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Micron P420m Installation Manual

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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
(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
PDF: 09005aef8497e00a
P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN
Products and specifications discussed herein are for evaluation and reference purposes only and are subject to change by
Micron without notice. Products are only warranted by Micron to meet Micron's production data sheet specifications. All
information discussed herein is provided on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind.
P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide
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P420m or P320h half-height, half-length (HHHL) PCI Express
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Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice.
Introduction
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© 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    Products and specifications discussed herein are for evaluation and reference purposes only and are subject to change by Micron without notice. Products are only warranted by Micron to meet Micron's production data sheet specifications. All information discussed herein is provided on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Rev. U, 8/14 ..............................52 Rev. T, 7/14 ..............................52 Rev. S, 6/14 ..............................52 PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 Rev. C, 12/11 .............................. 54 Rev. B, 12/11 ............................... 55 Rev. A, 12/11 ............................... 55 PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: P420M Overview

    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.

  • Page 5: P320H Overview

    Figure 3: P320h HHHL Top View (Component Side) PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 6 See Table 2 (page 50). PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 7: System Recommendations

    • 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;...

  • Page 8: Components Provided By Micron

    Components Provided by Micron 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 cron.com...

  • Page 9: Installing The Drive

    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.
  • Page 10 7. If possible, ensure the LEDs on the drive will be visible when the system cover is replaced. 8. Power on the system. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 11 11. Verify the host system successfully boots into the operating system. If it does not, see Troubleshooting (page 33). PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 12: Installing The Support Pack Software

    P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide Installing the Support Pack Software Installing the Support Pack Software This section describes how to install the P420m/P320h support pack software in the fol- lowing operating systems: • Windows • Linux • VMware Note: Refer to the README document in the folder for your operating system for addi- tional notes on version-specific release behavior.

  • Page 13: Installing The Driver On A Linux System

    • RHEL versions 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8: mtip32xx-<version>.x86_64_rhel5ux.rpm • SLES 11: mtip32xx-kmp-default-<version>.<kernel_version>.x86_64.rpm Removing an Existing Driver If a drive with Micron driver version 1.2.30 or earlier has been installed, uninstall the existing driver: 1. Run the following command as a root user: rpm -e <driver-name>...

  • Page 14: Citrix Xenserver

    4. Run the following command to install the package: # dpkg -i /path/to/mtip32xx-dkms-<version>.deb PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 15 2. Run the following command to unload the driver: # rmmod mtip32xx PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 16: Installing The Driver On A Vmware System

    ESX kernel install image. The inbox driver automatically installs when updating to ker- nel 5.5. If you have installed the Micron driver on a system running a VMware version prior to ESX 5.5, you must uninstall the driver before you can use the inbox driver. Additionally, review the VMware driver information in the Troubleshooting section for important in- formation regarding the migration of datastores previously created in ESX 5.0 and 5.1 to...

  • Page 17: Installing Realssd Manager

    (GUI) or command line interface (CLI). The RSSDM GUI can be used to manage P420m and P320h drives installed in a local system and remotely monitor those on the network, whereas the CLI can be used on lo- cal drives only.

  • Page 18: Windows Systems

    To upgrade RSSDM on a VMware system, run the following command as a root user: esxcli software vib update --viburl=<vib-file> --maintenance mode PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 19: Removing Rssdm

    To use the CLI, you must reference the installation path above or add the directory /opt/ micron/bin to your path. Because the ESXi root file system is a ramdisk image, any changes made to the path will be lost following a restart. To make the changes automat- ically made upon restart, edit the default profile: 1.

  • Page 20: Updating The Firmware Unified Binary Image

    Installing the Support Pack Software Updating the Firmware Unified Binary Image This section describes how to update the UBI for the P420m or P320h drive. The UBI should be updated after installing the support pack software. The UBI contains the latest firmware and option ROM for the drive. The installation in- structions are the same for Windows, Linux, and VMware systems and require RSSDM to be installed.

  • Page 21: Verifying The Installation

    PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 22: Using The P420M Or P320H As A Boot Drive

    Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive This section describes how to install a supported operating system (OS) on a P420m or P320h drive with the bootable option feature: •...

  • Page 23: Windows Server 2008 And Windows 7

    (such as C:\) than what was originally assigned on the host system. Windows attempts to find the driver located on the USB drive. 10. Select the Micron Device driver when prompted for a driver, and then click Next. 11. Remove the USB drive from the system.
  • Page 24 (such as C:\). Windows attempts to find the driver located on the USB drive. 10. Select Micron Device Driver when prompted for a driver, and then click Next. 11. Remove the USB drive from the system.

  • Page 25: Suse 11.X X64

    If the USB drive contains important files, it is highly recommended to back up the files on alternate media before using this command. 2. Insert the SUSE boot CD/DVD and USB drive containing the P420m/P320h driver image into the system and reboot.

  • Page 26: Rhel 7.X X64

    These instructions are relevant for UEFI boot only. Legacy boot is not supported at this time. 1. Copy the P420m/P320h driver disk image from the support pack software to exter- nal removable media such as a USB drive. For example, for a USB drive (/dev/sdb), copy the image to the drive, substituting your particular string for <kernel_version>:...

  • Page 27: Rhel 6.X X64

    Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive RHEL 6.x x64 1. Copy the P420m/P320h driver disk image from the support pack software to exter- nal removable media such as a USB drive. For example, for a USB drive (/dev/sdb): a.
  • Page 28 Repeat step c but specify swap for the file system. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 29: Rhel 5.X X64

    • The primary partition • At least 200MB 1. Using the dd command, binary copy the P420m/P320h driver disk image from the support pack software to external removable media such as a USB drive. Note: The dd command removes any existing data on the USB drive and replaces it with the extracted ISO image contents.

