Lenovo Thinksystem Kioxia Cm6-v Mainstream Nvme Pcie 4.0 X4 Ssds User Guide

ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe PCIe
4.0 x4 SSDs
Product Guide

The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 solid-state drives (SSDs) in capacities up to 6.4 TB are advanced data center SSDs optimized for mixed read-write performance, endurance, and strong data protection for Lenovo servers. With a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, they are designed for greater performance and endurance in a cost-effective design, and to support a broader set of workloads.

Figure 1. ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD

Did you know?
The Kioxia CM6 drives have a PCIe 4.0 (Gen 4) host interface, where sequential performance is doubled over the PCIe 3.0 host interface. The drives are also fully compatible with a PCIe 3.0 host interface providing optimal performance and enabling compatibility across server families.
NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a technology that overcomes SAS/SATA SSD performance limitations by optimizing hardware and software to take full advantage of flash technology. The use of NVMe drives means data is transferred more efficiently from the processor to the drives compared to the legacy Advance Host Controller  Interface (AHCI) stack, thereby reducing latency and overhead. These SSDs connect directly to the processor via the PCIe bus, further reducing latency and TCO.

Part number information

The following table lists the part numbers and feature codes for ThinkSystem servers.
Table 1. Part numbers and feature codes for ThinkSystem

The part numbers include the following items:

• One 2.5-inch solid-state drive
• 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hot-swap tray (hot-swap drives only)
• Documentation

Features

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) is PCIe high-performance SSD technology that provides high I/O throughput and low latency. NVMe interfaces remove SAS/SATA  bottlenecks and unleash all of the capabilities of contemporary NAND flash memory. Each NVMe PCI SSD has a direct PCIe x4 connection, which provides a significantly greater bandwidth and lower latency than SATA/SAS-based SSD solutions.
NVMe drives are also optimized for heavy multi-threaded workloads by using internal parallelism and many other improvements, such as enlarged I/O queues.
The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs have the following features:

• Two form factors:
  • 2.5-inch (U.3, which is backward compatible with U.2) hot-swap drive tray
  • 3.5-inch hot-swap drive tray
• Based on the Kioxia KCM61VUL drives (formerly Toshiba)
• 96-layer BiCS FLASH 3D TLC memory
• 3 drive-write-per-day (DWPD) SSD for mixed read-write workloads
• PCIe 4.0 x4 host connection for each NVMe drive, resulting in up to 6.9 Gbps overall throughput.
• Full Power-Loss-Protection and End-to-End Data Protection
• Low power consumption (maximum 20 W)

Mainstream SSDs and Performance SSDs have similar read and write IOPS performance, but the key difference between them is their endurance (or lifetime) (that is, how long they can perform write operations because SSDs have a finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles). Mainstream SSDs have a better cost/IOPS ratio but lower endurance compared to Performance SSDs. SSD write endurance is typically measured by the number of program/erase (P/E) cycles that the drive incurs over its lifetime, listed as the total bytes of written data (TBW) in the device specification.

The TBW value assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data (based on the number of P/E cycles) that a drive can be guaranteed to complete (% of remaining P/E cycles = % of remaining TBW). Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail. It simply denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed. A solid-state device will not fail upon reaching the specified TBW. At some point based on the manufacturing variance margin, after surpassing the TBW value, the drive will reach the end-of-life point, at which the drive will go into a read-only mode.

Because of such behavior by Mainstream solid-state drives, careful planning must be done to use them only in mixed read-write environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive will not be exceeded before the required life expectancy.

For example, the 3.2 TB drive has an endurance of 17,520 TB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, the write workload must be limited to no more than 9.6 TB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 3.0 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive writes workload must be limited to no more than 16 TB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 5.0 full drive writes per day.

Technical specifications

The following table presents technical specifications for the ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs.
Table 2. Technical specifications

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Table 3. Server support (Part 1 of 2)

Table 4. Server support (Part 2 of 2)

Storage controller support
NVMe PCIe SSDs require an NVMe drive backplane and some form of PCIe connection to processors. PCIe connections can take the form of either an adapter (PCIe  Interposer or PCIe extender/switch adapter) or simply a cable that connects to an onboard NVMe connector.

PCIe 3.0 support: The Kioxia CM6-V drives offer a PCIe 4.0 host interface, however, they are backward compatible with a PCIe 3.0 host interface. Note however that server with a PCIe 3.0 host interface will not see the same performance levels (especially sequential read and write rates). ThinkSystem NVMe switch adapters also provide a PCIe 3.0 host interface to attached drives.
Consult the relevant server product guide for details about the required components for NVMe drive support.

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems.
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
Table 5. Operating system support for ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17112 (Part 1 of 3)

1. RHEL 7.6 does not support EPYC 7003 processors.
2. RHEL7.7 does Not support EPYC 7003 processors.
3. RHEL7.8 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
4. RHEL7.9 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
5. RHEL8.0 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
6. RHEL8.1 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
7. RHEL8.2 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
8. SLES12 SP4 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
9. SLES12 SP4 Xen Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
10. SLES15 SP1 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
11. SLES15 SP1 Xen Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
12. VMware 6.5 U3 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.
13. VMware 7.0 Not support by EPYC 7003 processors.
14. VMware 7.0 U1 Not support EPYC 7003 processors.
15. RHEL7.6 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
16. RHEL7.7 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
17. RHEL7.9 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
18. RHEL8.1 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
19. RHEL8.2 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
20. SLES15 SP1 Xen Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
21. VMware 7.0 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
22. ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.
23. RHEL 7.6 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
24. RHEL8.0 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
25. VMware 6.5 U3 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors
26. VMware 7.0 U1 does Not support EPYC 7003 processors
27. RHEL7.6 Not support with EPYC 7003 processors.

Table 6. Operating system support for ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17112 (Part 2 of 3)

Table 7. Operating system support for ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17112 (Part 3 of 3)

Warranty

The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs carry a one-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When the SSDs are installed in a supported server, these drives assume the system’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Solid-state State Memory cells have an intrinsic, finite number of program/erase cycles that each cell can incur.
As a result, each solid-state device has a maximum amount of program/erase cycles to which it can be subjected. The warranty for Lenovo solid state drives (SSDs) is limited to drives that have not reached the maximum guaranteed number of program/erase cycles, as documented in the Official Published Specifications for the SSD product. A drive  that reaches this limit may fail to operate according to its Specifications.

Physical specifications

The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs have the following physical specifications:
Dimensions and weight (approximate, without the drive tray):

• Height: 15 mm (0.6 in.)
• Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
• Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
• Weight: 130 g (5.3 oz)

Operating environment

The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs are supported in the following environment:

• Temperature:
  • Operating: 0 to 70 °C (32 to 158 °F)
  • Transport: -40 to 80 °C (-40 to 176 °F)
• Relative humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)
• Maximum altitude:
  • Operating: 5,486 m (18,000 ft)
  • Non-operating: 12,192 m (40,000 ft)
• Shock: 1,000 G (Max) at 0.5 ms Vibration: 2.17 G (5-800 Hz)

Agency approvals
The ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe SSDs conform to the following regulations:

• Underwriters Laboratories: UL60950-1
• Canada: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.60950-1
• TUV: EN 60950-1
• BSMI (Taiwan): CNS 13438 (CISPR Pub. 22 Class B): D33003
• MSIP: KN22, KN24 (CISPR Pub. 22 Class B)
• Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR32:2015 Class B
• Canada: ICES-003 Issue 6 Class B
• EMC: EN55022 (2015) Class B
• EMC: EN55035 (2017)
• RoHS 2011/65/EU: EN50581 (2012) Category 3

Related publications and links
For more information, see the following documents:

• Lenovo ThinkSystem SSD Portfolio
  https://lenovopress.com/lp1261-lenovo-thinksystem-ssd-portfolio
• Lenovo ThinkSystem storage options product web page
  https://lenovopress.com/lp0761-storage-options-for-thinksystem-servers
• Kioxia product page for the CM6-V product family:
  https://business.kioxia.com/en-us/ssd/enterprise-ssd/cm6-v.html

Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:

• Drives

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References

• CM6-V Series NVMe™ SSD 2.5-inch (U.3) | KIOXIA - United States (English)
• Storage Options for ThinkSystem Servers > Lenovo Press
• Lenovo ThinkSystem SSD Portfolio > Lenovo Press
• ThinkSystem Kioxia CM6-V Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSDs Product Guide > Lenovo Press
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