Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M Service Manual page 75

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.
If you expand storage, then you must add two (2) disks and expand storage on both
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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.
Drive slots NVMe9, NVMe10 and NVMe11 are not supported for this product.
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Chapter 3 • Servicing CRUs That Do Not Require System Power Off
Adding NVMe Expansion Storage
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