Cisco UCSX-NVE13T8K1V | 3.8TB E3.S NVMe Gen5 SSD, Hot-Swappable

Q: What Cisco UCS systems is the UCSX-NVE13T8K1V compatible with?
A: This drive is compatible with Cisco UCS X-Series modular compute nodes including the X210c M8, X215c M8, and XE130c M8 models. It fits E3.S 1T storage bays in these platforms and requires appropriate blanks (UCSC-E3S1T-F or UCSXE-E3S1T-F) for unpopulated slots.

Q: What does the 1X endurance rating mean for this SSD?
A: The 1X endurance rating indicates this is a medium endurance drive rated for approximately 1 drive write per day (DWPD) over its operational lifetime. This makes it suitable for read-intensive and mixed workloads in enterprise environments such as virtualization, databases, and general server storage applications.

Q: Does this drive support encryption?
A: Yes, the UCSX-NVE13T8K1V features self-encrypting drive (SED) technology with SIE and SCEF compliance, providing hardware-based data encryption at rest to meet security and compliance requirements in enterprise data center environments.

Q: Can this drive be installed while the server is running?
A: Yes, this E3.S NVMe drive supports hot-swap functionality, allowing installation and removal without powering down the compute node, minimizing downtime during maintenance or capacity upgrades in production environments.

Q: What is the difference between this and the PM1745 drives offered for UCS systems?
A: The UCSX-NVE13T8K1V uses a Kioxia KCD8XPJE controller with medium endurance (1X DWPD) optimized for cost-effective general-purpose workloads. PM1745-based drives offer high endurance (3X DWPD) for write-intensive applications and include TCG OPAL encryption support, representing a higher performance tier.