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Abstract
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) employ MLC NAND flash memory with High Endurance Technology and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at databases and other enterprise workloads that require high I/O performance in random read and write operations, including applications caching and tiering. The 1.8-inch SSDs can also be used in the eXFlash solution for maximum capacity and performance.
Note: These SSDs are withdrawn from marketing.
Introduction
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) employ MLC NAND flash memory with High Endurance Technology and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at databases and other enterprise workloads that require high I/O performance in random read and write operations, including applications caching and tiering. The 1.8-inch SSDs can also be used in the eXFlash solution for maximum capacity and performance.
Figure 1 shows the S3700 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise SSD.
Figure 1. S3700 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise SSD
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With High Endurance Technology, S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs can be fully rewritten up to ten times per day throughout their entire five-year life expectancy. These solid-state drives provide outstanding performance, endurance, reliability, and energy efficiency for both read- and write-intensive enterprise applications, such as databases, data warehouses, corporate email and collaboration, actively connected users, medical imaging, and other applications.
Rigorous testing of S3700 SATA Enterprise MLC SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven® program assures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing an additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.
Part number information
Table 1 lists the information for ordering part numbers and feature codes.
Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes
| Description | Part number | Feature code |
| 1.8-inch SSDs | ||
| S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | 41Y8366 | A4FS |
| S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | 41Y8371 | A4FT |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | ||
| S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ156 | A4U3 |
| S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ161 | A4U4 |
| S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ166 | A4U5 |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||
| S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8331 | A4FL |
| S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8336 | A4FN |
| S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8341 | A4FQ |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | ||
| S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8351 | A4FM |
| S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8356 | A4FP |
| S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | 41Y8361 | A4FR |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | ||
| S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD for Flex System x222 | 00AJ320 | A51S |
| S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD for Flex System x222 | 00AJ325 | A51T |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||
| S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ480 | A56G |
| S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ485 | A56H |
| S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | 00AJ490 | A56J |
The part numbers include the following items:
- One SSD without a drive tray (1.8-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 2.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap drive tray (2.5-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 3.5-inch hot swap drive tray (3.5-inch SDDs)
- Technical Update Flyer
- Warranty Flyer
- Important Notices document
Features
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SDDs have the following features:
- Industry standard 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, or 3.5-inch form factors
- Support for a standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive bay (2.5-inch SSDs or 3.5-inch SSDs, respectively), eXFlash drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs), or SSD drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs) on selected System x®, iDataPlex®, BladeCenter®, and Flex System™ servers
- Cost-effective Intel 25 nm MLC NAND flash memory with High Endurance Technology (HET)
- High Endurance Technology combines NAND silicon enhancements and SSD NAND management techniques to extend the write endurance of an SSD
- SATA MLC solid-state drive with high read and write performance and consistently low latencies to fulfill client needs in the enterprise space
- High endurance, with up to 14.6 PB of total bytes written (TBW) to enable applications with intensive read/write workloads
- High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
- Energy saving, with as little as 6 W power consumption per drive
- 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
- Full end-to-end data path protection
- Thermal throttling to extend the life of the drive
- Enhanced power loss data protection
The key difference between Enterprise SSDs and Enterprise Value SSDs is their endurance (or life expectancy). 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. Enterprise SSDs have better endurance but a higher cost/IOPS ratio compared to Enterprise Value 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 TBW in the device specification.
For example, with S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs, the entire drive can be fully rewritten up to ten times per day to meet the five-year lifetime expectation of the drive, but the Enterprise Value SSD can sustain only up to 0.4 full writes per day (25 times less) to provide the same five-year lifetime.
Technical specifications
Table 2 presents technical specifications for the S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise solid-state drives.
