Supermicro SuperServer SYS-122H-TN User Manual page 141

Hot-Swap Drives
Intel VMD enables hot- plug and hot- unplug for NVMe SSDs, whether from Intel or other
manufacturers. Under vSphere ESXi, several steps are necessary to avoid potential stability
issues. See the information at link [1] below.
Hot-unplug
1. Prevent devices from being re-detected during rescan:
esxcli storage core claiming autoclaim --enabled=false
2. Unmount the VMFS volumes on the device. Check link [2] for details.
3. Detach the device. Check link [3] for details.
4. Physically remove the device.
Hot-plug
Physically install the device.
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ESXi will automatically discover NVMe SSDs, but a manual scan may be required in some
cases.
Related Information Links
1. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2151404
2. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-
vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-1B56EF97-F60E-4F21-82A7-
8F2A7294604D.html
3. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-
vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-F2E75F67-740B-4406-9F0C-
A2D99A698F2A.html
SuperServer SYS-122H-TN: Optional Components
Drive Carrier Status LED Indicator
Status
Normal function Off
Locating 4 Hz blinking
Fault Solid on
Rebuilding 1 Hz blinking
IBPI SFF 8489 Defined Status LED States
141
State (red)