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Installation Guide

P420m and P320h Half-Height, Half-Length PCIe NAND Flash SSDs

Introduction

This document describes how to install a Micron®P420m or P320h half-height, half-length (HHHL) PCI Express®

(PCIe) NAND Flash solid state drive (SSD).

Sections include:

• P420m overview

• P320h overview

• System recommendations

• Components provided by Micron

• Installing the drive

• Installing the software

• Verifying the installation

• Using the P420m or P320h as a boot drive

• Troubleshooting

• LED codes

P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide

Introduction

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information discussed herein is provided on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind.

Contents

P420m Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 4

P320h Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 5

System Recommendations ................................................................................................................................ 7

Hardware ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

Software ....................................................................................................................................................... 7

Components Provided by Micron ...................................................................................................................... 8

Hardware ..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Software ....................................................................................................................................................... 8

Installing the Drive ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Installing the Support Pack Software ............................................................................................................... 12

Installing the Driver on a Windows System .................................................................................................. 12

Installing the Driver on a Linux System ........................................................................................................ 13

RHEL and SLES ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Citrix XenServer ..................................................................................................................................... 14

Ubuntu .................................................................................................................................................. 14

Installing the Driver on a VMware System .................................................................................................... 16

VMware ESX 5.0/5.1 ............................................................................................................................... 16

VMware Inbox Driver in ESX 5.5 .............................................................................................................. 16

Uninstalling the Driver ........................................................................................................................... 16

Installing RealSSD Manager ........................................................................................................................ 17

Linux Systems ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Windows Systems ................................................................................................................................... 18

VMware Systems .................................................................................................................................... 18

Removing RSSDM .................................................................................................................................. 19

Updating the Firmware Unified Binary Image .............................................................................................. 20

Verifying the Installation ................................................................................................................................. 21

Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive ....................................................................................................... 22

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and Windows 8/8.1 ....................................................................................... 22

Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 .......................................................................................................... 23

SUSE 11.x x64 ............................................................................................................................................. 25

RHEL 7.x x64 .............................................................................................................................................. 26

RHEL 6.x x64 .............................................................................................................................................. 27

RHEL 5.x x64 .............................................................................................................................................. 29

Ubuntu 12.04–12.04.3 LTS ........................................................................................................................... 30

Citrix XenServer ......................................................................................................................................... 32

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................. 33

Windows Driver .......................................................................................................................................... 33

Linux Driver ............................................................................................................................................... 35

VMware Driver ........................................................................................................................................... 39

RealSSD Manager ....................................................................................................................................... 44

Configuration Issues ................................................................................................................................... 46

Performance Issues .................................................................................................................................... 46

Drive Behavior Issues ................................................................................................................................. 47

LED Codes ..................................................................................................................................................... 50

References ..................................................................................................................................................... 51

Revision History ............................................................................................................................................. 52

Rev. V, 12/14 ............................................................................................................................................... 52

Rev. U, 8/14 ................................................................................................................................................ 52

Rev. T, 7/14 ................................................................................................................................................. 52

Rev. S, 6/14 ................................................................................................................................................. 52

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Rev. Q, 3/14 ................................................................................................................................................ 52

Rev. P, 2/14 ................................................................................................................................................. 52

Rev. O, 10/13 .............................................................................................................................................. 52

Rev. N, 04/13 .............................................................................................................................................. 52

Rev. M, 03/13 .............................................................................................................................................. 53

Rev. L, 01/13 ............................................................................................................................................... 53

Rev. K, 11/12 ............................................................................................................................................... 53

Rev. J, 10/12 ................................................................................................................................................ 53

Rev. I, 05/12 ................................................................................................................................................ 53

Rev. H, 04/12 .............................................................................................................................................. 53

Rev. G, 04/12 .............................................................................................................................................. 53

Rev. F, 03/12 ............................................................................................................................................... 54

Rev. E, 02/12 ............................................................................................................................................... 54

Rev. D, 12/11 .............................................................................................................................................. 54

Rev. C, 12/11 .............................................................................................................................................. 54

Rev. B, 12/11 ............................................................................................................................................... 55

Rev. A, 12/11 ............................................................................................................................................... 55

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Introduction

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P420m Overview

The P420m SSD conforms to the PCIe Card Electromechanical (CEM) specification ver-

sion 2.0, section 6.1 (low profile add-in card size). This is also called the half-height,

half-length (HHHL) form factor.

The P420m HHHL drive is available in two capacities: 700GB and 1.4TB. Both options

have the same HHHL form factor and support a x8 link width PCIe Gen2-compatible

motherboard slot.

Figure 1: P420m HHHL Top View (Component Side)

Figure 2: P420m HHHL Bottom View (Solder Side)

A total of 64 NAND placements are on the drive. The 700GB drive has four NAND die

per package and the 1.4TB drive has eight NAND die per package. NAND are placed on

both the component and solder sides of the drive along with the component and solder

sides of two daughter boards, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2.

