User's Manual

PCI Express Solid-State Device Support

This section provides 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 SubSystem Properties

The PCIe SSD subsystem comprises of the following components:

• Backplane

• Extender Card

• PCIe Solid-State Device

Table 3. PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties

Properties Description

ID Displays the subsystem ID assigned to the PCIe

SSD subsystem by Storage Management. Storage

Management numbers the controllers and PCIe

SSD subsystems attached to the system starting

with zero. This number is the same as the PCIe

SSD subsystem ID number reported by the