01-30-2017 09:49 AM
There are three status LEDs on the P3520 near the PCIe bracket. What do the LEDs indicate?
On one installation, I see the top and middle LEDs as green. On another installation in a different server, the top LED is green, and the middle LED is amber.
There is an installation guide for the P3500/P3600/P3700 series, but those have four status LEDs, so these would be different.
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01-31-2017 09:07 AM
Hello jfrjimenez,
This is the information on the LEDs for your SSD.LED D103 (Top) - Shows green when there's IO activity.LED D102 (Middle) - Shows green when PCIe* link is good. Amber when the link is sub-optimal (running at Gen 1 or Gen 2, or less than 4 lanes).LED D101 (Bottom) - Health indicator. Off is good, amber indicates fail status.The Intel® SSD DC P3520 Series is a PCIe* NVMe* 3.0 x4. While the drive is backward compatible with PCIe* 2.0 and 1.0, the drive will perform at half or quarter speeds, respectively.Our recommendation, in this case, will be to make sure the drive in question has been installed into a slot that meets these requirements. It may also be good to check and make sure the slot doesn't share lanes with another device.Best regards,Carlos A.01-30-2017 02:50 PM
Hello jfrjimenez,
We do not currently have the Add-in Card LED decoder information for the P3520 Series on hand but have already placed a request on your behalf. We will update you as soon as we receive a response.Best regards,Carlos A.01-31-2017 09:07 AM
Hello jfrjimenez,
This is the information on the LEDs for your SSD.LED D103 (Top) - Shows green when there's IO activity.LED D102 (Middle) - Shows green when PCIe* link is good. Amber when the link is sub-optimal (running at Gen 1 or Gen 2, or less than 4 lanes).LED D101 (Bottom) - Health indicator. Off is good, amber indicates fail status.The Intel® SSD DC P3520 Series is a PCIe* NVMe* 3.0 x4. While the drive is backward compatible with PCIe* 2.0 and 1.0, the drive will perform at half or quarter speeds, respectively.Our recommendation, in this case, will be to make sure the drive in question has been installed into a slot that meets these requirements. It may also be good to check and make sure the slot doesn't share lanes with another device.Best regards,Carlos A.01-31-2017 05:47 PM
Perfect! Thanks for the answer. I'm surprised I couldn't find a publicly-facing technical document with this information.
02-01-2017 07:23 AM
Hello jfrjimenez,
You're welcome. We're always glad to be of assistance.Best regards,Carlos A.