2 Replies Latest reply on Aug 7, 2014 1:57 PM by kevin_intel

DC S3500 started reporting 4k sector sizes after firmware 0370. How to make it go back to 512 byte sectors?

jddimarco Aug 6, 2014 3:28 PM

We've ordered various DC S3500 SSDs and the ones with firmware before 0370 report a 512 byte sector size, but the ones with 0370 report a 4k sector size. This is causing a lot of issues for us. Is there any way to set a DC S3500 with firmware 0370 (or later) to go back to a 512 byte sector size? The release notes for 0370 suggest there might be (there's a line in there about supporting both sector sizes).

1. Re: DC S3500 started reporting 4k sector sizes after firmware 0370. How to make it go back to 512 byte sectors?

kevin_intel Aug 7, 2014 1:34 PM (in response to jddimarco)

Hi jddimarco,
I am sorry you are having this issue.
Let me research more on this and I will information soon.

Kevin M
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2. Re: DC S3500 started reporting 4k sector sizes after firmware 0370. How to make it go back to 512 byte sectors?

kevin_intel Aug 7, 2014 1:57 PM (in response to jddimarco)

Hi jddimarco,

Sorry for the delay.

I have checked and the latest firmware the DC S3500 and S3700 both default to a 4KB ‘physical sector size’. This is also known as ‘advanced format’ sector size.

Please check your Private Messages.

Kevin M
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