KCC (Korea EMI)
  • VCCI

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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