PowerEdge: Dell Enterprise Intel SSD drives may report a fault or failure condition

Summary: Dell Intel SATA SSD drives may report a not correctly functioning PDR3 event, potentially resulting in a drive failure condition.

This article applies to This article does not apply to This article is not tied to any specific product. Not all product versions are identified in this article.
Check out other resources

Symptoms

Encountering or observing the following symptoms:

  • Failed drive
  • Missing drive
  • Drive not detected by iDRAC

In some scenarios, this failure could also trigger a backplane voltage error. 

Example logs:

Lifecycle Controller (LC) log example:

11/2/2023 8:32    iDRAC    Storage        Critical    PDR3       The Physical Drive (PD) Disk 0 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1 is not correctly functioning. Part number TW00xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxA00.
11/9/2023 5:11    iDRAC    Storage        Critical    PDR3       The Physical Drive (PD) Disk 3 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1 is not correctly functioning. Part number TW00xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxA00.
11/9/2023 5:11    SEL    System Health    Critical    VLT0204    The system board BP1 PG voltage is outside of range.
11/17/2023 0:53   SEL    System Health    Critical    VLT0204    The system board Pfault fail-safe voltage is outside of range.
11/17/2023 0:53   SEL    System Health    Critical    VLT0204    The system board BP1 PG voltage is outside of range.



PERC TTY log example: (PHY BAD events):

C0:EVT#60333-06/11/24 14:55:20: 185=Enclosure PD 40(c None/p1) phy bad for slot 1
C0:ld sync: all LDs sync'd, 00 offline lds, of 01 total lds
C0:EVT#02534-12/07/23  0:37:50: 185=Enclosure PD 40(c None/p1) phy bad for slot 3
C0:SMBE: Ses Bad Phy RC 4 ePd 40 s 3 be 3

 

Cause

Dell Technologies has identified a firmware issue that may cause unexpected faults in Dell Intel SSD drives.
Any of these drives operating on any firmware version prior to the new DL7A release may experience premature failures.

 

Impacted Intel drive part numbers:

DPN	Description	                     Firmware w/ Fix
00DJ5	SSDR,480G,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
5M8Y4	SSDR,960G,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC        DL7A
D5C1D	SSDR,480G,MET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC        DL7A
6J65H	SSDR,1.9T,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
6XW3M	SSDR,1.9T,MET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
KM4C4	SSDR,3.8T,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
53KHR	SSDR,480G,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
DYMD0	SSDR,960G,MET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
572Y6	SSDR,3.8T,MET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
GHD66   SSDR,240G,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
XKP9T   SSDR,7.6T,RET2,2.5,YOUNGSVI,EC	      DL7A
7KDJJ	SSDR,3.8T,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
8MHYH	SSDR,960G,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
8RXV5	SSDR,1.9T,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
F6H8H	SSDR,960G,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
GX439	SSDR,480G,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
VYYW8	SSDR,1.9T,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
WNPN1	SSDR,3.8T,2E,IT06,2.5,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
CM88M   SSDR,240G,2E,IT06,M.2,I-YV,EC	      DL7A
M7F5D   SSDR,480G,2E,IT06,M.2,I-YV,EC	      DL7A

 

Resolution

Update the drive firmware version to DL7A or newer.

https://www.dell.com/support/home/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=9rf8x

 

This update has been categorized as URGENT as should be applied at the earliest available opportunity. 
Dell Technologies highly recommends applying this important update as soon as possible. The update contains critical bug fixes and changes to improve the functionality, reliability, and stability of your Dell system. It may also include security fixes and other feature enhancements.

 

 

Affected Products

C Series, Rack Servers, Tower Servers
Article Properties
Article Number: 000226989
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2025
Version:  12
Find answers to your questions from other Dell users
Support Services
Check if your device is covered by Support Services.