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Abstract
The PM1633a Enterprise Capacity solid-state drives (SSDs) from Lenovo provide high-performance, reliable storage solutions for high-capacity enterprise applications. Designed for dense storage and with a 12 Gb SAS interface, these drives feature all the capacity and performance that is needed to replace large numbers of 15K rpm and 10K rpm spinning disks, and consolidate storage into tightly packed server configurations.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 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Withdrawn from marketing: All PM1633a drives listed in this product guide are withdrawn from marketing. The suggested replacements are the ThinkSystem PM1643 Capacity SAS 12Gb SSDs.
Change History
Changes in the November 5 update:
- Added new servers: ThinkSystem ST50, ST250, SR150 and SR250 (not supported)
Introduction
The Lenovo PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS solid-state drives (SSDs) in capacities of 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB and 15.36 TB capacities are next-generation high-capacity SSDs suitable for a wide range of applications of running on both System x and ThinkServer platforms.
The PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs are designed for dense storage and with a 12 Gb SAS interface, these drives feature all the capacity and performance that is needed to replace large numbers of 15K rpm and 10K rpm spinning disks, and consolidate storage into tightly packed server configurations.
Figure 1. Lenovo PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS SSD
Did you know?
Enterprise Capacity SSDs are a category of cost-effective high-capacity SSDs where it makes sense to store all of your data on the SSDs, and not use the SSDs only for caching or indexes.
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.
Part number information
Withdrawn from marketing: All drives listed in this product guide are withdrawn from marketing. The suggested replacements are the ThinkSystem PM1643 Capacity SAS 12Gb SSDs.
The following table lists the part numbers and feature codes for ThinkSystem servers.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5-inch hot-swap drives | ||
| 7N47A00121 | AUMK | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD |
| 7N47A00122 | AUML | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 7.68TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD |
| 7N47A00123 | B116 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 15.36TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap drives | ||
| 4XB7A10173 | B2XC | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1633a 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD |
The following table lists the part numbers and feature codes for System x servers.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5-inch hot-swap drives with G3HS tray | ||
| 01GR786 | AVKV | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD |
| 01GR771 | AUEJ | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap drives with hot-swap tray | ||
| 01GR791 | AVKW | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSD |
| 2.5-inch non-hot-swap drives for use in NeXtScale systems | ||
| 01GR796 | AVKZ | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale |
| 01GR776 | AUEK | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale |
| Part number | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5-inch hot-swap drives | ||
| 4XB0K12387 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | |
| 4XB0K12402 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 7.68TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gb HS SSD | |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap drives | ||
| 4XB0K12388 | Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | |
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 PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs have the following features:
- High capacity server SSD suitable for read-intensive workloads
- Based on Samsung V-NAND technology and TLC flash memory
- Endurance of 1 drive-write per day (DWPD) over 5 years
- 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 Capacity SSDs have similar read and write IOPS performance and similar endurance to Enterprise Entry SSDs, however, the key difference is density - the total amount of storage in each 2.5-inch drive. With large configurations, more storage can be installed internal to the server, changing the need for external JBOD connections thereby saving power and rack space.
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.
For example, the PM1633a 7.68 TB drive has an endurance of 14,016 TB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, write workload can be up to 7,680 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 1.0 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive write workload can be up to 12,800 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 1.7 full drive writes per day.
Users also have the flexibility to use this drive for more write intensive applications because these drives have such a large average daily write capacity. For example, the 3.84 TB has the same average daily write capacity (7,008 TB at 1.0 drive writes per day) as a 400 GB Enterprise Performance drive (7,300 TB at 10 drive writes per day).
Technical specifications
The following tables present technical specifications for the PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs.
| Feature | 3.84 TB drive | 7.68 TB drive | 15.36 TB drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | 12 Gbps SAS | 12 Gbps SAS | 12 Gbps SAS |
| Capacity | 3.84 TB | 7.68 TB | 15.36 TB |
| Endurance (drive writes per day for 5 years) |
1 DWPD | 1 DWPD | 1 DWPD |
| Endurance (total bytes written) |
7,008 TB | 14,016 TB | 28,032 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) | 180,000 | 148,000 | 148,000 |
| IOPS writes (4 KB blocks) | 23,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Sequential read rate (128 KB blocks) |
940 MBps | 640 MBps | 640 MBps |
| Sequential write rate (128 KB blocks) |
1000 MBps | 450 MBps | 450 MBps |
| 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 |
Server support - ThinkSystem
The following table lists the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part number |
Description | 1S Rack & Tower | 2S Rack & Tower | 4S Rack | Dense/ Blade | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ST50 (7Y48/7Y50)
|
ST250 (7Y45/7Y46)
|
SR150 (7Y54)
|
SR250 (7Y51/7Y52)
|
ST550 (7X09/7X10)
|
SR530 (7X07/7X08)
|
SR550 (7X03/7X04)
|
SR570 (7Y02/7Y03)
|
SR590 (7X98/7X99)
|
SR630 (7X01/7X02)
|
SR650 (7X05/7X06)
|
SR670 (7Y36/7Y37/7Y38)
|
SR850 (7X18/7X19)
|
SR860 (7X69/7X70)
|
SR950 (7X11/12/13)
|
SD530 (7X21)
|
SD650 (7X58)
|
SN550 (7X16)
|
SN850 (7X15)
|
||
| 7N47A00121 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| 7N47A00122 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 7.68TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| 7N47A00123 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 15.36TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 4XB7A10173 | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1633a 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Server support - System x
The following tables list the System x servers that are compatible with the PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs.
