Manual

Contents
1 Intel 320 Series SSD User's Information for Dell PowerEdge C Products.........................5
About This Document...............................................................................................................................................5
Supported Hardware................................................................................................................................................5
PowerEdge C Servers........................................................................................................................................5
Controllers..........................................................................................................................................................5
SSD Hard Drive Indicator Patterns...........................................................................................................................6
Drive Activity Indicator.......................................................................................................................................6
Drive Status Indicator........................................................................................................................................6
Wear Usage Monitoring...........................................................................................................................................7
The Smartmon Tool............................................................................................................................................7
Obtaining the Smartmon Tool.............................................................................................................................7
SMART Attributes..............................................................................................................................................7
Smartmon Tool and smartctl Resources............................................................................................................7
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Linux RAID Environments................................8
Monitoring Drive Wear Example Using the Smartmon Tool — Non-RAID Environments.................................8
Using the Smartmon Tool to Estimate Wear Usage — Windows RAID Environments ONLY............................8
Calculating Estimated Drive Wear...................................................................................................................10
Firmware Upgrades for Intel SSDs.........................................................................................................................11
Adjusting SSD Usable Capacity to Improve Drive Performance............................................................................11
Intel 320 SSD ATA Instant Secure Erase Functionality ..........................................................................................11
2 Getting Help................................................................................................................................13
Contacting Dell.......................................................................................................................................................13