Hot-Swap For Nvme Drives - Supermicro SuperServer SYS-611C-TN4R User Manual

Hot-Swap for NVMe Drives

Supermicro servers support NVMe surprise hot-swap. For even better data security, NVMe
orderly hot-swap is recommended. NVMe drives can be ejected and replaced remotely using
the BMC Dashboard.
Ejecting a Drive
1. BMC Dashboard > Server Health > NVMe SSD
2. Select Device, Group and Slot, and click Eject. After ejecting, the drive Status LED
indicator turns green.
3. Remove the drive.
Note that Device and Group are categorized by the CPLD design architecture.
Slot is the slot number on which the NVMe drives are mounted.
Figure 3-10. BMC Dashboard Screenshot
Replacing the Drive
1. Insert the replacement drive.
2. BMC Dashboard > Server Health > NVMe SSD
3. Select Device, Group and slot and click Insert. The drive Status LED indicator flashes
red, then turns off. The Activity LED turns blue.
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