Oracle F320 User manual

Oracle® Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card
User Guide
Part No: E65387-02
July 2016

Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card User Guide
Part No: E65387-02
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Contents
Using This Documentation ................................................................................. 7
Product Documentation Library ......................................................................... 7
Feedback ....................................................................................................... 7
Product Overview ............................................................................................... 9
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Overview ............................................. 9
About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card ..................................... 9
Key Features ........................................................................................ 11
Characteristics ....................................................................................... 11
Status Indicators .................................................................................... 12
Specifications ............................................................................................... 14
Product Specification ............................................................................. 14
Environmental Specifications ................................................................... 17
Electrical Specifications .......................................................................... 18
Reliability Specifications ........................................................................ 19
Physical Dimensions .............................................................................. 20
Preparing the Oracle F320 Flash Card for Installation ...................................... 23
▼ Prepare for Installation .............................................................................. 23
Required Tools .............................................................................................. 24
Ship Kit Contents .......................................................................................... 24
Observing Safety Precautions .......................................................................... 25
General Safety Information ..................................................................... 25
Safety Symbols ..................................................................................... 26
ESD Safety Measures ............................................................................. 26
▼ Perform ESD Prevention Measures ...................................................... 27
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Optimization Guidelines ........................ 27
Drive Volume Management ............................................................................. 28
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Contents
▼ Update Your System to the Latest Software Release ....................................... 28
Installing the Oracle F320 Flash Card ............................................................... 31
Installation Overview ..................................................................................... 31
Oracle F320 Flash Card Installation Overview ............................................ 32
▼ Install a New Oracle F320 Flash Card (Server Power-Off) ............................... 32
▼ Install a New Oracle F320 Flash Card (Server Power-On) ................................ 35
Servicing the Oracle F320 Flash Card .............................................................. 39
Oracle F320 Flash Card Service Overview ......................................................... 39
Component Serviceability ....................................................................... 40
▼ Replace Oracle F320 Flash Card (Server Power-Off) .............................. 41
▼ Replace Oracle F320 Flash Card (Server Power-On) ............................... 46
Technical Support .................................................................................. 49
Troubleshooting Oracle F320 Flash Card Cooling ....................................... 50
Servicing the Oracle F320 Flash Card Using Oracle Hardware Management Pack ...... 52
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Documentation .................................... 52
Index .................................................................................................................. 55
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Using This Documentation
■Overview – This user guide provides detailed procedures that describe installation,
configuration, and service of the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card.
■Audience – Technicians, system administrators, authorized service providers, and users.
■Required knowledge – Experience with servers and advanced understanding of server
storage systems. Advanced experience troubleshooting and replacing hardware.
Product Documentation Library
Documentation and resources for this product and related products are available at http://www.
oracle.com/goto/oracleflashf320/docs.
Feedback
Provide feedback about this documentation at http://www.oracle.com/goto/docfeedback.
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Product Overview
These topics describe the specifications and capabilities of the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320
PCIe Card (non-volatile memory express, solid-state drive).
Review the following product information topics before you install or service your Oracle F320
Flash Card:
Description Links
Learn about Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card
features and functions.
“Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card
Overview” on page 9
Review specifications and capabilities. “Specifications” on page 14
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Overview
These topics provide an overview of Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card features and
functions:
■“About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card” on page 9
■“Key Features” on page 11
■“Characteristics” on page 11
■“Status Indicators” on page 12
About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe
Card
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card presents outstanding performance with instant
responsiveness to the host system, by applying the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
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Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Overview
(PCIe) 3.0 interface standard, and the highly efficient Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)
protocol. The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card delivers wide bandwidth of 5.5 GB/s
for sequential read speed and 1.8 GB/s for a sequential write speed under up to 25W of power.
With the help of a Toggle 2.0 NAND Flash interface, the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe
Card delivers Quality of Service of 95 μsec for random 4 KB read of 1 M IOPS and 60 μsec for
random 4 KB write of 120 K IOPS in the sustained state. By combining the enhanced reliability
Samsung NAND Flash memory silicon with NAND Flash management technologies, the
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card delivers the extended endurance of up to 5 Drive
Writes Per Day (DWPD) for 5 years, which is suitable for enterprise applications.
