Users Guide

○ Enclosure or backplane mode
○ Patrol read unconfigured areas
● View all properties that are applicable to a RAID controller expect for virtual disks.
● Clear foreign configuration
NOTE: If an operation is not supported in non-RAID mode, an error message is displayed.
You cannot monitor the enclosure temperature probes, fans, and power supplies when the controller is in non-RAID mode.
Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers
While performing operations on more than two storage controllers from any supported iDRAC interface, make sure to:
● Run the jobs on each controller individually. Wait for each job to complete before starting the configuration and job creation
on the next controller.
● Schedule multiple jobs to run at a later time using the scheduling options.
Managing PCIe SSDs
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) solid-state device (SSD) is a high-performance storage device designed for
solutions requiring low latency, high Input Output Operations per Second (IOPS), and enterprise class storage reliability and
serviceability. The PCIe SSD is designed based on Single Level Cell (SLC) and Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash technology
with a high-speed PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 3.0 compliant interface. iDRAC 2.20.20.20 and later versions support Half-Height Half-
Length (HHHL) PCIe SSD cards on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge rack and tower servers and Dell PowerEdge R920
servers. The HHHL SSD card can be directly plugged in to the PCI slot in the servers that do not have PCIe SSD supported
backplanes. You can also use these cards on servers with supported backplanes.
Using iDRAC interfaces, you can view and configure NVMe PCIe SSDs.
The key features of PCIe SSD are:
● Hot plug capability
● High-performance device
The PCIe SSD subsystem consists of the Backplane, PCIe Extender card which is attached to the backplane of the system and
provides PCIe connectivity for up to four or eight PCIe SSDs at the front of the chassis and the PCIe SSDs.
You can perform the following operations for PCIe SSDs:
● Inventory and remotely monitor the health of PCIe SSDs in the server
● Prepare to remove the PCIe SSD
● Securely erase the data
● Blink or unblink the device LED
You can perform the following operations for HHHL SSDs:
● Inventory and real-time monitoring of the HHHL SSD in the server
● Drive status reporting such as Online, Failed, and Offline
● Failed card reporting and logging in iDRAC and OMSS
● Securely erasing the data and removing the card
● TTY logs reporting
NOTE:
Hot plug capability, prepare to remove, and blink or unblink the device LED is not applicable for HHHL PCIe SSD
devices.
Related concepts
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs on page 214
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD on page 215
Erasing PCIe SSD device data on page 216
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs
The following inventory and monitoring information is available for PCIe SSDs:
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Managing storage devices