Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 User manual

Oracle® Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
User Guide
Part No: E54947-03
April 2016

Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card User Guide
Part No: E54947-03
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Contents
Using This Documentation ................................................................................. 7
Product Documentation Library ......................................................................... 7
Feedback ....................................................................................................... 8
Change History ............................................................................................... 8
Product Overview ............................................................................................... 9
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Overview ............................................. 9
About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card ..................................... 9
Key Features ........................................................................................ 11
Characteristics ....................................................................................... 11
Status Indicators .................................................................................... 13
Specifications ............................................................................................... 14
Product Specification ............................................................................. 14
Environmental Specifications ................................................................... 16
Electrical Specifications .......................................................................... 17
Reliability Specifications ........................................................................ 18
Physical Dimensions .............................................................................. 19
Preparing the Oracle F160 Flash Card for Installation ...................................... 21
▼ Prepare for Installation .............................................................................. 21
Required Tools .............................................................................................. 22
Ship Kit Contents .......................................................................................... 22
Observing Safety Precautions .......................................................................... 24
General Safety Information ..................................................................... 24
Safety Symbols ..................................................................................... 24
ESD Safety Measures ............................................................................. 25
▼ Perform ESD Prevention Measures ...................................................... 25
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Optimization Guidelines ........................ 26
5

Contents
Drive Volume Management ............................................................................. 27
▼ Update Your System to the Latest Software Release ....................................... 27
Installing the Oracle F160 Flash Card ............................................................... 29
Installation Overview ..................................................................................... 29
Oracle F160 Flash Card Installation Overview ............................................ 30
▼ Install a New Oracle F160 Flash Card (Server Power-Off) ............................... 30
▼ Install a New Oracle F160 Flash Card (Server Power-On) ................................ 33
Servicing the Oracle F160 Flash Card .............................................................. 37
Oracle F160 Flash Card Service Overview ......................................................... 37
Component Serviceability ....................................................................... 38
▼ Replace Oracle F160 Flash Card (Server Power-Off) .............................. 39
▼ Replace Oracle F160 Flash Card (Server Power-On) ............................... 45
Technical Support .................................................................................. 48
Troubleshooting Oracle F160 Flash Card Cooling ....................................... 49
Servicing the Oracle F160 Flash Card Using Oracle Hardware Management Pack ...... 50
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Documentation .................................... 51
Index .................................................................................................................. 53
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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 F160 PCIe Card.
■Audience – This guide is intended for trained technicians and authorized service personnel
who have been instructed on the hazards within the equipment and qualified to remove and
replace hardware.
■Required knowledge – Advanced experience troubleshooting and replacing hardware.
This preface contains the following sections:
■“Product Documentation Library” on page 7
■“Change History” on page 8
Product Documentation Library
Late-breaking information and known issues for this product are included in the product notes.
Refer to the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Documentation Library:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/oracleflashf160/docs
Note - For specific installation instructions, refer to your server documentation. For information
about restrictions and use of the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card on your server, see
the most recent version of the server product notes.
Documentation Link
All Oracle products (Including servers.) https://docs.oracle.com
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
Documentation Library
http://www.oracle.com/goto/oracleflashf160/docs
Oracle System Assistant Refer to the server's administration guide.
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) http://www.oracle.com/goto/ilom/docs
Using This Documentation 7

Feedback
Documentation Link
Refer to the server's administration guide.
Oracle Hardware Management Pack http://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs
My Oracle Support https://support.oracle.com
Feedback
Provide feedback about this documentation at: http://www.oracle.com/goto/docfeedback
Change History
The following lists the release history of this documentation set:
■April 2016. Edit revision.
■October 2015. Added SPARC Server M7 support. Revised electrical specifications.
■July 2015. Initial publication.
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Product Overview
These topics describe specifications and capabilities of the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe
Card (non-volatile memory express, solid-state drive).
Review the following product information topics before you install or service your Oracle F160
Flash Card:
Description Links
Learn about Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
features and functions.
“Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
Overview” on page 9
Review specifications and capabilities. “Specifications” on page 14
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Overview
These topics provide an overview of Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card features and
functions:
■“About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card” on page 9
■“Key Features” on page 11
■“Characteristics” on page 11
■“Status Indicators” on page 13
About the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe
Card
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card offers high performance with low latency and
a low CPU burden. The 1.6 TB NVMe PCIe Flash Card is a PCIe Gen3 storage drive that is
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Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Overview
designed with the new high performance controller interface – NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory
express) delivering leading performance, low latency and high quality of service.