Table 2. S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSD technical specifications (Part 1: 2.5-inch SSDs)
| Feature |
200 GB
|
400 GB
|
800 GB
|
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| Part number | 41Y8331 00AJ156 |
41Y8351 | 41Y8336 00AJ161 |
41Y8356 00AJ320 |
41Y8341 00AJ166 |
41Y8361 00AJ325 |
| Interface | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA |
| Hot-swap drive | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Form factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch |
| Capacity | 200 GB | 200 GB | 400 GB | 400 GB | 800 GB | 800 GB |
| Endurance | 5-year lifetime (3.65 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (3.65 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (7.3 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (7.3 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (14.6 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (14.6 PB TBW) |
| Data reliability | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read |
| MTBF, hours | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| IOPS reads* | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| IOPS writes* | 32,000 | 32,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 |
| Sequential read rate† | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps |
| Sequential write rate† | 365 MBps | 365 MBps | 460 MBps | 460 MBps | 460 MBps | 460 MBps |
| Read latency | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s |
| Write latency | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s |
| Shock, operating | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms |
| Vibration, operating | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz |
| Vibration, non-operating | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz |
| Typical power | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W |
* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers
Table 3. S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSD technical specifications (Part 2: 1.8-inch and 3.5-inch SSDs)
| Feature |
200 GB
|
400 GB
|
800 GB
|
||
| Part number | 41Y8366 | 00AJ480 | 41Y8371 | 00AJ485 | 00AJ490 |
| Interface | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA | 6 Gbps SATA |
| Hot-swap drive | Yes§ | Yes | Yes§ | Yes | Yes |
| Form factor | 1.8-inch | 3.5-inch | 1.8-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch |
| Capacity | 200 GB | 200 GB | 400 GB | 400 GB | 800 GB |
| Endurance | 5-year lifetime (3.65 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (3.65 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (7.3 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (7.3 PB TBW) |
5-year lifetime (14.6 PB TBW) |
| Data reliability | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read | < 1 in 1017 bits read |
| MTBF, hours | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| IOPS reads* | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| IOPS writes* | 29,000 | 32,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 |
| Sequential read rate† | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps | 500 MBps |
| Sequential write rate† | 365 MBps | 365 MBps | 460 MBps | 460 MBps | 460 MBps |
| Read latency | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s | 50 ?s |
| Write latency | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s | 65 ?s |
| Shock, operating | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms | 1000 g, 0.5 ms |
| Vibration, operating | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz | 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz |
| Vibration, non-operating | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz | 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz |
| Typical power | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W |
§ This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.
* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers
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, but 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.
Supported servers
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs and supported RAID controllers can be installed in the System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers that are listed in Table 3 and the BladeCenter and Flex System servers that are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 1)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8-inch SSDs | ||||||||
| 41Y8366 | S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 41Y8371 | S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | ||||||||
| 00AJ156 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 00AJ161 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 00AJ166 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||||
| 41Y8331 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8336 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8341 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | ||||||||
| 41Y8351 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8356 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8361 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | ||||||||
| 00AJ320 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ325 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||||
| 00AJ480 | S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 00AJ485 | S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 00AJ490 | S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 2)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8-inch SSDs | ||||||||||||||
| 41Y8366 | S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 41Y8371 | S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | ||||||||||||||
| 00AJ156 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 00AJ161 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 00AJ166 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||||||||||
| 41Y8331 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8336 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8341 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | ||||||||||||||
| 41Y8351 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 41Y8356 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 41Y8361 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | ||||||||||||||
| 00AJ320 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ325 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||||||||||
| 00AJ480 | S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ485 | S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ490 | S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 3)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8-inch SSDs | |||||||||||||
| 41Y8366 | S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 41Y8371 | S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | |||||||||||||
| 00AJ156 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ161 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ166 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | |||||||||||||
| 41Y8331 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 41Y8336 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 41Y8341 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | |||||||||||||
| 41Y8351 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 41Y8356 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 41Y8361 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | |||||||||||||
| 00AJ320 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ325 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | |||||||||||||
| 00AJ480 | S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ485 | S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ490 | S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
Table 4. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility (Part 1)
| Part number | Description |  |
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8-inch SSDs | ||||||
| 41Y8366 | S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 41Y8371 | S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | ||||||
| 00AJ156 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ161 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ166 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||
| 41Y8331 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 41Y8336 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 41Y8341 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | ||||||
| 41Y8351 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8356 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8361 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | ||||||
| 00AJ320 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ325 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | ||||||
| 00AJ480 | S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ485 | S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ490 | S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N |
Table 4. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility (Part 2)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8-inch SSDs | |||||||||||
| 41Y8366 | S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| 41Y8371 | S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - G3 hot-swap | |||||||||||
| 00AJ156 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 00AJ161 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 00AJ166 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | |||||||||||
| 41Y8331 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 41Y8336 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 41Y8341 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs - Simple Swap | |||||||||||
| 41Y8351 | S3700 200GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8356 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 41Y8361 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2.5-inch SSDs for Flex System x222 | |||||||||||
| 00AJ320 | S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ325 | S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD (x222) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.5-inch SSDs - hot-swap | |||||||||||
| 00AJ480 | S3700 200GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ485 | S3700 400GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 00AJ490 | S3700 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise SSD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
For the latest compatibility information for System x, BladeCenter, iDataPlex, NeXtScale, and Flex System servers, see the ServerProven website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
Supported storage controllers
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs require a supported disk controller. Tables 5 and 6 list the System x, BladeCenter, and Flex System controllers that support the SSDs that are installed in a supported server.
