topic Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led in Solid State Drives (NAND)

Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Wed, 11 May 2016 15:18:40 GMT

Hi All,

I've recently bought Intel's P3700 800GB SSD to our Lenovo x3650 M5 (E5-2630 v3 dual CPU) server, running Ubuntu.

Performance is not as high as it suppose to be - hdparm -tT --direct shows around 1.6GB/sec. The same drive on a friends PC shows the 2.8GB/sec it suppose to be.

While trying to debug it I've noticed that the first orange led is blinking steadily - half a second on, half a second off, etc... It is starting when Ubuntu is booting even when the drive is not mounted so there is no traffic.

I tried to shutdown the server and unplug the power sources - but no luck there.

After installing the disk i ran dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1M oflag=direct, like it suggested in the NVMe Driver Reference Guide - maybe I put the SSD is some kind of bad state?

Any other ideas? Maybe firmware? how do I find out which firmware I have? Unfortunately Intel does not support Ubuntu for the SSD Data Center Tool.

I'm do not know if the blinking causes the performance issue, but it is odd.

Thanks,

Gil.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

MGant — Wed, 11 May 2016 15:40:48 GMT

Hi,

Maybe your SSD model is failing. http://www.dafotec.fr/ To see the chip controller you have to open it but it will void the warranty.http://www.dafotec.be/

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Wed, 11 May 2016 17:37:54 GMT

I just want to correct something, I didn't try the drive I have on my friends PC, he has a different P3700.

rookie67, I hope you are wrong

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Wed, 11 May 2016 20:30:34 GMT

Gilsho,

About this situation, for Ubuntu you can go ahead and download the Intel® SSD Data Center Tool for Linux* here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23931/ https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23931/ Also, here are the commands for you to use the Intel® SSD Data Center data http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/solid-state-drives/ssd-software/Intel_SSD_DCT_3_0_x_User_Guide.pdf http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/solid-state-drives/ssd-software/Intel_SSD_DCT_3_0_x_User_Guide.pdfAs well, the activity light will blink anytime there is activity, please refer to the last page from this document: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-dc-p3700-spec.pdf http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-dc-p3700-spec.pdfLet us know if you still require assistance.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:24:45 GMT

First of all, thank you for the quick response,

1. The Linux package contains RPM installation files which doesn't suite Ubuntu. Is there an Ubuntu/Debian installation somewhere?

2. If it is true I do not understand why there is I/O activity. It is a fresh install of Ubuntu and I didn't even mount the SSD so I do not expect any traffic towards it. I'll try to investigate it from the OS side.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Thu, 12 May 2016 07:16:08 GMT

UPDATE

I've unpacked the .rpm files and they are running fine. I spotted that my SSD is on an "EnduranceAnalyzer" mode, and it is waiting for an hour of workload for endurance analysis. Can this cause the performance issues I have? Is there a way to disable this analyzer? I'm running a random read/write workload for over an hour and the analyzer still doesn't have sufficient data.

This is the output of isdct show -a -intelssd 0, is there something bad here?

AggregationThreshold : 0

AggregationTime : 0

ArbitrationBurst : 0

Bootloader : 8B1B0131

CoalescingDisable : 1

DevicePath : /dev/nvme0n1

DeviceStatus : Healthy

EndToEndDataProtCapabilities : 17

EnduranceAnalyzer : Media Workload Indicators have reset values. Run 60+ minute workload prior to running the endurance analyzer.

ErrorString :

Firmware : 8DV10171

FirmwareUpdateAvailable : The selected Intel SSD contains current firmware as of this tool release.

