Cisco UCSX-NVE112T8K1P | 12.8TB E3.S NVMe SSD, PCIe 5.0, High Endurance 3X

Q: What systems is the UCSX-NVE112T8K1P compatible with?
A: This E3.S NVMe drive is designed for Cisco UCS X-Series modular compute nodes including the X210c M8, X215c M8, and XE130c M8, as well as UCS C-Series rack servers such as the C220 M8 and C240 M8 equipped with E3.S drive bays and NVMe backplanes.

Q: What does the 3X endurance rating mean?
A: The 3X endurance rating indicates this is a high-endurance drive rated for approximately 3 drive writes per day (DWPD) over its operational lifetime, making it suitable for write-intensive enterprise workloads including databases, virtual machine storage, and analytics applications.

Q: What is the E3.S form factor?
A: E3.S (Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form Factor) is a modern EDSFF (Enterprise & Datacenter Storage Form Factor) standard designed to maximize storage density and thermal efficiency in data center servers. The E3.S 1T variant used here is approximately 112.75mm long and designed for hot-swappable installation.

Q: Does this drive support encryption?
A: Yes, the UCSX-NVE112T8K1P features SIE SCEF (Self-Encrypting with Sanitization Crypto Erase Fast) security capabilities, providing hardware-based encryption to protect data at rest and support secure data sanitization.

Q: What are typical use cases for this drive?
A: This high-capacity, high-endurance NVMe drive is ideal for enterprise virtualization platforms, high-performance databases, hyperconverged infrastructure deployments, big data analytics, and AI/ML workloads requiring fast random access performance and sustained write endurance.