Operating: -1,000 to 10,000 ft
Non-Operating: -1,000 to 40,000 ft
Product Ecological Compliance
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7
)
Performance values vary by capacity and form factor
1.
2. Performance specifications apply to both compressible and incompressible data
3. MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/second
4. 4KB = 4,096 bytes; 8 KB = 8,192 bytes
5. 1PB = 10
6. Please contact your Intel representative for details on the non-operating temperature range
7. Airflow out of server through PCIe Card Slot
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2.7 Temperature Sensor .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.8 Power Loss Capacitor Test ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
2.9 Hot Plug Support .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.10 Out of Band Management (SMBUS) ....................................................................................................................................... 16
2.11 Variable Sector Size Support ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
3 Mechanical Information ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
4 Pin and Signal Descriptions .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
4.1 Pin Signal Definitions ........................................................................................................................................................................ 19
5.5 Temperature Statistics ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.6 Drive Marketing Name Log ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.7 SET Feature Identifiers .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
6 NVMe Driver Support ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30
7 Certifications and Declarations .................................................................................................................................................. 31
Appendix A IDENTIFY Data Structure ......................................................................................................................................... 32
Appendix B Vital Data Structure...................................................................................................................................................... 40
Appendix C Out of Band Temperature Sensor Read Out ............................................................................................... 41
Appendix D Appendix D PCIe ID ...................................................................................................................................................... 42
Appendix E Appendix E SCSI Command Translation ....................................................................................................... 43
Appendix F Appendix F Add-in Card LED Decoder ............................................................................................................. 44
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Figures
Figure 3-1Intel SSD DC P3500 Series SFF Dimensions ........................................................................................................................ 17
Figure 3-2Intel SSD DC P3500 Series PCIe Dimensions ...................................................................................................................... 18
Table 1: Standard Information Referenced in this Document ........................................................................................... 7
Table 2: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms .................................................................................................................................. 8
Table 3: User Addressable Sectors ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Table 4: Random Read/Write Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) ............................................................... 9
Table 5: Random Read/Write IOPS Consistency ................................................................................................................... 10
Table 6: Sequential Read and Write Bandwidth .................................................................................................................... 10
Table 8: Quality of Service ............................................................................................................................................................... 11
Table 9: Operating Voltage .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Table 10: Power Consumption ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Table 30: Power State Descriptor .................................................................................................................................................... 36
Table 32: LBA Format Data Structure ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Table 33: Vital Product Data Structure (VPD) ............................................................................................................................ 40
Table 34: Capability List Pointer (Out of Band Temperature Sensor) ............................................................................ 40
Table 35: Register 0x05 read out format ..................................................................................................................................... 41
Table 36: PCIe ID ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Table 37: LED Functionality ............................................................................................................................................................... 44
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Revision
Number
Description
Revision Date
001
Initial release
March 2015
002
Updated Table 3: User Addressable Sectors – Unformatted Capacity
April 2015
003
Table 9: Min Off time changed from 500 ms to 3 seconds and
Clarified Slew Rate Specifications
Removed inaccurate 2.5-inch Form Factor Pin Locations illustration
May 2015
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1 Overview
This document describes the specifications and capabilities of the Intel® Solid State Drive (SSD)
DC P3500 Series.
The Intel SSD DC P3500 Series is a PCIe Gen3 SSD architected with the new high performance controller interface NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory express) delivering leading performance, low latency and QoS (Quality of Service).
Matching the performance with world-class reliability and endurance, Intel SSD DC P3500 Series offer a range of
capacity – 400GB, 1.2TB, and 2TB in both AIC (Add-In card) and 2.5-inch form factor.
With PCIe* Gen3 support and NVMe queuing interface, the Intel SSD DC P3500 Series delivers excellent sequential
read performance of up to 2.7 GB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1800MB/s. Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
delivers very high random read IOPS of 440K and random write IOPS of 68K for 4KB operations. Taking advantage
of the direct path from the storage to the CPU by means of NVMe, Intel SSD DC P3500 Series exhibits low latency
of less than 18 μs for sequential access to the SSD.
The 2.5-inch Intel SSD DC P3500 Series takes advantage of the 8639 connector and provides
hot-pluggable removal and insertion providing in-service replacement options.
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series includes these key features:
Consistently High IOPS and throughput
Sustained low latency
Variable Sector Size and End-to-End data-path protection
Enhanced power-loss data protection
Power loss protection capacitor self-test
Out of band management
Thermal throttling and monitoring
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Date
Title
Location
Jan 2013
Enterprise SSD Form Factor Version 1.0a
http://www.ssdformfactor.org
Feb 2012
NVMe Revision 1.0c
http://www.nvmexpress.org
Nov 2010
PCIe* Base Specification Revision 3.0
http://pcisig.com
July 2012
Solid-State Drive (SSD) Requirements and Endurance
Test Method (JESD219)
http://qdms.intel.com/
Click Search MDDS Database and
search for material description
datasheet
1995
1996
1995
1995
1997
1994
International Electrotechnical Commission EN 61000
4-2 (Electrostatic discharge immunity test)
4-3 (Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field
immunity test)
4-4 (Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test)
4-5 (Surge immunity test)
4-6 (Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by
radio- frequency fields)
4-11 (Voltage Variations, voltage dips, short interruptions
and voltage variations immunity tests)
http://www.iec.ch/
1995
ENV 50204
(Radiated electromagnetic field from digital radio
telephones)
http://www.dbicorporation.com/
radimmun.htm/
1.1 References
Table 1: Standard Information Referenced in this Document
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Term
Definition
ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
DAS
Device Activity Signal
DMA
Direct Memory Access
ECC
Error Correction Code
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EXT
Extended
FPDMA
First Party Direct Memory Access
GB
Gigabyte
Note: The total usable capacity of the SSD may be less than the total physical capacity
because a small portion of the capacity is used for NAND flash management and
maintenance purposes.
Gb
Gigabit
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HET
High Endurance Technology
KB
Kilobyte
I/O
Input/Output
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
ISO
International Standards Organization
LBA
Logical Block Address
MB
Megabyte (1,000,000 bytes)
MLC
Multi-level Cell
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
NOP
No Operation
NVMe
Non-Volatile Memory Express
PB
Petabyte
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
RDT
Reliability Demonstration Test
RMS
Root Mean Square
SSD
Solid-State Drive
TB
Terabyte
TYP
Typical
UBER
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate
VPD
Vital Product Data
1.2 Terms and Acronyms
Table 2: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
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Unformatted Capacity
(Total User Addressable Sectors in LBA Mode)
400GB
781,422,768
1.2TB
2,344,225,968
2TB
3,907,029,168
Specification1
Unit
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
400GB
1.2TB
2TB
Random 4KB 70/30
Read/Write (up to)2
IOPS
65,000
65,000
80,000
Random 8KB 70/30
Read/Write (up to)2
IOPS
35,000
35,000
40,000
Random 4KB Read (up to)
IOPS
420,000
420,000
430,000
Random 4KB Write (up to)
IOPS
23,000
23,000
28,000
Random 8KB Read (up to)
IOPS
220,000
250,000
250,000
Random 8KB Write (up to)
IOPS
10,000
10,000
14,000
2 Product Specifications
2.1 Capacity
Table 3: User Addressable Sectors
NOTES:
1.1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes or 520 bytes or 528 bytes LBA count shown represents total
user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the life of the drive.
2.The total usable capacity of the SSD may be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion
of the capacity is used for NAND media management and maintenance. IDEMA or JEDEC standard is used.
2.2 Performance
Table 4: Random Read/Write Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS)
NOTES:
1.Performance measured using IOMeter* on Intel provided Windows Server 2012R2 driver with Queue Depth 128
(QD=32, workers=4). Measurements are performed on a full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the drive. Power
mode set at 25W.
2. 4KB = 4,096 bytes
3. 8KB = 8,192 bytes
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Specification1
Unit
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400GB
1.2TB
2TB
Random 4KB Read (up to)2
%
90
88
88
Random 4KB Write (up to)
%
90
90
90
Random 8KB Read (up to)3
%
90
88
85
Random 8KB Write (up to)
%
90
90
90
Specification
Unit
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
400GB
1.2TB
2TB
Sequential Read1
MB/s
2,200
2,600
2,700
Sequential Write1
MB/s
1,000
1,200
1,800
Specification
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
Latenct1 (TYP)
Read Sequential/Random
Write Sequential/Random
Power on to PCIe Config Ready
2
Power on to Controller Ready
3
20/120µs
20/30µs
2.0 sec
10.0 sec (TYP)
Table 5: Random Read/Write IOPS Consistency
NOTES:
1.Performance consistency measured using IOMeter* based on Random 4KB QD=128 (QD=32, workers=4) workload,
measured as (IOPS in the 99.9th percentile slowest 1-second interval)/(average IOPS during the test). Measurements
are performed on a full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the drive once the workload has reached steady state but
including all background activities required for normal operation and data reliability
2. 4KB = 4,096 bytes
3. 8KB = 8,192 bytes
Table 6: Sequential Read and Write Bandwidth
Note:
Performance measured using IOMeter* with 64 KB (65,536 bytes) of transfer size with Queue
Depth 128. Power mode set at 25W.
Table 7: Latency
NOTES:
1. Latency measured using 4 KB (4,096 bytes) transfer size with Queue Depth equal to 1 using Windows Server 2012R2
2. Power On To Ready time measured from de-assertion of PCIe* reset to PCIe Config Ready state.
3. Power On to Controller ready signifies when drive can begin receiving PCIe commands from host based on a single
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#PERESET. For power on from unsafe shutdown, power on to controller ready can take up to 20 seconds.
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Specification
Unit
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
QD=1
QD=128
Quality of Service
1,2
(99%)
Reads
ms
0.150 (400GB)
0.120 (1.2TB and 2TB)
1.5 (400GB)
0.75 (1.2TB and 2TB)
Writes
ms
0.120 (400GB)
0.100 (1.2TB and 2TB)
18
Quality of Service
1, 2
(99.99%)
Reads
ms
4 5 Writes
ms
4
30
Electrical Characteristics
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
3.3V Operating Characteristics: (Add-in Card only)
Operating Voltage range
Rise Slew Rate (Max/Min)
Fall Slew Rate (Max/Min)1
Noise level
Min Off time2
Inrush Current (Typical Peak)
3
Max Average Current
3.3 V (±10%)
66/3300 V/s
0.66/3300 V/s
300 mV pp 10Hz – 100 KHz
50 mV pp 100KHz – 20 MHz
3 seconds
1.5 A
3.0 A
12V Operating Characteristics:
Operating Voltage range
Rise Slew Rate (Max/Min)
Fall Slew Rate (Max/Min)1
Noise level
Min Off time2
Inrush Current (Typical Peak)
3
Max Average Current
12 V (+10%/-20%)
240/12000 V/s
2.4/12000 V/s
1000 mV pp 10Hz – 100 KHz
100 mV pp 100KHz – 20 MHz
3 seconds
1.5 A
2.1 A/ 2.45 A (Add-in Card/2.5” FF)
Table 8: Quality of Service
NOTES:
1.Device measured using IOMeter. Quality of Service measured using 4KB (4,096 bytes) transfer size on a random
workload on a full Logical Block Address (LBA) span of the driveonce the workload has reached steady state but
including all background activities required for normal operation and data reliability.
2.Based on Random 4KB QD=1,128 workloads, measured as the time taken for 99.0(or 99.99) percentile of commands
to finish the round-trip from host to drive and back to host.
2.3 Electrical Characteristics
Table 9: Operating Voltage
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3.3Vaux Operating Characteristics4:
Operating Voltage range
Rise Slew Rate (Max/Min)
Fall Slew Rate (Max/Min)1
Noise level
Max Current
3.3 V (±9%)
66/3300 V/s
0.66/3300 V/s
300 mV pp 10Hz – 100 KHz
50 mV pp 100KHz – 20 MHz
20mA/1mA (AIC/2.5” FF)
Specification
Unit
Intel SSD DC P3500 Series
400GB
1.2TB
2TB
Active Write - Average 1
W
12
15
20
Active Read - Average 2
W 9 9
10
Idle
W 4 4
4
NOTES:
1.Fall time needs to be equal or better than minimum in order to guarantee full functionality of enhanced power loss
management.
2. The drive must be powered off for at least 3 seconds before powering on.
3. Measured during initial power supply application. Typically this will be seen within 2 seconds of initial power up. Inrush
specified for 12V and 3.3V supply, not the 3.3V Aux.
4.3.3V aux is optional, not needed for power up or functionality. 3.3Vaux is needed for accessing VPD page by means of
SMBUS for both form factors.
Table 10: Power Consumption
NOTES:
1.The workload equates 128KB (131,072 bytes) Queue Depth equal to 128 sequential writes. Average
power is measured using scope trigger over a 100 ms sample period