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S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for System x

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Abstract

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value solid-state drives (SSDs) for System x® employ MLC NAND flash memory and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at workloads that require high I/O performance in random read operations, including content delivery, streaming video, and big data analytics.

Withdrawn: These drives are now withdrawn from marketing.

Introduction

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value solid-state drives (SSDs) for System x® employ MLC NAND flash memory and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at workloads that require high I/O performance in random read operations, including content delivery, streaming video, and big data analytics.

Figure 1 shows the S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD.

S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD
Figure 1. S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD

Did you know?

Unlike client solid-state drives, S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs are designed to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (24x7), and they are equipped with a robust suite of enterprise features, including SMART attributes, hot-plug support, high reliability, enhanced ruggedness, thermal throttling, and enhanced power loss protection. They also leverage full end-to-end data path protection to protect the integrity of the data that is transferred to and from the NAND flash memory or stored in the memory.

S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs provide outstanding IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS for for read-intensive enterprise applications like web serving, content delivery, streaming video, and big data.

Rigorous testing of S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value 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 (hot-swap or non-hot-swap)*
S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ040 A4KV
S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ045 A4KW
S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ050 A4KX
S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ455 A58U
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs
S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ000 A4KM
S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ005 A4KN
S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ010 A4KP
S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ015 A4KQ
S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN268 A5U4
S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN278 A5U6
2.5-inch non-hot-swap SSDs
S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ020 A4KR
S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ025 A4KS
S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ030 A4KT
S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 00AJ330 A51U
S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ035 A4KU
S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN273 A5U5
S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System 00FN293 A5U8
3.5-inch hot-swap SSDs
S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ460 A56C
S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ465 A56D
S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ470 A56E
S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ475 A56F
S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN288 A5U7

* This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.

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 SSDs)
  • Support Flyer for SSD
  • Warranty Flyer
  • Important Notices document

Features

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SDDs have the following features:

  • Industry standard 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, or 3.5-inch form factors
  • Support for a conventional 2.5-inch drive bay (2.5-inch SSDs), 3.5-inch drive bay (3.5-inch SSDs), 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 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory
  • SATA MLC solid-state drive with high read performance and consistently low latencies to fulfill client needs in the enterprise space
  • High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
  • Energy saving, with as little as 5 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

Enterprise Value SSDs and Enterprise SSDs have similar read IOPS performance, but the key differences between them is their endurance (or life expectancy) and write IOPS performance. 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 Value SSDs have a better cost per read IOPS ratio but lower endurance and write IOPS performance compared to Enterprise 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.

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.

For example, for the S3500 240GB SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD to last in five years inside of the 140 TB of TBW, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 77 GB of writes per day. For the device to last in three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 128 GB of writes per day.

Technical specifications

Table 2 presents technical specifications for the S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs.

Table 2. S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications (Part 1)
Feature
80 GB
120 GB
240 GB
400 GB
Part number 00AJ040 00AJ000 00AJ020 00AJ460 00AJ045 00AJ005 00AJ025 00AJ465 00AJ050
Hot-swap drive Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes§
Form factor 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch
Interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA
Capacity 80 GB 120 GB 240 GB 400 GB
Endurance 45 TB TBW 70 TB TBW 140 TB TBW 225 TB TBW
Data reliability < 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
IOPS reads* 70,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
IOPS writes* 7,000 4,600 7,500 11,000
Sequential read rate† 340 MBps 445 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps
Sequential write rate† 100 MBps 135 MBps 260 MBps 380 MBps
Read latency 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s
Write latency 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
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
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
Typical power 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 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

Table 2. S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications (Part 2)
Feature
480 GB
800 GB
1.6 TB
Part number 00AJ010 00AJ030 00AJ470 00AJ455 00AJ015 00AJ035 00AJ475 00FN268
00FN278		 00FN273
00FN293		 00FN288
Hot-swap drive Yes No Yes Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch
Interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA
Capacity 480 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB
Endurance 275 TB TBW 450 TB TBW 880 TB TBW
Data reliability < 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
IOPS reads* 75,000 75,000 65,000
IOPS writes* 11,000 11,500 14,600
Sequential read rate† 500 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps
Sequential write rate† 410 MBps 450 MBps 460 MBps
Read latency 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s
Write latency 65 ?s 65 ?s 65 ?s
Shock, operating 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
Vibration, non-operating 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz
Typical power 5 W 5 W 5 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

