topic Re: We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB? in Solid State Drives (NAND)

We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB?

MMokh4 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:00:33 GMT

Bootloader : 0163
DevicePath : /dev/nvme0n1
DeviceStatus : Healthy
Firmware : VDV10160
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : Please contact your Intel representative about firmware update for this drive.
Index : 0
ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPECKE064T8
ProductFamily : Intel SSD DC P4618 Series
SerialNumber : PHLN920500046P4EGN-1

Bootloader : 0163
DevicePath : /dev/nvme1n1
DeviceStatus : Healthy
Firmware : VDV10160
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : Please contact your Intel representative about firmware update for this drive.
Index : 1
ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPECKE064T8
ProductFamily : Intel SSD DC P4618 Series
SerialNumber : PHLN920500046P4EGN-2

Re: We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB?

Santiago_A_Inte — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 05:19:45 GMT

Hi MMokh4;

We have taken note of your issue; we will need to further investigate.

We will get back to you as soon as we can.

Have a nice day

Santiago A.

Intel® Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB?

Esteban_C_Intel — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:47:35 GMT

Hello MMokh4,

Yes, it's normal to see 2 devices of 3.2TB because this SSD has the particular feature of including 2 controllers. Each controller manages a half section of the SSD; hence it is shown as 2 separate drives. You can use the drive this way, or if you want to use it as one single drive with full capacity, a RAID 0 array must be set up.

In order to setup the RAID configuration you can use the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC).

Regards,

Esteban C

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB?

Esteban_C_Intel — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:31:01 GMT

MMokh4,

This is a friendly reminder of the update done to this thread 3 days ago. I was also wondering if you had further questions.

Regards,

Esteban C

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: We installed P4618 on our server. Is it normal that instead of 1 disk device with capacity 6.4TB, we see 2 devices with 3.2TB?

Esteban_C_Intel — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:15:07 GMT

MMokh4,

This is to verify if you had further questions or if the answer provided was clear.

Regards,

Esteban C

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel