Intel SSD Data Center Tool

Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information about the Intel SSD Data Center Tool which is a drive management tool for Intel SSD Data Center Family of products, providing the following key features for both Intel SATA and Intel PCIe* drives:

Detect Intel SSD Data Center PCIe NVMe and SATA devices attached to a host system
Parse a drive's Identify Device information
Parse a drive's SMART (Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology) information
Resize the SSD's usable storage capacity by changing its maximum LBA setting
Update SSD firmware:

The tool carries a firmware payload for all supported drives
When drive information is displayed, the tool will indicate if a new firmware release is available
The tool does not update firmware on Engineering Sample (ES) drives

Calculate drive life expectancy (Endurance Analyzer feature)
Enable/Disable Latency Tracking
Parse read and write commands Latency Tracking logs
Read and/or modify the SM Bus Address for PCIe NVMe family drives
Set the Power Governor Mode (vendor unique feature). Three Modes are supported:

0: 25-watts for PCIe NVMe devices; 40W for PCIe NVMe x8 devices; Unconstrained for SATA devices.
1: 20-watts for PCIe NVMe devices; 35W for PCIe NVMe x8 devices; Typical (7-watts) for SATA devices
2: 10-watts for PCIe NVMe devices; 25W for PCIe NVMe x8 devices; Low (5-watts) for SATA devices.

Disclaimer: The software included with this message is accompanied by a software license that describes the terms, conditions, and restrictions for installing and/or using the software. Your installing, copying, and/or using the software indicates your acceptance of the terms, conditions, and restrictions in the accompanying license. If you do not accept the software license, do not install/copy/use the software and return the attached items to Intel.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

Product Overview

What’s New?

This release of the Intel SSD Data Center Tool includes product support for the Intel SSD DC P4500 Series and Intel SSD DC P4600 Series products.

This release of the Intel SSD Data Center Tool includes a firmware update for the Intel SSD DC P3520 Series product.

This release of the tool also includes the first firmware update for the Intel SSD DC S3520 Series product.

Additional fixes for some known compatibility issues with LSI* Mega RAID adapters.

Notes:

The Intel SSD Data Center Tool help screen provides additional information for each command.

If assistance is needed with the installation, or if problems occur using the tool, contact Intel Customer Support.

The Intel SSD Data Center Tool supports the following Intel Solid State Drives:

Intel Optane™ Solid State Drive DC P4800X Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P4500 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P4600 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3710 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3700 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3610 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3520 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3320 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3510 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3500 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC S3100 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3700 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3608 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3600 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3520 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3500 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3320 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC D3700 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC D3600 Series
Intel Solid State Drive DC P3100 Series
Intel Solid State Drive 750 Series

The Intel’s NVMe driver is available at https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23929.

The Intel SSD Data Center Tool does not support any other Intel SSDs and does not support the Intel SSD 910 Series products. The Intel SSD Data Center Tool for the Intel SSD 910 Series is available at https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/21099.

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For additional information, see the Intel SSD Data Center Tool Release Notes and Users Guide attached to this article.

Downloads

See the Intel Download Center for Drivers and Software.

The Intel SSD Data Center Tool Version 3.0.4 is available at: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26749/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Tool?product=87278

Installation Details

See the Intel SSD Data Center Tool Install Guide for installation steps and limitations.

System Requirements

The Intel SSD Data Center Tool is supported on ESXi 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5 operating system versions: 5.5, 6.0 & 6.5

Note: On ESXi systems, the tool only works on Intel PCIe NVMe drives using the Intel ESXi NVMe driver. The user will need to set their ESXi host acceptance level to CommunitySupported in order to install the tool.

Contact Information

For Intel SSD Data Center Tool Software Support, see http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/contact-support.html#@10.