Users Guide

Getting started with NVMe PCIe SSD
The NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF devices you ordered with your system are precongured and ready for use. For more information, see
Conguring NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF in dierent operating systems, or see Conguring and managing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch
SFF device.
Topics:
• Conguring NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF in dierent operating systems
• Servicing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device
Conguring NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF in dierent
operating systems
In Windows-based systems, the NVMe PCIe SSDs have a controller entity and a device entity. The controller entity is displayed under the
Storage controller menu in the Device Manager.
NOTE
: When congured in the Dell S140 RAID volumes, separate device entries will not be shown. For more information, see the
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S140 User's Guide at Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Use the controller entity when installing or updating the NVMe PCIe SSD driver. You can congure the NVMe PCIe SSD for use on
Windows from
Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management Tool.
On Linux based systems, you can congure the NVMe PCIe SSD from the partitioning tool by specifying or selecting the device name. The
device name for NVMe PCIe SSDs is /dev/nvmeXn1, where X is the number corresponding to each NVMe PCIe SSD in the system (for
example: /dev/nvme0n1; /dev/nvme1n1; /dev/nvme2n1 and so on).
Use OpenManage Server Administrator for managing and performing NVMe PCIe SSD related tasks. For more information, see Conguring
and managing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device.
In VMware systems, you can congure the NVMe PCIe SSD as datastore or for a passthrough operation. You can use vSphere Client to
congure the NVMe PCIe SSD. Conguring PCIe devices as passthrough is not recommended due to the following limitations:
• You are not able to take snapshots of the Virtual Machine (VM).
• Your VM is no longer able to use fail over features such as VMotion and Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS).
• You are not able to hot add any other device to the VM such as a USB key. To add an additional device, rst shut down the VM.
Conguring NVMe PCIe SSD as passthrough is not recommended outside of Dell-specic solutions. See the solution-specic
documentation at Dell.com/support/manuals.
Servicing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device
If you need to remove or replace your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device, you can remove the device from a system that is operational
through an orderly removal process. This operation is only supported on Windows and Linux-based systems. See Supported operating
systems for NVMe PCIe SSD.
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