Verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 Operation

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This procedure provides instructions to verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 operation on the host for supported Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux operating systems. Verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 operation using Oracle Hardware Management Pack utility CLI tools.

Before You Begin

Verify that Oracle Hardware Management Pack is installed on the host.

For CLI command instructions, refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs.
Ensure that you have access to the server (either directly or over the network).

Observe Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 status indicator LEDs.
Verify that the Fault-Service Required 6.8 TB NVMe SSD status indicator is not lit and that the green Power status indicator is lit on the 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs that you updated. LED status indicators are: Green (operational), Amber (faulty disk ), Blue (SSD has been prepared for removal).

Refer to Oracle 6.8 Tbyte, 2.5-inch, NVMe Solid State Drive Specification.
Log in to the target system.
For detailed instructions, refer to the server installation guide. For example, to log in to the target system through SSH or through Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus, do one of the following:
- If you are using an SSH client connection.
  1. From a shell command line in a terminal window, establish an SSH connection to the server host.
    Type: ssh root@hostname, where hostname can be the DNS name or the IP address for the server host.
  2. Log in to the system using an account with root access.
  3. Proceed to Step 3.
- If you are using a remote system console, first refer to the server administration guide and then perform these steps.
  To launch an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus session, refer to Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions in the server administration guide.
  1. Access the host console. Establish a remote connection to the host console.
    Start an Oracle ILOM serial console session, type:
    
    -->start /HOST/console
    
    Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)?y
  2. Ensure that the server is powered on and booted.
  3. Access the operating system command-line interface.
    You issue Oracle Hardware Management Pack commands from the operating system command-line interface.

Identify all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs and verify that the latest firmware packages are installed.

Type the following command: # fwupdate list controller

In the following example, devices are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.

# fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    NVMe   Samsung        0xa824    SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3MPK94R5Q     
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c2    HDC    Intel          0xa182    0x4873                    -            
c3    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c4    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c5    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R104     
c6    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R104     
c7    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R103     
c8    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R103     
c9    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c10   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c11   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30

Verify host recognition of all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs by checking controller ID enumeration.
In the above example, 6.8 TB NVMe SSD controllers c0 to c6 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.
Ensure that all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs firmware revisions are current in the output returned by the above command.
See Minimum Supported Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 Firmware Version.

Check NVMe device status.

To identify NVMe controllers and current firmware versions, type: # nvmeadm list -v

To identify NVMe controllers that have updated firmware, view the Firmware Revision row in the output from the nvmeadm list -v command.

In the following example, controller SUNW-NVME-2 shows firmware version 2CV1RC30 in the output returned by the above command.

# nvmeadm list -v
SUNW-NVME-1
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x144d
        Serial Number:                  S64TNE0N800033
        Model Number:                   SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3
        Firmware Revision:              MPK94R5Q
        Number of Namespaces:           32
SUNW-NVME-2
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x8086
        Serial Number:                  PHAB011200LV7P6GGN
        Model Number:                   INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S
        Firmware Revision:              2CV1RC30
        Number of Namespaces:           128

Check the health of Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3s.

To check the selected 6.8 TB NVMe SSD health and SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) information, type: # nvmeadm getlog -h

Ensure that the 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs have remaining drive life (Percentage Used) in the output returned by the above command.

# nvmeadm getlog -h 
SUNW-NVME-1
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 315 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 100 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 0 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x2fa1c314 of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x23bd12c7 of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0x3f0bb9308
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x1c2433434
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0x525
        Number of Power Cycle: 0x56e
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x55f
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0x307
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

SUNW-NVME-2
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 310 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 99 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 1 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x138a818a of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x2d71a25d of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0xe75e59ca
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x7a604b45c
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0xe0
        Number of Power Cycle: 0x89
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x1443
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0x78
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

Related Information

Minimum Supported Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD v3 Firmware Version
Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at: https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs