Orderly Hot Swap Of A Drive In Esxi - Huawei ES3000 V5 User Manual

ES3000 V5 NVMe PCIe SSD
User Guide
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4.2.3 Orderly Hot Swap of a Drive in ESXi

Operation Scenario
Notify the ESXi OS before hot removing the ES3000 V5 SSD.
Preparations
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Procedure
Hot-Removing an SSD
Step 1 Log in to the OS as an administrator or administrator group member.
Step 2 Stop all services accessing the ES3000 V5 SSD.
Step 3 Run the following command to instruct the OS to power off the device:
hioadm hotplug -d devicename -r
In this command, devicename indicates the name of the device to be removed, such as nvme0
and nvme1.
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Hot-Inserting an SSD
Step 1 Insert the ES3000 V5 into the target slot.
Step 2 Log in to the OS as an administrator or administrator group member.
Step 3 After the SSD is started, run the hioadm info command to check its name, such as nvme0.
Step 4 Run the following command to instruct the OS to power on the device:
hioadm hotplug -d devicename -i
In this command, devicename indicates the name of the device that has been inserted, such as
nvme0.
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NOTE
After the previous command is executed, you can remove the drive if the green indicator is off and the
yellow indicator blinks at the frequency of 0.5 Hz.
You have correctly installed the ES3000 V5 SSD on the server.
You have installed the ESXi tool package. For details, see
(ESXi).
NOTE
After the previous command is executed, you can remove the SSD if the green indicator is off and the
yellow indicator blinks at the frequency of 0.5 Hz.
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