Users Guide

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.
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.
Related link
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD
NOTE
: The virtual disk with RAID 10 conguration 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.
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 link
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
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