Cisco UCSXE-NVE11T9K2V9 | 1.9TB E3.S NVMe Gen 5 SSD, 1DWPD, SED FIPS

Q: Which Cisco UCS systems is this NVMe drive compatible with?
A: This drive is designed for Cisco UCS X-Series modular systems, specifically the X215c M8, X210c M8, and XE130c M8 compute nodes that support E3.S form factor storage devices.

Q: What does 1 DWPD endurance mean for this drive?
A: 1 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) means you can write the full 1.9TB capacity once per day for the drive's rated lifespan, making it ideal for read-intensive workloads such as business intelligence, online transaction processing, and virtualized environments.

Q: What are the benefits of the E3.S form factor over traditional 2.5-inch drives?
A: E3.S provides higher storage density in 1U and 2U servers, improved airflow and thermal management, hot-swap capability from the front of the server, and support for PCIe Gen 5 performance levels not achievable with legacy form factors.

Q: Does this drive support data encryption?
A: Yes, this is a self-encrypting drive (SED) with FIPS certification, providing hardware-based encryption for data-at-rest protection without performance impact, ideal for regulated industries and security-sensitive applications.

Q: What workloads is this drive best suited for?
A: With its read-intensive optimization and 1 DWPD endurance, this drive excels in workloads such as business intelligence, data analytics, online transaction processing (OLTP), software-defined storage, virtualization platforms, and database applications that require high read IOPS and low latency.