HighPriorityWeightArbitration : 0

IOCompletionQueuesRequested : 30

IOSubmissionQueuesRequested : 30

Index : 0

Intel : True

IntelGen3SATA : False

IntelNVMe : True

InterruptVector : 0

LBAFormat : 0

LatencyTrackingEnabled : False

LowPriorityWeightArbitration : 0

MaximumLBA : 1562824367

MediumPriorityWeightArbitration : 0

MetadataSetting : 0

ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPEDMD800G4

NVME_1_0_Supported : True

NVME_1_2_Supported : False

NVMeControllerID : 0

NVMePowerState : 0

NamespaceId : 1

NativeMaxLBA : 1562824367

NumErrorLogPageEntries : 63

NumLBAFormats : 6

OEM : Generic

PCILinkGenSpeed : 3

PCILinkWidth : 4

PowerGovernorMode : 0 25W

Product : Fultondale

ProductFamily : Intel SSD DC P3700 Series

ProductProtocol : NVME

ProtectionInformation : 0

ProtectionInformationLocation : 0

SMARTHealthCriticalWarningsConfiguration : 0

SMBusAddress : 106

SectorSize : 512

SerialNumber : CVFT6042001W800CGN

TCGSupported : False

TempThreshold : 85

TimeLimitedErrorRecovery : 0

TrimSupported : True

VolatileWriteCacheEnabled : False

WriteAtomicityDisableNormal : 0

Thanks,

Gil.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Fri, 13 May 2016 20:13:11 GMT

Gilsho,

Thanks for replying back and trying the steps provided. We would like you to try the following in order to try to reset the endurance analyzer:

1. Reset SMART Attributes using the reset option.

isdct.exe set –intelssd 2 enduranceanalyzer=reset2. Optionally, remove the SSD and install in test system.3. Apply minimum 60-minute workload to SSD.4. Reinstall SSD in original system if needed. Compute endurance using the show command. You can also specify the EnduranceAnalyzer property specifically using the –display (-d) option.isdct.exe show –a –intelssd 2isdct.exe show –d EnduranceAnalyzer –intelssd 25. Read the Endurance Analyzer value which represents the drive's life expectancy in years.About the performance on this SSD, please make sure you are using our https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23929/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Family-for-NVMe-Drivers NVMe driver.We will be waiting for your response, have a nice day.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Tue, 17 May 2016 10:08:04 GMT

Hi,

I've reset the Endurance Analyzer, and rerun my workload and got the "wear prediction" - so thanks for that.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 with 4.2.0 Kernel, so NVME driver was compiled as a module by default:

filename: /lib/modules/4.2.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.koversion: 1.0license: GPLauthor: Matthew Wilcox <</span>mailto:willy@linux.intel.com willy@linux.intel.com>srcversion: C1E91880F29AB152ED05CF5alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc01sc08i02*

1. The orange light is still blinking even though there is no traffic to the SSD.

2. I'll try to be more clear about the bandwidth problem I'm talking about:

I'm running fio with simple synchronous read of a big file in the P3700. I had the chance to run it on a PC (i7-5930K) which showed the desired 2.8GB/sec bandwidth. On the other hand, on our new server (2x Xeon E5-2630v3) for the same test I get a 1.5GB, the same happened on another server I used to work on (4x E5-4650v2). I wonder what is different in the server that doesn't fully utilize the fast storage bandwidth.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Wed, 18 May 2016 21:57:38 GMT

Glisho,

We would like to know the model of each server you have tested so far. It seems it could be related to some configuration from each server and we would like to learn more about the specs on each one.We will be waiting for your response

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:41:02 GMT

Hi,

This is the spec for my current working server:

Ubuntu 14.04 with 4.2.0-27 Kernel

Processor Information

Socket Designation: Socket 1/2

Type: Central Processor

Family: Xeon

Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation

ID: F2 06 03 00 FF FB EB BF

Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 63, Stepping 2

Flags:

FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)

VME (Virtual mode extension)

DE (Debugging extension)

PSE (Page size extension)

TSC (Time stamp counter)

MSR (Model specific registers)

PAE (Physical address extension)

MCE (Machine check exception)

CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)

APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)

SEP (Fast system call)

MTRR (Memory type range registers)

PGE (Page global enable)

MCA (Machine check architecture)

CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)

PAT (Page attribute table)

PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)

CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)

DS (Debug store)

ACPI (ACPI supported)

MMX (MMX technology supported)

FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)

SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)

SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)

SS (Self-snoop)

HTT (Multi-threading)

TM (Thermal monitor supported)

PBE (Pending break enabled)

Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz

Voltage: 1.6 V

External Clock: 100 MHz

Max Speed: 4000 MHz

Current Speed: 2400 MHz

Status: Populated, Enabled

Upgrade:

