Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA Manual page 54

Adding NVMe Expansion Storage
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odaadmcli power disk on pd_xx
Where pd_xx is the name of the disk being replaced as described in step 1.
It can take a few minutes for the power-on operation to complete. Once complete, the drive's
green OK indicator will light.
To check the status of the replacement disk, type the following command from
7.
the host:
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odaadmcli show disk
For additional information, refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's
Guide.
Adding NVMe Expansion Storage
The Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S/X6-2M supports two expansion slots for NVMe
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drives. These are slots labeled NVMe2 and NVMe3 as seen from the front of the system
(callouts 1 and 2 in the following illustration). When adding NVMe storage, you must
populate both of these slots.
If you have the default configuration of only two NVMe drives (seen as pd_00 and pd_01
from the host), you can expand storage by adding two (2) NVMe drives.
Note -
disks at the same time. Once you expand storage to four (4) NVMe drives, you cannot revert
to the default configuration of two (2) NVMe drives.
The Oracle Database Appliance X6-2L supports three expansion slots for NVMe drives.
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These are slots labeled NVMe2, NVMe5, and NVMe8 as seen from the front of the system
(callouts 1, 2 and 3 in the following illustration). When adding NVMe storage, you must
populate all three of these slots.
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If you expand storage, then you must add two (2) disks and expand storage on both