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 v4)
|
sd350 (5493)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01GR786 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 01GR771 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 01GR791 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSD | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 01GR796 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 01GR776 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
Support for System x and dense servers with Intel E5 v3 and E3 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, E5 v3)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01GR786 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR771 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR791 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR796 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR776 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Server support - ThinkServer
The following tables list the ThinkServer systems that are compatible with the PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs.
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XB0K12387 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XB0K12402 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 7.68TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gb HS SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XB0K12388 | Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XB0K12387 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB0K12402 | Lenovo ThinkServer 2.5" 7.68TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gb HS SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XB0K12388 | Lenovo ThinkServer 3.5" 3.84TB PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SAS 12Gbps HS SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Server support - Flex System
The PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs are supported in the following Flex System compute nodes.
Tip: The SN550 and SN850 compute nodes are listed in the ThinkSystem support table.
| Part number |
Description |
x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2)
|
x240 (7162)
|
x240 M5 (9532, E5-2600 v3)
|
x240 M5 (9532, E5-2600 v4)
|
x440 (7167)
|
x880/x480/x280 X6 (7903)
|
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7196)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01GR786 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 01GR771 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS G3HS 2.5" SSD | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 01GR791 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR796 | PM1633a 3.84TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 01GR776 | PM1633a 7.68TB Enterprise Capacity 12Gb SAS 2.5" SSD for NeXtScale | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Storage controller support
The PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs require a supported SAS controller.
ThinkSystem controllers and servers are listed in the following table.
| Part number |
Description |
ST550 (7X09/7X10)
|
SR530 (7X07/7X08)
|
SR550 (7X03/7X04)
|
SR570 (7Y02/7Y03)
|
SR590 (7X98/7X99)
|
SR630 (7X01/7X02)
|
SR650 (7X05/7X06)
|
SR850 (7X18/7X19)
|
SR860 (7X69/7X70)
|
SR950 (7X11/12/13)
|
SD530 (7X21)
|
SN550 (7X16)
|
SN850 (7X15)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7Y37A01088 | 430-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 7Y37A01089 | 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 7Y37A01082 | RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 7Y37A01083 | RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 7Y37A01084 | RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 7Y37A01085 | RAID 930-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Feature AUYK | SD530 HW RAID Kit | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| 7M27A03918 | RAID 530-4i 2 Drive Adapter Kit for SN550 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 7M17A03932 | RAID 530-4i 4 Drive Adapter Kit for SN850 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
The following table lists the controllers and the System x servers that support those controllers.
| Xeon v4 | FS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part number |
Description |
x3550 M5 (8869)
|
x3650 M5 (8871)
|
x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v4)
|
nx360 M5 (5465, E5-2600 v4)
|
sd350 (5493)
|
x240 M5 (9532)
|
| Onboard | ServeRAID M1200e Controller | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 46C9114 | ServeRAID M1215 Controller | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
| 81Y4481 | ServeRAID M5110 Controller | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 46C9110 | ServeRAID M5210 Controller | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 00JX142 | ServeRAID M5215 Controller | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 00YD430 | H701-L 6Gb HBA Mezz Card | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 46C8988 | N2115 SAS/SATA HBA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 47C8675 | N2215 SAS/SATA HBA | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
The following table list the ThinkServer controllers that support these solid-state drives installed in a supported server.
| TS450 | TD350 | RD350 | RD450 | RD550 | RD650 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XB0F28691 | AnyRAID 510i | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XB0F28693 | AnyRAID 720i | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XB0F28694 | AnyRAID 720ix | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XC0G88850 | RAID 520i | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4XC0G88836 | RAID 710 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 4XC0G88849 | RAID 720i | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Operating system support
SAS and SATA SSDs 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
Warranty
The PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 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 PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 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: 160 g (5.6 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 PM1633a Enterprise Capacity 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 PM1633a Enterprise Capacity SSDs conform to the following regulations:
- UL
- TUV
- FCC
- IC
- CB
- CE Mark
- C-Tick Mark
- BSMI (Taiwan)
- KCC (Korea EMI)
- VCCI
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