Remaining Rated Write Endurance; Device Write Status; Supported Operating Systems For Nvme Pcie Ssd - Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD User Manual

Remaining Rated Write Endurance

NAND SSDs have a finite number of program erase cycles. The Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe
SSD is warranted to a maximum amount of data written to the device in total bytes written. The Dell
PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD self monitors for these limits, and Dell software management
applications notify you when you reach these limits.
NOTE: The Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD warranty expires when it reaches the
threshold of total bytes written.
NOTE: If you continue to write to the device after it reaches the threshold of total bytes written, the
amount of time the Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD retains data while powered off
decreases below device specifications. For more information see,
Specifications.

Device Write Status

NAND SSDs have a finite number of spare sectors. If the device exhausts the available spare sectors, the
Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD enters Write Protect (Read-Only) mode. In Write Protect
mode, you can only perform read operations to the device. The Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe
PCIe SSD self monitors for these limits, and Dell software management applications notify you.

Supported Operating Systems For NVMe PCIe SSD

Only the following operating systems support Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSDs:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64/EM64T) or later
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (x64/EM64T)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (x64/EM64T) or later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
• VMware ESXi 5.5
NOTE: For all operating system documents, see dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals.
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