Serial Number: Not Specified

Asset Tag: Unknown

Part Number: Not Specified

Core Count: 8

Core Enabled: 8

Thread Count: 8

Characteristics:

64-bit capable

Multi-Core

Hardware Thread

Execute Protection

Enhanced Virtualization

Power/Performance Control

BIOS Information

Vendor: LENOVO

Version: -[TCE106KUS-1.10]-

Release Date: 04/17/2015

Address: 0xF0000

Runtime Size: 64 kB

ROM Size: 16384 kB

Characteristics:

PCI is supported

PNP is supported

BIOS is upgradeable

BIOS shadowing is allowed

Boot from CD is supported

Selectable boot is supported

EDD is supported

5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

Print screen service is supported (int 5h)

8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)

Serial services are supported (int 14h)

Printer services are supported (int 17h)

CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)

ACPI is supported

USB legacy is supported

LS-120 boot is supported

ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported

Function key-initiated network boot is supported

Targeted content distribution is supported

UEFI is supported

BIOS Revision: 1.10

Firmware Revision: 1.72

System Information

Manufacturer: LENOVO

Product Name: System x3650 M5: -[5462E4G]-

Base Board Information

Manufacturer: LENOVO

Product Name: 00YJ423

Version: SVT

Features:

Board is a hosting board

Board is replaceable

Location In Chassis: Rack-mount

Type: Motherboard

PCI Devices

00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 02)

00:03.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 02)

00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 02)

00:05.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Hot Plug (rev 02)

00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 RAS, Control Status and Global Errors (rev 02)

00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 02)

00:11.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset SPSR (rev 05)

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 05)

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset MEI Controller # 1 (rev 05)

00:16.1 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset MEI Controller # 2 (rev 05)

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB Enhanced Host Controller # 2 (rev 05)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset PCI Express Root Port # 1 (rev d5)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset PCI Express Root Port # 3 (rev d5)

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset PCI Express Root Port # 5 (rev d5)

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB Enhanced Host Controller # 1 (rev 05)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset 6-Port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 05)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)

10:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation PCIe Data Center SSD (rev 01)

7f:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 QPI Link 0 (rev 02)

7f:08.2 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 QPI Link 0 (rev 02)

7f:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 QPI Link 0 (rev 02)

7f:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 R3 QPI Link 0 & 1 Monitoring (rev 02)

7f:0b.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 R3 QPI Link 0 & 1 Monitoring (rev 02)

7f:0b.2 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 R3 QPI Link 0 & 1 Monitoring (rev 02)

7f:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Unicast Registers (rev 02)

7f:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Unicast Registers (rev 02)

7f:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Unicast Registers (rev 02)

7f:0c.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Unicast Registers (rev 02)

7f:0c.4 System peripheral: I...

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:57:25 GMT

And some more info about the PCI devices:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 02)

Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Flags: fast devsel

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [144] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0004 Rev=1 Len=03c <?>

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0

Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/2 Maskable+ 64bit-

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [110] Access Control Services

Capabilities: [148] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [250] # 19

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0

Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/2 Maskable+ 64bit-

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [110] Access Control Services

Capabilities: [148] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [250] # 19

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0f, sec-latency=0

Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/2 Maskable+ 64bit-

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [110] Access Control Services

Capabilities: [148] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [250] # 19

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Bus: primary=00, secondary=10, subordinate=14, sec-latency=0

Memory behind bridge: 90200000-902fffff

Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/2 Maskable+ 64bit-

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [110] Access Control Services

Capabilities: [148] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [250] # 19

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:03.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Bus: primary=00, secondary=15, subordinate=19, sec-latency=0

I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff

Memory behind bridge: 90300000-904fffff

Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/2 Maskable+ 64bit-

Capabilities: [90] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0002 Rev=0 Len=00c <?>

Capabilities: [110] Access Control Services

Capabilities: [148] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [1d0] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=00a <?>

Capabilities: [250] # 19

Capabilities: [280] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0005 Rev=3 Len=018 <?>

Capabilities: [300] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0008 Rev=0 Len=038 <?>

Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 02)

Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Flags: fast devsel

Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00

00:05.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 Hot Plug (rev 02)

Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Flags: fast devsel

Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00

Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0006 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>

Capabilities: [110] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0006 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>

Capabilities: [120] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0006 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>

Capabilities: [130] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0006 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>

00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 RAS, Control Status and Global Errors (rev 02)

Subsystem: Device 1d49:0a00

Flags: fast devsel

Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00

00:05.4 PIC: In...

