Inventorying And Monitoring Pcie Ssds - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

PCIe SSD cards on Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge rack and tower servers and Dell PowerEdge R920 servers. The HHHL SSD
card can be directly plugged in to the PCI slot in the servers that do not have PCIe SSD supported backplanes. You can also use
these cards on servers with supported backplanes.
Using iDRAC interfaces, you can view and configure NVMe PCIe SSDs.
The key features of PCIe SSD are:
• Hot plug capability
• High-performance device
The PCIe SSD subsystem consists of the Backplane, PCIe Extender card which is attached to the backplane of the system and
provides PCIe connectivity for up to four or eight PCIe SSDs at the front of the chassis and the PCIe SSDs.
You can perform the following operations for PCIe SSDs:
• Inventory and remotely monitor the health of PCIe SSDs in the server
• Prepare to remove the PCIe SSD
• Securely erase the data
• Blink or unblink the device LED
You can perform the following operations for HHHL SSDs:
• Inventory and real-time monitoring of the HHHL SSD in the server
• Drive status reporting such as Online, Failed, and Offline
• Failed card reporting and logging in iDRAC and OMSS
• Securely erasing the data and removing the card
• TTY logs reporting
NOTE: Hot plug capability, prepare to remove, and blink or unblink the device LED is not applicable for HHHL PCIe SSD
devices.
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Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs

Preparing to remove PCIe SSD
Erasing PCIe SSD device data
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs
The following inventory and monitoring information is available for PCIe SSDs:
• Hardware information:
– PCIe SSD Extender card
– PCIe SSD Backplane
If the system has a dedicated PCIe backplane, two FQDDs are displayed. One FQDD is for regular drives and the other is for
SSDs. If the backplane is shared (universal), only one FQDD is displayed.
• Software inventory includes only the firmware version for the PCIe SSD.
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs using web interface
To inventory and monitor PCIe SSD devices, in the iDRAC web interface, go to Overview → Storage → Physical Disks. The
Properties page is displayed. For PCIe SSDs, the Name column displays PCIe SSD. Expand to view the properties.
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs using RACADM
Use the racadm storage get controllers:<PcieSSD controller FQDD> command to inventory and monitor PCIe
SSDs.
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