
Dell Express Flash PM1733
Technical Specifications and Information
July 2020
Rev. A00

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Dell Express Flash PM1733 Specifications and
Information
Use these specifications and model-specific information to ensure proper application of your PM1733.
Table 1. PM1733 technical specifications
Features Description
Media type V5 256/512 Gb NAND
Capacities or form factors 1.92 TB U.2
3.84 TB U.2
7.68 TB U.2
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Capacities or form factors (Qualified, not shipped (QNS))
NOTE: QNS components are not shipped with the
standard PowerEdge servers. Contact your sales
representative to purchase a system with QNS
components.
User-addressable 512-byte sectors 1.92 TB: 3,750,748,848
Host bus interface PCIe Gen 4.0 x 4, U.2
Device protocol NVM Express 1.3
TCG Support OPAL 2.0, SED device only
Multiple namespaces support Yes, limited support only
Bootable device Yes, U.2 only, UEFI mode only
Hot-swap support Yes U.2 only
1.92 TB SED U.2
3.84 TB SED U.2
7.68 TB SED U.2
15.36 TB SED U.2
15.36 TB U.2
3.84 TB: 7,501,476,528
7.68 TB: 15,002,931,888
15.36 TB: 30,001,856,512
I/O operations per second, 4 K random read/write up to 800/100 K IOPS, U.2
upto 1500/250 K IOPS, AIC
Endurance rating (TBW) 1.92 TB: 3.50 PB, 1 DWPD
3.84 TB: 7.00 PB, 1 DWPD
7.68 TB: 14.01 PB, 1 DWPD
15.36 TB: 28.03 PB, 1 DWPD
Data retention at end of life 3 months at 40°C
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Table 1. PM1733 technical specifications(continued)
Features Description
Power 12 V, 3.3 V aux
8.5 W idle, typical
25 W active, max
Operating temperature 0 °C–70°C, Operating temperature
-40 to 85℃, Non-operating temperature
Physical dimensions (Width x Length x Thickness) 69.85 ± 0.25mm x 100.20 ± 0.25mm x 15.00 + 0.00/-0.50mm, U.2
Max. 68.90 mm x Max. 167.65 mm x Max. 18.71 mm, AIC
Weight Up to 190g, U.2
Up to 310g, AIC
Shock 1,500 G/0.5 millisecond
Vibration 20 Gpeak, 10 Hz ~ 2000 Hz
Minimum supported operating systems
NOTE: Supported on all operating systems using the included native drivers.
• Microsoft
○ Windows Server 2019
○ Windows Server 2019 (including Hyper-V)
○ Windows Server 2016
○ Windows Server 2016 (including Hyper-V)
○ Windows Server 2012 R2 64-Bit
• Linux
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and above
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and above
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (Kernel 3.10.0)
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 and above
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 and above
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Kernel 3.12.61)
○ CentOS 7.5 (Kernel 3.10.0)
• Ubuntu
○ Ubuntu 18.04 and above
• VMware
○ ESXi 7.0 and above
○ ESXi 6.7 and above
○ ESXi 6.5 and above
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Dell Express Flash PM1733 Specifications and Information