Samsung SM843T Series Owner's manual

Samsung SM843T Series SATA SSD
for Dell PowerEdge Products—User's Information

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Contents
1 Samsung SATA SSD for Dell PowerEdge Products—User's Information........................ 5
About This Document............................................................................................................................................... 5
Compatible Hardware...............................................................................................................................................5
12th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers..........................................................................................................5
11th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers..........................................................................................................5
SSD LED Indicator Patterns......................................................................................................................................6
Drive Activity Indicator.......................................................................................................................................6
Drive Status Indicator........................................................................................................................................ 7
Controller BIOS Configuration Utility Behavior.........................................................................................................7
OMSA Drive Information Page................................................................................................................................. 8
SMART Predictive Failure Notification Support.................................................................................................8
SMART Wear Out Indicator Not Supported.......................................................................................................9
OMSA Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................9
System Alerts Page............................................................................................................................................9
Storage Pages..................................................................................................................................................10
Physical Disks Page......................................................................................................................................... 11
2 Using System Diagnostics....................................................................................................... 13
Dell Online Diagnostics...........................................................................................................................................13
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics....................................................................................................................... 13
When To Use The Embedded System Diagnostics.......................................................................................... 13
Running The Embedded System Diagnostics...................................................................................................13
System Diagnostic Controls............................................................................................................................. 14
3 Getting Help................................................................................................................................15
Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................................... 15
Related Documentation ......................................................................................................................................... 15

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Samsung SATA SSD for Dell PowerEdge
Products—User's Information
About This Document
This document describes the features and behavior of the Samsung SM843T Series SATA SSDs, on a Dell PowerEdge
server.
Compatible Hardware
12th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers
The following 12th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers are currently qualified as compatible with the Samsung SM843T
Series SATA SSDs:
• PowerEdge R820
• PowerEdge M820
• PowerEdge R720
• PowerEdge R720xd
• PowerEdge R620
• PowerEdge T620
• PowerEdge M620
• PowerEdge R520
• PowerEdge M520
• PowerEdge R420
• PowerEdge T420
• PowerEdge R320
• PowerEdge T320
11th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers
The following 11th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers are currently qualified as compatible with the Samsung SM843T
Series SATA SSDs:
• PowerEdge M915
• PowerEdge R910
• PowerEdge M910
• PowerEdge R815
• PowerEdge R715
• PowerEdge R515
• PowerEdge R415
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