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card is designed with advanced enterprise multi-
level cell NAND (eMLC) technology for high-level performance and write durability. With
PCIe Gen3 support and NVMe queuing interface, the 1.6 TB NVMe SSD delivers excellent
sequential read performance of up to 2500MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to
1500MB/sec. The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card delivers very high random read
IOPS of 260K and random write IOPS of 42K for 8KB operations, and random read IOPS of
440K and random write IOPS of 70K for 4KB operations. Taking advantage of the direct path
from the storage to the CPU by means of NVMe, Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
exhibits low latency of less than 20 μsec for sequential access to the storage drive.
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 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 F160 PCIe Card:
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
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Key Features
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card has the following key features:
Key Feature Description
Consistently high IOPS and throughput ■ Sequential read speeds of up to 2500MB/sec (2.5GB/sec)
■ Sequential write speeds of up to 1500MB/sec.
■ Delivers random read IOPS of 440K and random write IOPS of 70K
for 4KB operations.
Sustained low latency ■ Offers high-performance with low latency and a low CPU burden.
■ Less than 20 μsec for sequential access to the SSD.
High Endurance Technology (HET) ■ Includes High Endurance Technology (HET) NAND silicon
enhancements.
■ Includes SSD NAND management techniques to extend SSD write
endurance up to 5 drive writes per day for five years.
End-to-end data-path protection Includes multiple levels of data-path protection.
Enhanced power-loss data protection Energy storage components complete buffered writes to the persistent
flash storage in case of a sudden power loss.
Power loss protection capacitor self-test Supports testing of the power loss capacitor. Power is monitored using
SMART attribute critical warning.
Out-of-band management Managed through the SMBUS.
Thermal throttling and monitoring Provides continuous full bandwidth performance with flash memory
module temperatures up to 73° C.
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Characteristics
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card has the following hardware and software
characteristics:
Characteristic Value
Device name ■ 1.6 TB NVMe PCIe Flash Card
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Characteristic Value
SSDPEDME016T4S
Manufacturing name ■ Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card
SSDPEDME016T4S
Style ■ Add-in Card (AIC) Form Factor
■ Single slot x4 connector
■ Half-height, half-width, half-length, low-profile PCIe 3.0 board
Capacity 1.6 TB
NAND Advanced enterprise multi-level cell NAND (eMLC) technology for high-level
performance and write durability
Flash controller Intel® Flash Memory NVMe Controller
Flash controller firmware Intel custom and proprietary PCIe to NAND flash controller
Minimum operating system
versions
■ x86 servers:
Oracle Solaris 11.2 (SRU 10)
Oracle Linux 6.6, based on UEK3 (Unbreakable Linux kernel Release 3)
Oracle Solaris 11.3
■ SPARC servers:
Oracle Solaris 11.2 (SRU 11) for Fujitsu M10 series servers
Oracle Solaris 11.3 for SPARC M7 series servers
■ Oracle Linux 6.5, based on UEK3 (Unbreakable Linux Kernel Release 3)
Management utilities ■ Oracle Hardware Management Pack
■ Oracle System Assistant
For more information about management utilities, refer to the server
documentation.
Hardware, firmware, and software
compatibility
Refer to: “Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Product Notes” in Oracle
Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card and Oracle 1.6 TB NVMe SSD Product
Notes
Life monitoring capability ■ Provides alerts for proactive replacement of the drive before the endurance
is depleted
■ Provides endurance remaining in NVMe SMART logs
Status indicators ■ Amber, red, yellow, and green LEDs on drive bracket indicate status
■ See: “Status Indicators” on page 13
Related Information
■“Specifications” on page 14
■“Product Overview” on page 9
■“Servicing the Oracle F160 Flash Card Using Oracle Hardware Management
Pack” on page 50
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Status Indicators
Use the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card status indicators to determine the status of
each drive and perform service actions as required. Four 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 for Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe
Card.
Indicator Color Status
(1) IO Amber Drive IO (data input/output) activity
■ OFF – Normal operation.
■ BLINK, variable – Drive activity. Blinks at the rate of 375 msec high, 125 msec low to
indicate IO activity. On if idle.
■ STEADY ON – Idle IO, no activity.
(2) Fail Red Drive fail
■ OFF – Power is off, or normal operation.
■ STEADY ON – Service Action Required. Drive is in disabled logical mode.
(3) Pre-
fail
Yellow Drive pre-fail
■ OFF – Power is off, or normal operation.
■ STEADY ON (does not blink) – Service Action Required. Critical warnings in log
triggered.
(4)
Health
Green Drive health
■ OFF – Power is off, or drive is unhealthy – Service Action Required.
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Specifications
Indicator Color Status
■ STEADY ON (does not blink) – Drive is healthy. Drive is engaged and is receiving full
power. Normal operation.
Related Information
■“Oracle F160 Flash Card Service Overview” on page 37
Specifications
The following sections provide the specifications and capabilities of the Oracle Flash
Accelerator F160 PCIe Card:
■“Product Specification” on page 14
■“Environmental Specifications” on page 16
■“Electrical Specifications” on page 17
■“Reliability Specifications” on page 18
■“Physical Dimensions” on page 19
Note - For server specifications, see the most recent version of the server product notes.
Product Specification
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card general specifications are shown in the following
table:
Specification Value
Capacity Usable capacity 1.6 TB
Unformatted capacity (total user addressable sectors in LBA mode)
3,125,627,568
PCIe ■ PCIe Gen3 half-height, half-width, single-slot x4 connector
■ Low-profile, half-height, and half-length PCIe 3.0 board
■ 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 x4 connector
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Specification Value
■ Half-height, half-width, half-length, low-profile PCIe 3.0 board
Performance†‡ Sequential Read/Write: Up to 2500/1500 MB/sec
Sequential Latency (typical) Read/Write: 20/20 μsec
Random Latency (typical) Read/Write: 120/30 μsec
Power On to Ready Latency (typical): 2 sec
IOPS
■ Random Read/Write 4KB 70/30: Up to 160,000
■ Random Read/Write 8KB 70/30: Up to 75,000
■ Random 4K Read: Up to 440,000
■ Random 4K Write: Up to 70,000
■ Random 8K Read: Up to 260,000
■ Random 8K Write: Up to 42,000
■ Random Read/Write Consistency 4K/8K: 90%
Components ■ High Endurance Intel® 20nm eMLC NAND Flash Memory
■ Intel® Flash Memory NVMe Controller ASIC
Reliability ■ Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER): 1 sector per 1017 bits read
■ Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 2 million hours
■ T10 DIF protection
“Reliability Specifications” on page 18
Power ■ 3.3V and 12V supply rail
■ Active/Idle (typical): Up to 25W/4W (typical)
■ Enhanced power-loss data protection
“Electrical Specifications” on page 17
Certifications and declarations UL, CE, C-Tick, BSMI, KCC, Microsoft WHQL, VCCI
Compliance For compliance specifications, refer to the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160
PCIe Card Safety and Compliance Guide.
■ NVM Express 1.0c
■ PCI Express Base Specification Rev 3.0
■ Enterprise SSD Form Factor Version 1.0a
■ PCI Express Card Electro-Mechanical (CEM) Specification Rev 2.0
Endurance rating ■ Up to 14 PBW (petabytes written)
■ 5 Drive Writes/day (JESD219 workload)
Altitude (simulated) ■ Operating: -1,000 to 10,000 ft
■ Non-Operating: -1,000 to 40,000 ft
Temperature ■ Operating:
■ 0 to 55° C ambient, with specified airflow out of server through PCIe
Card Slot
■ Temperature monitoring (In-band and by way of SMBUS)
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Specifications
Specification Value
■ Thermal throttling
■ Non-Operating: -55 to 95° C
Airflow More than 300 LFM (linear feet/minute, Airflow towards IO bracket. Airflow
out of server through PCIe Card Slot (55° C)).
Weight Up to 195 gm
Shock 50 G Trapezoidal, 170 in/s
Vibration ■ Operating: 2.17 GRMS (5-700Hz)
■ Non-Operating: 3.13 GRMS (5-800Hz)
Product ecological compliance RoHS
†Performance values vary by capacity and form factor.
‡Performance specifications apply to both compressible and incompressible data.
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Environmental Specifications
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card operates and is stored in an environment defined
by the parameters and specifications in the following table:
Specification Value
Operating temperature 0 to 55° C with specified airflow
Non-operating
temperature
Storage and transit environment: –55° C to 95° C (dry bulb)
Temperature
monitoring
■ Temperature monitoring in-band and by way of SMBUS
■ See “Troubleshooting Oracle F160 Flash Card Cooling” on page 49 for more
information on thermal throttling.