Figure 1 shows the drive’s LEDs. The state of these LEDs, such as color and blinking pat-

tern, convey information about the drive’s status and behavior. See Table 2 (page 50)

for LED descriptions.

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P420m Overview

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P320h Overview

The P320h SSD conforms to the PCIe Card Electromechanical (CEM) specification ver-

sion 2.0, section 6.1 (low profile add-in card size). This is also called the half-height,

half-length (HHHL) form factor.

The P320h HHHL drive is available in two capacities: 350GB and 700GB. Both options

have the same HHHL form factor and support a x8 link width and PCIe Gen2-compati-

ble motherboard slot.

Figure 3: P320h HHHL Top View (Component Side)

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P320h Overview

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Figure 4: P320h HHHL Bottom View (Solder Side)

A total of 64 NAND placements are on the drive. The 350GB drive has four NAND die

per package and the 700GB drive has eight NAND die per package. NAND are placed on

both the component and solder sides of the drive along with the component and solder

sides of two daughter boards, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4.

Figure 3 shows the drive’s LEDs. The state of these LEDs, such as color and blinking pat-

tern, convey information about the drive’s status and behavior. See Table 2 (page 50).

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P320h Overview

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System Recommendations

To help achieve optimal drive performance, review the system recommendations and

requirements listed in this section.

Hardware

Table 1: Hardware Recommendations and Requirements

Category Recommendation

System • Enterprise server class system with Intel®Tylersburg,

Sandy Bridge, or later class chipset motherboard

• “Performance” optimized legacy or UEFI BIOS

Processor • 64-bit processor (required)

Single, dual, or higher number of processors can be used

• Intel®Xeon™(Nehalem-EP) or better processor with four or

more cores/processors

• 12MB local cache

• Processor with clock speed greater than 3GHz

Memory 6GB DRAM (minimum)

Chipset Intel 5520 or later generation chipset

Slots PCIe Gen2 x8 link width slot (required)

Note: A PCIe Gen1 slot can be used, but drive performance

will be impacted

Power 25W-compatible PCIe slot

Note: No external power connection is required for drive

Software

The P420m and P320h drives support the following operating systems and software:

• Microsoft Windows®Server 2012 R2 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)

• Windows Server 2012 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)

• Windows 8, 8.1 (x86-64 and x86)

• Windows 7 (x86-64 and x86)

• Red Hat®Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5–5.10, 6.0–6.5, 7 (x86-64)

•SUSE™Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11 SP1, SP2, SP3 (x86-64)

• VMware 5.0, 5.1 (x86-64)

• VMware 5.5 (inbox driver)

• Citrix XenServer 6.0.2, 6.1, and 6.2

• Ubuntu 12.04–12.04.3 LTS Server (64-bit)

Note: The P420m and P320h drives are compatible with the Windows 32/64-bit operat-

ing systems listed above. Linux support is for 64-bit operating systems only. If your op-

erating system is not in the list of supported operating systems and software, it may be

possible to install and use the drive; however, Micron does not guarantee compatibility.

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Components Provided by Micron

Hardware

Micron provides the number of P420m/P320h drives in the appropriate capacity that

were ordered or specified by the customer.

NOTE: The drive is not usable until the support pack software is downloaded from mi-

cron.com and installed in the host system. For specific OEMs, the support pack is provi-

ded either separately on micron.com or directly from Micron.

Software

Micron provides support pack software which contains:

• Micron-specific P420m and P320h drivers (required)

• Linux driver source code and makefile for non-supported Linux operating systems

• Drive firmware update as a unified binary image (UBI) file (required)

• RealSSD Manager (RSSDM) drive management software

• P420m/P320h installation guide (this guide)

Visit micron.com and go to the Software tab to access and download the support pack.

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Components Provided by Micron

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Installing the Drive

To install the P420m or P320h drive:

1. Power down the system.

2. Ensure you are ESD-grounded before touching the drive or host system.

3. Remove the drive from the ESD packaging and verify it is not damaged.

If you suspect that the board is damaged, contact your local Micron representative

or the P420m/P320h applications team.

4. Remove the lid or case from the host system to expose the PCIe slots into which

the drive will be inserted.

5. Locate an available Gen2 x8 PCIe slot (Figure 5) and verify the slot is 25W-capable.

Check the system or motherboard documentation for information on locating and

identifying PCIe slots.

Figure 5: Available Gen2 x8 PCIe Slots

6. Insert the drive into the PCIe slot (Figure 6 and Figure 7).

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Installing the Drive

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Figure 6: Inserting the Drive into a PCIe Slot

Note: P320h drive shown.

Figure 7: Drive Installed

7. If possible, ensure the LEDs on the drive will be visible when the system cover is

replaced.

8. Power on the system.

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Installing the Drive

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