Administrator Guide

Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device
You can remove a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Pheripheral Component Interconnect Express
(PCIE) Solid State Device (SSD) without shutting down or rebooting the system. When you are removing a
device, all the activities associated with the device must be stopped to prevent data loss. To prevent loss
of data use the Prepare to Remove option, which stops all the device-associated background activities,
after which you can remove the NVMe PCIe SSD physically.
Supported features — operating systems matrix
The following is the list of supported features and the operating system.
Features Operating Systems
Microsoft
Windows
Linux Virtualization
12th generation
and 13th
generation
Sharing OS
Information
Yes Yes Yes
12th generation
and 13th
generation
LC Log
Replication
Yes Yes Yes
12th generation
and 13th
generation
Automatic System
Recovery/
Watchdog
Yes Yes Yes
13th generation
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
Providers
Yes No No
13th generation
Prepare to
Remove NVMe
device through
iDRAC
Yes Yes No
13th generation
Automating
Technical Support
Report OS
collection
Yes Yes No
NOTE: The new features such as Windows Management Instrumentation Providers, Prepare to
Remove NVMe device through iDRAC, Automating Technical Support Report OS collection are
supported only on Dell’s 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers with minimum firmware version of
2.00.00.00 or later.
NOTE: For the list of platforms supported by iDRAC Service Module, see Supported operating
systems.
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