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card is a block storage device, with block sizing
optimization capabilities. You can use the NVMe SSD for either nonpersistent or persistent
data.
The following illustration shows an Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card:
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
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Key Features
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card has the following key features:
■NVM Express (NVMe)
■PCI Express Gen3 - Single port x8 lanes
■Enhanced Power-Loss Data Protection
■LDPC and XOR Engine ECC
■End-to-End Data Protection
■Up to 128 I/O Queues per Port
■Deallocate (TRIM) Command
■PCI Express AER (Advanced Error Reporting)
■129 vectors for MSI-X Support
■SSD Enhanced S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
■Hardware based AES-XTS 256-bit Encryption Engine
■Static and Dynamic Wear Leveling
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Characteristics
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card has the following hardware and software
characteristics:
Characteristic Value
Device name 3.2 TB NVMe PCIe Flash Card
Manufacturing name MZPLK3T2HCJL
Style ■ Add-in Card (AIC) Form Factor
■ Single slot x8 connector
■ Half-height, half-width, half-length, low-profile PCIe 3.0 board
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Characteristic Value
Capacity 3.2 TB
NAND Samsung 3D (V-NAND), 3 Cell (TLC)
V2_TLC HDP 16Landing (533Mbps)
Flash controller Samsung EPIC controller
Flash controller firmware Flash controller
Minimum operating system
versions
■ Oracle Solaris 11.3 (SRU 2)
■ Oracle Linux 6.7, based on UEK3 (Unbreakable Linux Kernel Release 4)
■ Oracle Linux 7.1, based on UEK3 (Unbreakable Linux Kernel Release 4)
Refer to “Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Product Notes” in Oracle
Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card and Oracle 3.2 TB NVMe SSD Product
Notes.
Management utilities Oracle Hardware Management Pack
For more information about management utilities, refer to the server
documentation.
Hardware, firmware, and software
compatibility
Refer to “Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Product Notes” in Oracle
Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card and Oracle 3.2 TB NVMe SSD Product
Notes.
Life monitoring capability Provides alerts for proactive replacement of the drive before the endurance is
depleted
Status indicators ■ Amber and two green LEDs on the drive bracket indicate status
■ See: “Status Indicators” on page 12
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
■“Servicing the Oracle F320 Flash Card Using Oracle Hardware Management
Pack” on page 52
Status Indicators
Use the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card status indicators to determine the status of
each drive and perform service actions as required. Three status indicator LEDs are located on
the drive bracket to indicate status and diagnose NVMe storage drive issues.
The following illustration shows status indicator LEDs on the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320
PCIe Card.
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Indicator Color Status
(1) x8
Lane
Green Transfer Speed
■ STEADY ON, x8 Lane Transfer – Normal operation.
■ OFF - Power is off, or x4 Lane Transfer
(2) Fail Amber Drive State
■ OFF – Power is off, or normal operation - drive healthy.
■ STEADY ON – Service Action Required. Critical warnings in log triggered. Drive is in
disabled logical mode.
(3) ACT
Activity
Green Drive Operation
■ OFF – Power is off, or normal operation.
■ BLINK, Read/Write Rate – IO operation Drive activity. Blinks at the rate of 375 msec
high, 175 msec low to indicate IO activity.
■ STEADY ON (does not blink) – On if idle.
Related Information
■“Oracle F320 Flash Card Service Overview” on page 39
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Specifications
Specifications
The following sections provide the specifications and capabilities of the Oracle Flash
Accelerator F320 PCIe Card:
■“Product Specification” on page 14
■“Environmental Specifications” on page 17
■“Electrical Specifications” on page 18
■“Reliability Specifications” on page 19
■“Physical Dimensions” on page 20
Note - For server specifications, see the most recent version of the server product notes.
