Users Guide

Select the Prepare to Remove task to safely remove a PCIe SSD from the system. This task causes the

status LEDs on the device to blink. You can safely remove the device from the system under the following

conditions after you initiate the Prepare to Remove task:

• The PCIe SSD is blinking the safe to remove LED pattern.

• The PCIe SSD is no longer accessible by the system.

Exporting The Log

The log contains debug information of the PCIe SSD and can be useful for troubleshooting. You can

export the reliability log from the Physical Device Available Tasks drop-down list.

Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD

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.

NOTE: If the system reboots or experiences a power loss during Cryptographic Erase, the operation

is canceled. You must reboot the system and restart the process.

NOTE: On systems running the VMware vSphere (ESXi) operating system, Storage Management only

performs the Cryptographic Erase task and does not report the status of the task. If the

Cryptographic Erase task does not function as expected for some NVMe devices, the status is not

reported or displayed on Server Administrator.

Related Task

• To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management

Related Tasks

To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller

objects.

2. Expand a controller object.

3. Expand a connector object.

4. Expand the enclosure or backplane object.

5. Select the Physical Devices object.

6. Select Cryptographic Erase from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to

clear.

7. Click Execute.

Related References

Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD