Users Guide

• Exporting The Log For PCIe SSD In Slot Card

• Performing A Cryptographic Erase On A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

To perform a PCIe SSD in slot card task:

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the System tree, expand the Storage tree object to

display the storage component objects.

2. Expand the PCIe SSD Subsystem object.

3. Expand the connector object.

4. Select the PCIe SSD in Slot object.

5. Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.

6. Click Execute.

Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

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

export the reliability log from the PCIe SSD in Slot Available Tasks drop-down list.

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.

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 For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

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. Select the PCIe SSD in Slotobject.

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

clear.

6. Click Execute.