Reference Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
NVMe PCIe SSD architecture.......................................................................................................................................... 5
PCIe interface...............................................................................................................................................................5
NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF features..........................................................................................................................5
Hot swap....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Device health................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology............................................................................................... 6
Remaining rated write endurance.............................................................................................................................. 6
Device write status...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Supported operating systems for NVMe PCIe SSD ..................................................................................................... 7
2 Technical specications................................................................................................................................. 8
3 Getting started with NVMe PCIe SSD..........................................................................................................10
Conguring NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF in dierent operating systems.............................................................. 10
Servicing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device..................................................................................................10
4 Replacing and conguring hardware.............................................................................................................12
Removing NVMe PCIe SSD from system......................................................................................................................12
Installing NVMe PCIe SSD in system............................................................................................................................. 13
5 Driver installation......................................................................................................................................... 14
Downloading NVMe PCIe SSD drivers...........................................................................................................................14
Installing or upgrading NVMe PCIe SSD driver for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012
R2, and 2016......................................................................................................................................................................14
Installing or upgrading NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server..............................................................................................................................................................15
Installing or upgrading NVMe PCIe SSD driver for VMware.......................................................................................16
Booting from NVMe PCIe SSD....................................................................................................................................... 17
Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 on NVMe PCIe SSD.......................................................................................17
Installing RHEL 7.0 or later on the NVMe PCIe SSD.............................................................................................. 17
Installing SLES 12 or later on the NVMe PCIe SSD................................................................................................17
6 Conguring and managing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device......................................................... 19
OpenManage Server Administrator................................................................................................................................19
Storage information....................................................................................................................................................19
Congure and manage NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF......................................................................................... 19
Running physical device tasks..................................................................................................................................20
NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF available tasks....................................................................................................... 20
Blink and unblink task for PCIe SSD.........................................................................................................................21
Preparing to remove an NVMe PCIe SSD............................................................................................................... 21
Performing cryptographic erase task for NVMe PCIe SSD..................................................................................22
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