Users Guide
• Performing A Cryptographic Erase on An NVMe PCIe SSD
To perform a physical device 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 Enclosure (Backplane) object.
4 Select the Physical Devices object.
5 Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
6 Click Execute.
Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD
The Blink task allows you to nd a device within a system by blinking one of the LEDs on the device. You can use this task to locate a failed
device. Select Unblink to cancel the Blink task or to stop the LED on a physical device that is blinking indenitely.
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 conguration for your PCIe SSD, see the system-specic 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.
NOTE: The Prepare to Remove task for PCIe SSDs is not supported on the following PowerEdge platforms; R6415, R7415, and
R7425.
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.
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD
NOTE
: The virtual disk with RAID 10 conguration cannot be created for the selected number of physical disks. Please refer
OpenManage CLI guide for details.
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
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