Software Support

PCI Express Solid-State Device Support

This section gives an overview of the Storage Management device management support for Peripheral Component

Interconnect Express (PCIe) Solid-State Drive (SSD) and its associated devices like the backplane and extender card.

In Storage Management, PCIe-SSD appears under Storage in the tree view. Storage Management reports the PCIe-SSD

devices and its various properties.

NOTE: Storage Management does not support RAID management or configuration on PCIe-SSD sub systems.

What Is PCIe-SSD?

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) solid-state device (SSD) is a high-performance storage device

designed for solutions requiring low latency, high Input Output Operations per Second (IOPS), and enterprise class

storage reliability and serviceability. The PCIe-SSD is designed based on Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash technology

with a high-speed PCIe 2.0 compliant interface. The high-speed PCIe 2.0 compliant interface helps improve performance

for I/O bound solutions.

PCIe SSD Features

Following are the key features of PCIe-SSD:

• Hot plug capability

• High-performance device

• Support for 2.5-inch HDD Form Factor

PCIe SSD Sub-System Properties

The PCIe SSD sub-system comprises of the following components:

• Backplane

• Extender Card

• PCIe Solid-State Device

Table 3. PCIe SSD Sub-System Properties

Properties Description

ID Displays the sub-system ID assigned to the PCIe SSD sub-

system by Storage Management. Storage Management

numbers the controllers and PCIe SSD sub-systems

attached to the system starting with zero. This number is

the same as the PCIe SSD sub-system ID number reported

by the omreport command. For information on Command