Product Specification
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card general specifications are shown in the following
table:
Specification Value
Capacity†■ Usable capacity 3.2 TB
■ Max LBA: 6,251,233,968‡
PCIe ■ PCIe Gen3 half-height, half-width, single-slot x8 connector
■ PCIe interface that complies with the PCI Express Specification 3.0
■ PCI low-profile MD2 specification
Form factor ■ Add-in Card (AIC) Form Factor
■ Single slot x8 connector
■ Half-height, half-width, half-length, low-profile PCIe 3.0 board
NAND ■ V2 128Gb NAND Flash Memory
■ V2_TLC HDP 16Landing (533Mbps)
Features ■ NVM Express (NVMe)
■ PCI Express Gen3 - Single port x8 lanes
■ Enhanced Power-Loss Data Protection
■ LDPC and XOR Engine ECC
■ End-to-End Data Protection
■ Up to 128 I/O Queues per Port
■ Deallocate (TRIM) Command
■ PCI Express AER (Advanced Error Reporting)
■ 129 vectors for MSI-X Support
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Specification Value
■ SSD Enhanced S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
■ Hardware based AES-XTS 256-bit Encryption Engine
■ Static and Dynamic Wear Leveling
Drive Configuration ■ Half-height, half-length
■ Interface: PCI Express Gen3 x8
■ Bytes per Sector: 512, 520, 4096, 4160 Bytes
Performance
Specifications * •■ Data Transfer Rate: (128KB data size) 5
■ Sequential Read Up to 5,500 MB/s
■ Sequential Write Up to 1,800 MB/s
■ Data I/O Speed: 6 (4KB data size, Sustained)
■ Random Read Up to 750K IOPS 7
■ Random Write Up to 120K IOPS 8
■ Latency: (Sustained random workload) 9
■ Random Read (typical): 90 μsec10
■ Write (typical): 20 μsec 11
■ Drive Ready Time (typical): 2 sec 12
■ Quality of service (QoS) - Read/Write (99%) 95/60 μsec
■ Performance Consistency - Read/Write (99.9%) Up to 98/94%
Compliance ■ PCI Express Base Specification Rev. 3.0
■ NVM Express Specification Rev. 1.1b
■ Enterprise SSD Form Factor Ver. 1.0a
Certifications And
Declarations
cUL, CE, TUV-GS, CB, CE, BSMI, KCC, VCCI, C-Tick, FCC
Product Ecological
Compliance
RoHS
Reliability Specifications ■ Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate 1 sector per 1017 bits read
■ MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
■ Power on Cycles (Ambient): 20,000
■ Component Design Life: 5 years
■ Endurance: 5 DWPD
■ PBW (@4KB Random Write): 29.2 PB
■ Data Retention: 3 months
Environmental
Specifications
■ Temperature, Case (Tc5) 13
■ Operating 0 ~ 55° C
■ Non-operating -45 ~ 85° C 14
■ Humidity (Non-operating) 5 ~ 95%
■ Shock 1,500 G / 0.5msec
■ Vibration - Sinusoidal 20 Gpeak, 10 ~ 2000Hz
Power Requirements ■ Supply Voltage / Tolerance: 12V±10%
■ Active (max. RMS): 25 W 15
■ Idle (typ.): 7 W
Physical Dimension ■ Width: 69.85 +/-0.25 mm
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Specifications
Specification Value
■ Length: 167.65 +/-0.25 mm
■ Height: 18.71 +/-0.20 mm
■ Weight: Up to 330 g
Operating Systems ■ Oracle Solaris 11.3 (SRU 2)
■ Oracle Linux 6.7, based on UEK4 (Unbreakable Linux Kernel Release 4)
■ Oracle Linux 7.1, based on UEK4 (Unbreakable Linux Kernel Release 4)
Oracle VM 3.3.3/3.4.1
Refer to the “Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Product Notes” in Oracle Flash
Accelerator F320 PCIe Card and Oracle 3.2 TB NVMe SSD Product Notes.
†Capacity shown represents the total usable capacity of the SSD which may be less than the total physical capacity. A certain area in physical
capacity, not in the area shown to the user, might be used for the purpose of NAND flash management.
‡Max. LBA shown represents the total user addressable sectors in LBA mode and calculated by IDEMA rule.
*Based on PCI Express Gen3 x4, Random performance measured using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 workers and Sequential
performance with queue depth 32 by 16 worker. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and environment.
•Random performance was measured by using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 workers. Measurements were performed on a
full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the drive in sustained state. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and
environment.