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 1)
| Part number | Description |  |
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| 46C9110 | ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 81Y4481 | ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 46C9114 | ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| 81Y4448 | ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 81Y4492 | ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 46C8988 | N2115 SAS/SATA HBA | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 47C8675 | N2215 SAS/SATA HBA | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 2)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard | ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 46C9110 | ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 46C9114 | ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Onboard | ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 81Y4481 | ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 81Y4448 | ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 81Y4492 | ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 46M0912 | 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 46C8988 | N2115 SAS/SATA HBA | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 47C8675 | N2215 SAS/SATA HBA | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 3)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46C9110 | ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| 46C9114 | ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Onboard | ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 81Y4481 | ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| 81Y4448 | ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 81Y4492 | ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 90Y4304 | ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 46M0829 | ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 46M0916 | ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 46M0831 | ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 46M0912 | 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 46C8988 | N2115 SAS/SATA HBA | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
| 47C8675 | N2215 SAS/SATA HBA | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y |
Table 6. Controllers for BladeCenter and Flex System servers supported with the SSDs (Part 1)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Y4750 | ServeRAID H1135 Controller | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Onboard | Integrated LSI SAS2004 | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| Onboard | Integrated LSI SAS1064e | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 46M6908 | SSD Expansion Card for BladeCenter HX5 | N | N | N | N | Y |
Table 6. Controllers for BladeCenter and Flex System servers supported with the SSDs (Part 2)
| Part number | Description |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00JX142 | ServeRAID M5215 with 2GB Flash Enablement | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Onboard | ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 44T1316 | ServeRAID M1200 Series Flex System Flash Kit for X6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 44T1178 | ServeRAID M5100 Series Flex System Flash Kit for X6* | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| 90Y4390 | ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| 90Y4750 | ServeRAID H1135 Controller | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Onboard | Integrated SATA Controller (Intel C600 chipset) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
* Includes ServeRAID M5115 adapter.
SSD Caching: The S3700 solid-state drives support the SSD Caching feature of certain controllers that have this feature enabled as an optional upgrade.
For the latest information about the adapters that are supported by each System x server type, see the ServerProven website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
Supported operating systems
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 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition
- Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86
- 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
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for x86
- VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi)
- VMware ESX 4.1
- VMware ESXi 4.1
- VMware ESX 4.0
- VMware ESXi 4.0
For the latest information about the specific supported versions and service packs, see the ServerProven website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. Click System x, then Storage controllers & SSD adapters, to see the support matrix. Select the check mark box that is associated with the System x server in question to see the details about operating system support.
Warranty
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs carry a one-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When the SSDs are installed in a supported server, the drives assume the system’s base warranty and any warranty service 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 S3700 SATA 1.8-inch MLC Enterprise SSDs have the following physical specifications.
Dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 5 mm (0.2 in.)
- Width: 54 mm (2.1 in.)
- Depth: 79 mm (3.1 in.)
- Weight: 49 g (0.1 lb)
Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 32 mm (1.3 in.)
- Width: 226 mm (8.9 in.)
- Depth: 150 mm (5.9 in.)
- Weight: 399 g (0.9 lb)
The S3700 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise SSDs have the following physical specifications.
Dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 7 mm (0.3 in.)
- Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
- Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
- Weight: 74 g (0.16 lb)
Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 63 mm (2.5 in.)
- Width: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
- Depth: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
- Weight: 434 g (1.0 lb)
The S3700 SATA 3.5-inch MLC Enterprise SSDs have the following physical specifications.
Dimensions and weight (approximate, without a 3.5-inch tray):
- Height: 7 mm (0.3 in.)
- Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
- Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
- Weight: 74 g (0.2 lb)
Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 95 mm (3.7 in.)
- Width: 257 mm (10.1 in.)
- Depth: 193 mm (7.6 in.)
- Weight: 484 g (1.1 lb)
Operating environment
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs are supported in the following environment:
- Temperature: 0 - 70 °C (32 - 158°F)
- Relative humidity: 8 - 85% (noncondensing)
- Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
Agency approvals
The S3700 SATA MLC Enterprise SSDs conform to the following regulations:
- UL
- CSA
- TUV
- FCC
- EMC
- CE Mark
- C-Tick Mark
- Taiwan (BSMI Certification)
- KCC
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