Users Guide

Status LED is not working
Ensure system is booted to the operating system. Install Open Manage Server Administrator management utility version 8.0
(or higher).
Blinking and unblinking feature not working on PowerEdge R740
Description The Blink task allows you to locate a disk within an enclosure by blinking one of the light-emitting diodes
(LEDs) on the disk. This feature is currently not supported on PowerEdge R740 systems with 2.5 inch
back plane.
NOTE: The Blink task is available on OpenManage Server Administrator console.
Cannot update NVMe PCIe SSD firmware by using Dell Update
Package or DUP
Likely Cause: The supported device driver for the operating system on your system is not installed.
Corrective
Action:
Before you update the NVMe PCIe SSD firmware using DUP, ensure that the required device driver for
the operating system available on your system is installed.
Third-party driver installation for NVMe PCIe SSD failing
Description:
While NVMe mode is set to RAID and operating system installation is complete, installing a third-party
driver for NVMe PCIe SSD may fail.
Solution Third-party drivers for NVMe PCIe SSDs are not supported with NVMe in RAID mode.
Unable to find the NVMe PCIe SSD for operating system
installation
Likely Cause:
S140 drivers are installed while NVMe is in non-RAID mode.
Corrective
Action:
Ensure that NVMe is in RAID mode before installing S140 driver.
Virtual disks - related errors
● Stale partitions are listed on creating a virtual disk for Linux on page 51
● Rebuilding a virtual disk the global hot spare is not listed as online in HII or iDRAC on page 51
● Virtual disk size in decimals is not supported while creating a VD on page 51
● Cannot create a virtual disk on page 51
● A virtual disk is in a degraded state on page 52
● Cannot assign a dedicated hot spare to a virtual disk
● Cannot create a global hot spare on page 53
● A dedicated hot spare fails
● Failed or Degraded Virtual Disk
● Cannot create a virtual disk on selected physical disks
● RAID disk created from the NVMe PCIe SSDs not appearing in operating system environment, showing as partitioned disks
● Cannot create a virtual disk on selected physical disks
● Unable to configure RAID on NVMe PCIe SSD using a third party RAID configuration utility
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