Intel P3700 blinking orange led

[GGil]

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.

[MGant]

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/

[aleyda]

Thank you for the guide.

[GGil]

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

[idata]

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_D... http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/solid-state-drives/ssd-software/Intel_SSD_D...As 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... http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-dc-p3700-spec...Let us know if you still require assistance.