Supported servers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value 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 x3100 M5 (5457) x3250 M5 (5458) x3550 M5 (5463) x3650 M5 (5462) nx360 M4 (5465)
1.8" SSDs
00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y
00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y
00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
2.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ000 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ005 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ010 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ015 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y N N N N
00FN268 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y N N N
00FN278 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
2.5" SSDs (non-hot-swap)
00AJ020 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ025 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ030 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 N N N N N
00AJ035 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00FN273 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N N
00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System N N N N N
3.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ460 S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ465 S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ470 S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00AJ475 S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
00FN288 S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 2)
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) 4.265A.jpg x3650 M4 HD (5460) x3750 M4 (8752) x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (3837) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600 v2) nx360 M4 (5455)
1.8" SSDs
00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y N Y Y N Y N
00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y N Y Y N N N
00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y N Y Y N N N
00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y N Y Y Y N N
2.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ000 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N
00AJ005 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N
00AJ010 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N
00AJ015 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N
00FN268 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N
00FN278 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N
2.5" SSDs (non-hot-swap)
00AJ020 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N N N Y N
00AJ025 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N N N Y N
00AJ030 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N N N Y N
00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ035 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N N N Y N
00FN273 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N N N Y N
00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System N N N N N N N N N N Y
3.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ460 S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N Y N N N N N N N
00AJ465 S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N Y N N N N N N N
00AJ470 S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N Y N N N N N N N
00AJ475 S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N Y N N N N N N N
00FN288 S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y N N Y N Y N N N N N
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 3)
Part number Description x3100 M4 (2582) x3250 M4 (2583) x3300 M4 (7382) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600) x3530 M4 (7160) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600) x3630 M4 (7158) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600) x3690 X5 (7147) x3750 M4 (8722) x3850 X5/x3950 X5 (7143) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)
1.8" SSDs
00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y Y
00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y N
00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y N
00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y N
2.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ000 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00AJ005 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00AJ010 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00AJ015 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00FN268 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00FN278 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
2.5" SSDs (non-hot-swap)
00AJ020 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N Y N N N Y
00AJ025 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N Y N N N Y
00AJ030 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N Y N N N Y
00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ035 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N Y N N N Y
00FN273 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N Y N N Y N N N Y
00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System N N N N N N N N N N N N
3.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ460 S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N Y N N N N N
00AJ465 S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N Y N N N N N
00AJ470 S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N Y N N N N N
00AJ475 S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N Y N N N N N
00FN288 S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N Y N N Y N N N N N
Table 4. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility
Part number Description HS22 (7870) HS23 (7875, E5-2600) HS23 (7875, E5-2600 v2) HS23E (8038) HX5 (7873) x220 (7906) x222 (7916) x240 (8737, E5-2600) x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2) x240 M5 (9532) x440 (7917) x280/480/880 X6 (7903)
1.8" SSDs
00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N
00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N
00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N
00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N
2.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ000 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N
00AJ005 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N
00AJ010 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N
00AJ015 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N
00FN268 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N
00FN278 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N Y
2.5" SSDs (non-hot-swap)
00AJ020 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ030 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ025 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 N N N N N N Y N N N N N
00AJ035 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00FN273 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System N N N N N N N N N N N N
3.5" SSDs (hot-swap)
00AJ460 S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ465 S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ470 S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00AJ475 S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N
00FN288 S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N N N N N N N N

For the latest compatibility information for System x, BladeCenter, iDataPlex, and Flex System servers, see the ServerProven® website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

Supported storage controllers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value 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.

SSD Caching support: The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs do not support MegaRAID CacheCade feature of the supported ServeRAID controllers.

Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 1)
Part number Description x3100 M5 (5457) x3250 M5 (5458) x3550 M5 (5463) x3650 M5 (5462) nx360 M4 (5465)
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
81Y4481 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C105 N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 N N N N N
46M0912 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA N N N N N
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA Y Y N N N
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA N N N N Y
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 2)
Part
number		 Product 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) 21.CC0.jpg x3650 M4 HD (5460) x3750 M4 (8752) x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (3837) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600 v2) nx360 M4 (5455)
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N Y Y N N N
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 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 Y N N N Y N
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y Y Y N Y N N N Y Y
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller N Y Y Y N Y Y N N Y Y
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C105 N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 N N N N N N N N N N Y
46M0912 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y N
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA Y N Y Y Y Y N N N N Y
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 3)
Part
number		 Product description x3100 M4 (2582) x3250 M4 (2583) x3300 M4 (7382) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600) x3530 M4 (7160) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600) x3630 M4 (7158) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600) x3690 X5 (7147) x3750 M4 (8722) x3850 X5/x3950 X5 (7143) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N N
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller N N N Y N Y N Y N N N Y
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N Y N Y 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 Y 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 N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C105 N N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 N N N N N N N N N N N 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 N 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 N
Table 6. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility
Part number Description HS22 (7870) HS23 (7875, E5-2600) HS23 (7875, E5-2600 v2) HS23E (8038) HX5 (7873) x220 (7906) x222 (7916) x240 (8737, E5-2600) x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2) x240 M5 (9532) x440 (7917) x280/480/880 X6 (7903)
90Y4390 ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N Y N Y Y N Y N
Onboard ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N Y
90Y4750 ServeRAID H1135 Controller N N N Y N Y N N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C105 N N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard Integrated LSI SAS3004 N N N N N N N N N Y N N
Onboard Integrated LSI SAS2004 N Y Y N N N N Y Y N Y N
Onboard Integrated SATA Controller (Intel C600 chipset) N N N N N N Y N N N N N
46C7167 ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller N N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard Integrated LSI SAS1064e Y N N N N N N N N N N N
46M6908 SSD Expansion Card for BladeCenter HX5 N N N N Y N N N N N N N

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 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 operating system versions and service packs, see  ServerProven:
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/xseries/controllers/matrix.shtml

Select the check mark box that is associated with the Controller and server combination in question to see the details about operating system support.

Warranty

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value 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 S3500 SATA 1.8-inch MLC Enterprise Value 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 S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value 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: 70 g (0.15 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 S3500 SATA 3.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value 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: 70 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 S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value 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 S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs conform to the following regulations:

  • UL
  • CB
  • CE Mark
  • C-Tick Mark
  • Taiwan (BSMI Certification)
  • KCC
  • VCCI

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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