5Sequential performance was measured by using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 workloads. Actual performance may vary
depending on use conditions and environment.
6Random performance was measured by using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 workloads. Measurements were performed on
a full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the drive in sustained state. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and
environment.
7The read latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a random workload of sustained state.
8The write latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a sequential workload of sustained state.
9Typical values.
10The random read/write latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a random workload
of sustained state.
11The sequential read/write latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a sequential workload
of sustained state.
12The maximum taking time to be ready for receiving commands after power-up (CSTS.Ready=1). It is expected that I/O commands may
not be completed at this point.
13Tc is measured at the hottest point on the case with the airflow condition of more than 2.5CFM at 25℃ of ambient temperature.
14Storing (or shipping) without power connection.
15Active power is measured using IOMeter2006.
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
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Environmental Specifications
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card operates and is stored in an environment defined
by the parameters and specifications that are shown in the following table:
Specification Value
Operating temperature
†0 to 55° C at 300 LFM minimum airflow
Non-operating
temperature ‡Storage and transit environment: –-45 to 85° C
Altitude (Simulated) ■ Operating: -1,000 to 10,000 ft
■ Non-Operating: -1,000 to 40,000 ft
Relative humidity
range
■ Operational environment: 8% to 80% noncondensing
■ Storage and transit environment: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Temperature
monitoring
■ Temperature monitoring in-band and by way of SMBUS.
■ See “Troubleshooting Oracle F320 Flash Card Cooling” on page 50 for more
information on thermal throttling.
Thermal sensors ■ Thermal sensors on the storage drives monitor flash memory modules.
■ Thermal sensor temperature cannot exceed 78° C
■ See illustration in “Troubleshooting Oracle F320 Flash Card Cooling” on page 50
for thermal sensor locations.
Airflow requirement More than 300 LFM (linear feet/minute, at 25/35° C, airflow towards the IO bracket)
Shock *Non-operating 1,500G
Vibration •Operating:
2.17G RMS PSD (random 5 to 700Hz, zero to peak in x, y or z-axis, flat response)
Non-operating:
3.13G RMS PSD (random 10 to 800Hz, zero to peak in x, y or z-axis, flat response)
20G RMS (10~2,000Hz, Sweep sine)
†Ta is ambient temperature measured at the hottest point on the heatsink with airflow at more than 2.5 CFM and at 25° C ambient temperature.
‡Storing (or shipping) without power connection.
*Shock specifications assume that SSD shall be mounted with screws when input vibration is applied. Vibration may be applied in 3 axes
(x, y and z) with a half sine waveform of 0.5ms duration in non-operating condition.
•Vibration specifications assume that SSD shall be mounted with screws when input vibration is applied. The input vibration may be applied
in 3 axes (x, y and z) and lasts during 15 minutes per axis.
Note - For specific site planning guidelines and best practices, refer to the server documentation
and product notes for your server. Refer to the system site planning guide, if available.
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Specifications
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Electrical Specifications
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card receives electrical power from the PCI Express
+12 VDC and +3.3 VDC power rails.
Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card electrical specifications are shown in the following
table:
Specification 12 V Operating Characteristics 3.3 Vaux Operating Characteristics
Operating voltage range †12 V (+10%/-20%)‡3.3 V (+-9%) *
Rise time (Max/Min) 50 ms/1 ms 50 ms/1 ms
Fall time (Max/Min) •5 s/1 ms 5 s/1 ms
Noise level 300 mV pp 10Hz – 100 KHz
50 mV pp 100KHz – 20 MHz
300 mV pp 10Hz – 100 KHz
50 mV pp 100KHz – 20 MHz
Power Consumption 512 V Active 6
■ Read 16 W
■ Write 20 W
Idle7: 7 W
Off: 0 W
Max 1 mA (at Read current)
Inrush Current 1.8 A 10 mA (1 ms rising time)
†The components inside the SSD were designed to endure a range of voltage fluctuations, which might be induced by the host system,
‡For 12V operating voltage, the minimum allowable is 10.8V and the maximum 13.2V.
*For 3.3Vaux, the minimum allowable voltage is 2.97V and the maximum 3.63V.
