I have the following SSD in my server:
It's currently with 4k sectors and I want to format to 512b sectors. I've tried both nvme-cli and Intel's own isdct tool, but no success.
Any idea why? The drive otherwise works ok with 4k sectors... the supported formats are shown as:
Code:
# isdct show -intelssd 0
- Intel SSD DC P3600 Series PHMD5485003SXXXXXX -
Bootloader : 8B1B0133
DevicePath : /dev/nvme0n1
DeviceStatus : Healthy
Firmware : 8DV101H0
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release.
Index : 0
ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPE2ME400G4
ProductFamily : Intel SSD DC P3600 Series
SerialNumber : PHMD5485003SXXXXXX
Code:
# nvme format /dev/nvme0 -n 1 -l 0
NVME Admin command error:INTERNAL: The command was not completed successfully due to an internal error(6)
Code:
# isdct start -intelssd 0 -nvmeformat -namespace 1 LBAFormat=0
WARNING! You have selected to format the drive!
Proceed with the format? (Y|N): Y
Formatting...(This can take several minutes to complete)
- Intel SSD DC P3600 Series PHMD5485003SXXXXXX -
Status : NVMe command reported a problem.
# echo $?
25
Code:
# nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 1 -H | grep ^LBA
LBA Format 0 : Metadata Size: 0 bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0x2 Good
LBA Format 1 : Metadata Size: 8 bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0x2 Good
LBA Format 2 : Metadata Size: 16 bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0x2 Good
LBA Format 3 : Metadata Size: 0 bytes - Data Size: 4096 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best (in use)
LBA Format 4 : Metadata Size: 8 bytes - Data Size: 4096 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best
LBA Format 5 : Metadata Size: 64 bytes - Data Size: 4096 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best
LBA Format 6 : Metadata Size: 128 bytes - Data Size: 4096 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best