Users Guide

Table 6. Physical Device Properties (continued)
Properties Description
Firmware Revision Displays the firmware version of the physical device.
NOTE: The updated firmware version reflects on the
Storage Management page after a service restart for the
NVMe drives which supports firmware update without
reset.
Model Number Displays the Piece Part Identification (PPID) of the PCIe SSD.
Capacity Displays the capacity of the device.
Vendor ID Displays the hardware vendor of the device.
Product ID Displays the product ID of the device.
Serial No. Displays the serial number of the device.
PCIe Negotiated Link Speed Displays the current negotiated transfer speed of the physical
device in GT/s.
PCIe Maximum Link Speed Displays the capable transfer speed of the physical device in
GT/s.
PCIe Negotiated Link Width Displays the current negotiated link width of the physical
device.
PCIe Maximum Link Width Displays the capable link width of the physical device.
Form Factor Displays the form factor of the device. Possible values are:
Add-in Card — For HHHL devices
2.5 inches — For physical devices other than a HHHL
device.
Sub Vendor Displays the vendor name of the device.
Available Spare Displays the available spare value set for all PCIe SSDs /
HHHL. The new disk will have 100% spare which comes down
as per the usage.
NOTE: This field is not applicable for NVMe Intel P4800x
devices.
Physical Device Tasks
The physical device tasks for PCIe SSD are as follows:
● Blinking And Unblinking
● Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD
● Exporting The Log
● Performing A Cryptographic Erase on An NVMe PCIe SSD
To perform a physical device task:
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the System tree, expand the Storage tree object to display the storage
component objects.
2. Expand the PCIe SSD Subsystem object
3. Expand the Enclosure (Backplane) object.
4. Select the Physical Devices object.
5. Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
6. Click Execute.
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