Users Guide

Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card
The export log contains debug information for the PCIe SSD and can be useful when troubleshooting. You can export the
reliability log for the PCIe SSD in Slot Card from the Available Tasks drop-down list.
Related information
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe
SSDs
To locate this task in storage management:
NOTE: This operation is supported only on NVMe PCIe SSDs.
1. Expand the Storage tree object to view the controller objects.
2. Expand PCIe SSD Subsystems.
3. Select Physical Disks.
4. Select Export Log from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
The Export Log page is displayed.
6. In the Export Log page, the following attributes are displayed:
● Host Name
● Path
● File Name — In this text box, you can provide a custom file name for the log file. The export log file is saved with a .log
file extension and the file extension cannot be overwritten by any other file extension entered by the user. The default
file name is NVME_<serial_no>_<monthdayhourminutesecond>.log .
NOTE:
You cannot use MS-DOS reserved words and special characters in the custom file name. For more
information on MS-DOS reserved words, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/71843. For more
information on valid and invalid special characters, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/177506.
7. Click Export Log to export the file.
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe
SSD In Slot Card
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
NOTE:
After you hot plug an NVMe PCIe SSD, the NVMe PCIe SSD may take several seconds to be displayed on Storage
Management.
CAUTION: Cryptographic Erase permanently erases all data present on the disk.
Performing a Cryptographic Erase on an NVMe PCIe SSD overwrites all blocks and results in permanent loss of all data on the
NVMe PCIe SSD. During Cryptographic Erase, the host is unable to access the NVMe PCIe SSD.
The following error messages will be displayed based on the actions performed while performing Crytographic erase
NOTE: The error messages will not be displayed in CLI mode.
● If drive is mountedWhen you perform the 'Cryptographic Erase' operation, any data on the disk
will be lost permanently. This device is cusrrently mounted(/mnt/temp) and may still
be in use. We recomment un-assigning them before continuing. Are you sure you want to
continue?
NOTE: The mount path/drive letters is displayed in () brackets, in this case it is (/mnt/temp).
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