Dry bulb temperature Maximum dry bulb temperature shall be derated by 3.3° C per 1000 m above 500 m
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
■ Non-operating: -20° C to 75° C noncondensing
Thermal sensors ■ Thermal sensors on the storage drives monitor flash memory modules
■ Thermal sensor temperature cannot exceed 73° C
■ See illustration in “Troubleshooting Oracle F160 Flash Card Cooling” on page 49
for thermal sensor locations.
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Specification Value
Airflow requirement More than 300 LFM (linear feet/minute) at 55° C with airflow towards IO bracket
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.
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Electrical Specifications
Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card electrical specifications are shown in the following
table:
Specification Value
Power feeds ■ 3.3V and 12V Supply Rail
Enhanced power-loss data protection Active/Idle: Up to 25W/4W (typical)
Power consumption ■ Active Write - Average = 22W
■ Active Read - Average = 10W
■ Idle = 4W
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card receives electrical power from the PCI Express
+12 VDC and +3.3 VDC power rails as shown in the following table:
Specification 12 V Operating
Characteristics
3.3 V Operating
Characteristics
3.3 Vaux Operating
Characteristics
Operating voltage
range
12 V (+10%/-20%) 3.3 V (+-9%) 3.3 V (+-9%)
Rise time (Max/Min) 50ms/1ms 50ms/1ms 50ms/1ms
Fall time (Max/Min) 5s/1ms 5s/1ms 5s/1ms
Noise level 1000 mV pp at 10Hz –
100KHz
100 mV pp at 100KHz – 20
MHz
300 mV pp at 10Hz –
100KHz
50 mV pp at 100KHz – 20
MHz
300 mV pp at 10Hz –
100KHz
50 mV pp at 100KHz – 20
MHz
Min off time 3s 3s 3s
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Specifications
Specification 12 V Operating
Characteristics
3.3 V Operating
Characteristics
3.3 Vaux Operating
Characteristics
Inrush current (typical
peak)
1.5 A 1.5 A 1.5 A
Max average current 2.45 A 3.0 A 1 mA
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
Reliability Specifications
The Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card reliability specifications are shown in the
following table:
Specification Value
Uncorrectable Bit Error
Rate (UBER)
Uncorrectable bit error rate will not exceed one sector in the specified number of bits read.
In the unlikely event of a non-recoverable read error, the storage drive will report it as a
read failure to the host; the sector in error is considered corrupt and is not returned to the
host.
< 1 sector per 1017 bits read
Mean Time Between
Failures (MTBF)
2 million hours
Mean Time Between Failures is estimated based on Telcordia methodology and
demonstrated through Reliability Demonstration Test (RDT).
Data Retention The time period for retaining data in the NAND at maximum rated endurance. 3 months
power-off retention once storage drive reaches rated write endurance at 40° C.
Endurance Rating ■ Up to 14 PBW (petabytes written)
Endurance rating verification is defined to establish UBER <1E-16 at 60% upper
confidence limit.
■ 5 Drive Writes/day (JESD219 workload)
The number of drive writes such that the storage drive meets the requirements
according to the JESD219 standard.
Temperature Sensor Internal temperature sensor with an accuracy of +/-2° C over a range of -10° C to +85° C
which can be monitored using NVMe Health Log.
The sensor has an accuracy of +/- 3° C over a range of -20° C to 125° C. SMBUS
temperature sensor is not reported in NVMe Health Log.
Drive provides out-of-band access to temperature by means of SMBUS.
Out of Band
Management
(SMBUS)
Provides out-of-band management by means of SMBUS interface. This requires 3.3V
auxiliary voltage.
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Specification Value
SMBUS access includes the VPD page and temperature sensor.
Hot Plug Support Supports PCIe presence detect and link-up detect.
Device advanced power loss protection provides robust data integrity. During IOs, the
SSD's integrated monitoring enables the integrity of already committed data on the media
and commits acknowledged writes to the media.
See “Servicing the Oracle F160 Flash Card” on page 37.
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
■“Servicing the Oracle F160 Flash Card” on page 37
Physical Dimensions
The following diagram shows Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card physical dimensions:
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Specifications
Specification Dimension
(1) Length 167.55 mm maximum (6.59 in.)
(2) Width 56.15 +/- 0.25 mm (2.21 +/- 0.0098 in.)
(3) Height 118.74 mm (4.67 in.)
Weight 195 g maximum (6.87 oz)
Related Information
■“Product Overview” on page 9
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