PowerEdge: Kioxia PM7 960 and 800 GB drive Labels shows a common manufacture part number
Summary: For the Dell and FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)s drive the Manufactures part number are Shared between the 960 GB and 800 GB version of the drive.
Symptoms
Notice in the Example labels below for the Std version of the drive the Manufactures part number in the upper right corner of the label "KPM7XVUG960G" is the same for both drives.
However the Dell part number, size, and endurance are different.
The manufacture has configured the Dell drive to our own specific capacity and endurance.
The same is true for the FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) versions of the drives as well seen below.
Notice in the Example labels below for FIP's version of the drive the Manufactures part number in the upper right corner of the label "KPM7WVUG960G" is the same.
However the Dell part number, size, and endurance are different.
Here is the same info in table format also notice the Swim lane change as well with the 960 GB drives being (RI) read intensive while the 800 GB versions being (MU) mix use.
Again this is all being changed by the firmware.
Dell PN |
Mfg |
Family Name |
Mfg Model Number |
Mfg PN |
Capacity |
Encryption |
Swim-Lane |
DWPD |
0KRVY1 |
Kioxia |
PM7 |
KPM7XVUG960G |
SDFUZ86DRB91T |
960GB |
SIE |
RI |
1 |
0X96H8 |
Kioxia |
PM7 |
KPM7XVUG960G |
SDFUZ86DMB91T |
800GB |
SIE |
MU |
3 |
0T1RHN |
Kioxia |
PM7 |
KPM7WVUG960G |
SDFUZ76DRB91T |
960GB |
SED (FIPS-140) |
RI |
1 |
081G77 |
Kioxia |
PM7 |
KPM7WVUG960G |
SDFUZ76DMB91T |
800GB |
SED (FIPS-140) |
MU |
3 |
Cause
This is being driven by the Manufacture producing a single hard drive and filling Dell's must have both a 960 GB (RI) drive and an 800 GB (MU) drive using a different firmware.
Resolution
The drives are the higher quality drives filling both functions.
Dells are not using a cheaper drive to do both jobs.