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Thu, 19 May 2016 19:55:01 GMT

Gilsho,

Thanks for providing the information. We would like to know, are the other servers you have tested also Lenovo* servers?If those are also Lenovo* we suggest you to contact them in order to verify the change on the speed since we do know the SSD works fine in one of them.Please keep us updated, we will be waiting.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

KDoul — Sun, 22 May 2016 06:21:49 GMT

I have same issue P3600 here, amber LED is blinking all the time (its first LED from top - amber, others are red and yellow silent, green is ON also), no problems with data so far. My drive usage is very low. OS is VMWARE ESXi with latest driver. Server is HP Microserver Gen 8.

When in POST or in BIOS Setup LED is OFF

When Vmware driver loaded amber is blinking when Intel driver loaded -constant solid amber

Update:

https://github.com/vmware/nvme/issues/10 Intel P3600 constant blinking amber led · Issue # 10 · vmware/nvme · GitHub

can it be forwarded to Intel ESXI driver development team?

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:48:25 GMT

Humay,

Please check your private message. Let us know.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Fri, 27 May 2016 20:23:06 GMT

Gilsho,

We are following up this case and we would like to know if you contacted Lenovo* about the situation?We will be waiting for your response.NC

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Sat, 28 May 2016 08:29:31 GMT

Hi,

I've posted a question on Lenovo forums, but no one answered.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/System-x-Rack-Servers/Lenovo-x3650-M5-and-Intel-P3700-SSD-Performance-Issue/td-p/3332891 Lenovo x3650 M5 and Intel P3700 SSD - Performance ... - Lenovo Community

I also trying to debug it on my own, but still on luck.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Mon, 30 May 2016 17:55:31 GMT

Gilsho,

Thanks for replying back. We would like you to check with Lenovo* as you said the drive was running fine in other servers and at the same time it will be important to have some inputs from them about the situation you have.Please let us know if you receive any update.NC

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

GGil — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:03:22 GMT

Update

I took a friend's SSD from another server and connected it to my server.

My friend's SSD orange led doesn't blink, so it seem like a SSD issue and not a server issue.

Performance on my friend's SSD is higher - 1.6GB/sec on my sync fio benchmark, while my SSD show almost 1.2GB/sec.

This is still not peak performance, but SSDs performance should be the same, mine is even newer so wear level and stuff are low.

The only difference I can think of between SSDs are the firmware: mine is 8DV10171 while his is 8DV10131.

I will really want to solve the orange blinking led issue, it shouldn't happen.

Please advise,

Gil.

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:23:39 GMT

Gilsho,

Thanks for the testing on your end.We would like to review a little bit more on this since you have tested another SSD which light does not blink.We will get back to you as soon as we confirm this behaviour, we will try both firmwares if possible as well.NC

Re: Intel P3700 blinking orange led

idata — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:14:35 GMT

Hello,

The SSD model, server, configuration and test settings are all important for performance results. If the conditions are not the same, then we would expect different results. The advertised values are noted in pages 10-11 of the http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-dc-p3700-spec.pdf P3700 product specifications.

Make sure that the drive is preconditioned, since that also has an impact in the performance results.

It is advised to check with Lenovo for any BIOS updates as well.

Here are some existing threads and reference documents about NVME* drive performance:

/thread/76405 Anyone measured the performance of NVMe PCIe 750 SSD using fio under Linux?

/thread/56790 Intel DC P3700 400GB SSD Poor performance on linux system

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/ssdc/hpssd/ssd-750/sb/intel_ssd_750_series_evaluation_guide_332075001us.pdf http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/ssdc/hpssd/ssd-750/sb/intel_ssd_750_series_evaluation_guide_332075001us.pdf

http://itpeernetwork.intel.com/how-to-benchmark-ssds-with-fio-visualizer/ http://itpeernetwork.intel.com/how-to-benchmark-ssds-with-fio-visualizer/