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Drive slots NVMe9, NVMe10 and NVMe11 are not supported for this product.
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If you have the default configuration of NVMe drives (seen as pd_00, pd_01, pd_03, pd_04,
pd_06 and pd_07 from the host), you can expand storage by adding three (3) NVMe drives.
If you expand storage, then you must add three (3) disks and expand storage on all
Note -
three disks at the same time. Once you expand storage to nine (9) NVMe drives, you cannot
revert to the default configuration of six (6) NVMe drives.
The odaadmcli commands listed here must be run as the root user.
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1. Insert the new NVMe drives into the expansion disk slots.
For the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S/X6-2M, the name for these drives to the host
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will be pd_02 and pd_03, matching the numbering of their respective drive slots.
For the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2L, the name for these drives to the host will be
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pd_02, pd_05 and pd_08, matching the numbering of their respective drive slots.
2. Slide the drive into the slot until the drive is fully seated. Then close the drive
latch to lock the drive in place. Repeat for each new drive.
Power on the new drives by entering the appropriate commands from the host.
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For the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S/X6-2M, type:
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odaadmcli power disk on pd_02
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odaadmcli power disk on pd_03
For the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2L, type:
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Chapter 3 • Servicing CRUs That Do Not Require System Power Off
Adding NVMe Expansion Storage
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