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Executive summary
4 NVMe Surprise Removal on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers running Linux operating systems | 451
Executive summary
NVMe devices are being used more widely, and features such as surprise removal are important to the
continuous availability of the server and serviceability needs. Surprise removal allows you to remove a device
from the server without prior notification. This white paper outlines the best practices that are to be followed
for the surprise removal of NVMe devices running supported Linux operating systems on supported Dell EMC
PowerEdge servers. Both supported and unsupported scenarios and known issues encountered while
performing surprise removal on Linux operating systems are documented in this white paper.