Users Guide
Properties Description
PCIe Negotiated Link Width Displays the current negotiated link width of the physical device.
PCIe Maximum Link Width Displays the capable link width of the physical device.
Form Factor Displays the form factor of the device. Possible values are:
Add-in Card — For HHHL devices
2.5 inches — For physical devices other than a HHHL device.
Sub Vendor Displays the vendor name of the device.
Available Spare Displays the available spare value set for all PCIe SSDs / HHHL.
The new disk will have 100% spare which comes down as per the
usage.
NOTE: This field is not applicable for NVMe Intel P4800x
devices.
Physical Device Tasks
The physical device tasks for PCIe SSD are as follows:
• Blinking And Unblinking
• Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD
• Exporting The Log
• 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 find 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 indefinitely.
Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
CAUTION: Full Initialization permanently erases all data present on the disk.
CAUTION: On VMware ESXi hosts, before performing Full Initialization on the Micron PCIe SSD it is important to first
delete any data stores on it. Failure to do so can result in system instability.
To erase an encrypted physical device, select the Full Initialization task. This task is available for:
• Unconfigured SED drive
• Foreign configured encrypted drives
• Unconfigured 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
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