•Fall time needs to be equal or better than minimum in order to guarantee full functionality of enhanced power loss management.
5Power consumption was measured in the 12V power pins (#P13~#P15) of the connector plug in SSD. The active and idle power is defined
as the highest averaged power value, which is the maximum RMS average value over 100 ms duration.
6The measurement condition for active power is assumed for 100% sequential read or write.
7The idle state is defined as the state that the host system can issue any commands into SSD at any time.
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
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Reliability Specifications
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card reliability specifications are shown in the
following table:
Specification Value
Uncorrectable Bit Error
Rate (UBER) †< 1 sector per 1017 bits read
Rate of occurrence of data errors, equal to the number of data errors per bits read as
specified in the JESD218 document of JEDEC standard.
Mean Time Between
Failures (MTBF) ‡2 million hours
Data Retention *3 months
Drive Write Per Day
(DWPD) •5 drive writes per day over 5 years
Petabyte Written
(PBW) 529.2 PB
Sustained Random
Read/Write
Performance (IOPS) -
Maximum6
■ Random 4KB Read: 750K
■ Random 4KB Write: 120K
■ Random 8KB Read: 390K
■ Random 8KB Write: 60K
Sequential Read/
Write Performance -
Maximum 7
■ Sequential 128KB Read MB/s 5,500
■ Sequential 128KB Write MB/s 1,800
Latency 8 (sustained
state)
■ Random Read/Write9: 90 / 20 μsec
■ Sequential Read/Write10: 90 / 20 μsec
■ Drive Ready Time11: 2 seconds
Quality of Service
(QoS) 12 ■ Quality of Service (99%) 13
■ Read (4 KB) μsec
QD=1 95, QD=128435
■ Write (4 KB) μsec
QD=1 60, QD=128 5795
■ Quality of Service (99.99%) 14
■ Read (4 KB) μsec
QD=1 140, QD=128 565
■ Write (4 KB) μsec
QD=1 200, QD=128 9540
IOPS Consistency 15 ■ Random Read (4 KB) % 97
■ Random Write (4 KB) % 94
■ Random Read (8 KB) % 94
■ Random Write (8 KB) % 92
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Specifications
Specification Value
Out of Band
Management
(SMBUS)
Provides out-of-band management by means of SMBUS interface. This requires 3.3V
auxiliary voltage.
SMBUS access includes the VPD page and temperature sensor.
Hot Plug Support Supports PCIe presence detect and link-up detect
†For the enterprise application, JEDEC recommends that UBER shall be below 10-16
‡By definition, Mean Time between Failures (MTBF) is the estimated time between failures occurring during SSD operation.
*Data retention was measured by assuming that SSD reaches the maximum rated endurance at 40C in power-off state.
•The endurance of SSD in enterprise application is defined as the maximum number of drive writes per day that can meet the requirements
specified in the JESD218 document of JEDEC standard.
5Relational formula between DWPD and PBW is below: PBW = DWPD x 365 x 5 x User capacity
6Random performance was measured by using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 workers. Measurements were performed on a
full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the drive in sustained state. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and
environment.
7Sequential performance was measured by using FIO in Ubuntu with queue depth 32 by 16 worker. Actual performance may vary depending
on use conditions and environment.
8Typical values.
9The random read/write latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a random workload
of sustained state.
10The sequential read/write latency is measured by using FIO in Ubuntu and 4KB transfer size with queue depth 1 on a sequential workload
of sustained state.
11The maximum taking time to be ready for receiving commands after power-up (CSTS.Ready=1). It is expected that I/O commands may
not be completed at this point.
12QoS is measured using FIO (99/99.99 %) with queue depth 1 and 128 on 4 KB random and write.
13QoS is measured as the maximum round-trip time taken for 99 % of commands to host.
14QoS is measured as the maximum round-trip time taken for 99.99 % of commands to host.
15IOPS consistency measured using FIO with queue depth 128.
IOPS Consistency (%) = (IOPS in the 99.9% slowest 1-second interval)/(average IOPS during the test).
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
■“Servicing the Oracle F320 Flash Card” on page 39
Physical Dimensions
The following diagram shows Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card physical dimensions:
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