  • Page 30: Ubuntu 12.04-12.04.3 Lts

    USB drive is erased during this process. 1. Make sure the legacy option rom is enabled on the P420m/P320h drive. If it is ena- bled, the drive will be presented as a boot target in the legacy BIOS menu.
  • Page 31 26. Press ALT+F1, select Continue > Continue without boot loader. Ignore the warning No boot loader installed and continue. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 32: Citrix Xenserver

    Ubuntu updates. Citrix XenServer To use the P420m/P320h as a boot device in XenServer, only one drive can be used to store the operating system during the installation. The installation process may not work correctly if there are two or more drives installed.

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    W-2: Unable to upgrade to the latest Micron driver for Windows using the MSI installer file When using the MSI installer file in the latest support pack, the Micron driver fails to upgrade from an older version installed from an earlier support pack.
  • Page 34 (it is not re- quired in some cases, depending on the state of the devices in the system; the Micron driver does not request the restart). It is recommended to restart the computer if prompted.

  • Page 35: Linux Driver

    Micron driver in the default initrd specified in the system's /boot directory. This may be a different initrd from which the user is actually booting. This may result in a Micron driver upgrade that may be ignored during a system reboot.
  • Page 36 L-2: Install errors are occurring after an attempt was made to install the driver from the appropriate rpm file Verify the version of RHEL or SLES you are using. The Micron driver supports either RHEL 5.5 and later or SLES 11 and later. Run uname –a to check the kernel version. It should be 2.6.25 or later to install the driver.
  • Page 37 • The first partition on the device • The primary partition • At least 200 MB Continue to install the OS on the drive following the instructions in Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive (page 22). PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc.
  • Page 38 IO completion threads. The NUMA node the driver has bound the p320h/p420m device to, and the processor where the node is located, should be same as that of the node which is physi- cally close to the slot where the drive resides.

  • Page 39: Vmware Driver

    The file system may become corrupted and the system unresponsive. L-13: Error message after installing the Micron driver on XenServer 6.2 systems The following error appears after installing the Micron driver on Xenserver 6.2: Error: Module mtip32xx is in use.
  • Page 40 RDM, both physi- cal and virtual RDM. In performance tests run at Micron, an average improvement in latency of 5µs was seen over standard VMDK mapping. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc.
  • Page 41 VMware. VM-8: Can the driver version be downgraded to an older version? The following error may occur when trying to install an older version of the Micron driver on a system running a newer version of the driver: "The following problems were encountered trying to resolve dependencies: Requested VIB 'name of the VIB file' is obsoleted by the host."...
  • Page 42 This model number reporting is implemented in driver version 2.5.5 and ensures that datastore signatures are compatible with the next version of VSphere 2013 (v5.5). It also ensures that P420m drives formatted on ESXi 5.0 or 5.1 systems do not have to regener- ate signatures (only P320h drives must regenerate signatures).
  • Page 43 PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 44: Realssd Manager

    The P320h/P420m drive can be installed on an AMD-based system using an ESX version prior to ESX 5.5i. On systems using ESX5.5i and later, the Micron driver is not able to initialize the drive in the kernel, resulting in the drive not appearing as a device node in the /dev/disks list.
  • Page 45 Micron driver version from an earlier sup- port pack. Update both RSSDM and the Micron driver using support pack release 134 or later, and then reboot the system to make sure both versions are installed. The RSSDM GUI agent and CLI should now detect the drives.

  • Page 46: Configuration Issues

    Note: On the P420m drive, which contains a capacitor-backed write cache, the write cache setting is permanently enabled and cannot be disabled.

  • Page 47: Drive Behavior Issues

    In the Windows 7 x64 environment, if a partition is created, formatted, and written to on a P320h/P420m drive and a sudden power loss occurs, the partition will not be ac- cessible via the Windows Disk Manager on power-up. This is a known issue with this Windows environment.
  • Page 48 The normal frequency of re-scan is every five minutes. Wait until the kernel runs the discovery process again. DB-6: Upgrading P420m drive firmware version earlier than 208.11 to version 208.11 or later may result in future errors if IO is run on the drive PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc.
  • Page 49 P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide Troubleshooting Follow these steps to correctly update the firmware on a P420m drive: 1. Back up all data on the drive to alternate media. 2. Use RSSDM to update the firmware on the drive.

  • Page 50: Led Codes

    The drive requires a secure erase or has encoun- tered a critical error. The drive is not operational. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 51: References

    • PCIe Express CEM Specification Version 2.0 • Java Runtime Environment version 1.7 x64 and later PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 52: Revision History

    Rev. R, 4/14 • Updated RealSSDManager file names (for installation and removal) for Linux systems • Updated SLES files names in the "Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive" section Rev. Q, 3/14 • Updated Windows instructions in the Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive sec- tion •...

  • Page 53: Rev. M, 03/13

    • Updated the order of the steps in the "Installing the P320h Support Pack" section PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 54: Rev. F, 03/12

    • Added installation note to the "Installing the RSSDM Software on a Linux System" section • Removed the "micron" prefix from the instructions in the "Installing the P320h Driver for SLES 11" section • Updated the driver package name in the "Installing the P320h Support Pack on a Li- nux System"...

  • Page 55: Rev. B, 12/11

    Micron and the Micron logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. PDF: 09005aef8497e00a Micron Technology, Inc. reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice. P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN © 2012 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

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