Because my Intel DC P3500/3600 are installed within an vSphere ESXi 6.x Host i  have to use the Intel DataCenter Tools (ESXi VIB available) together with the Intel NVMe Driver for ESXi . With that commandline tool you can upgrade the FW (its always included into the DataCenter Tools (so no extra Download) and also query Stats from the SSD.

These Tools are also available for Windows.

Regards,
Joerg

Joerg, 

Thanks for your reply.

My concern is that the SSDs (SSDPE2ME020T4D) are Dell branded drives, have a different firmware installed, and are not manageable using standard Intel tools. I just fried an HP-branded Intel DC P3700 using Intel Memory and Storage Tool.

Are your drives the Dell-branded drives, or are they standard Intel ssds?

Best regards,

Warren

I have original Intel ones.  If you have Dell support just give them a call and ask them how to update.

Regards,
Joerg