Users Guide

• Uncongured and foreign SED drive even when an Encryption Key is not present in the controller

Related Tasks

• Performing A Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD

Performing A Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD

Performing a Full Initialization on a Micron PCIe SSD overwrites all blocks and results in permanent loss of all data on the Micron

PCIe SSD. During Full Initialization, the host is unable to access the Micron PCIe SSD.

NOTE: If the system reboots or experiences a power loss during Full Initialization, the operation is canceled. You must

reboot the system and restart the process.

Related Task

• To Locate Full Initialization In Storage Management

To Locate Full Initialization In Storage Management

To locate this task 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 the enclosure or backplane object.

4. Select the Physical Devices object.

5. Select Full Initialization from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to clear.

6. Click Execute.

Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD

PCIe SSDs support orderly hot swap allowing you to add or remove a device without halting or rebooting the system in which the

devices are installed.

CAUTION: The identify LED pattern (blink operation) is the same LED pattern as safe to remove. When you initiate a

Prepare to Remove operation, ensure that the PCIe SSD is no longer accessible by the system before physically removing

the PCIe SSD.

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, it is mandatory that you use the Prepare to Remove task before physically removing a

device.

NOTE: Orderly hot swap is only supported when the PCIe SSDs are installed in a supported system running a supported

operating system. To ensure that you have the correct conguration for your PCIe SSD, see the system-specic Owner's

Manual.

NOTE: The Prepare to Remove task for PCIe SSDs is supported on systems running the VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.0

operating system. However, this task is not supported on prior versions of VMware vSphere (ESXi) operating system.

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 export log contains debug information for the PCIe SSD and can be useful when troubleshooting. You can export the reliability

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