Users Guide

In few of the 14th generation of PowerEdge servers, up to 32 NVMe SSDs are supported.
You can perform the following operations for PCIe SSDs:
• Inventory and remotely monitor the health of PCIe SSDs in the server
• Prepare to remove the PCIe SSD
• Securely erase the data
• Blink or unblink the device LED (Identify the device)
You can perform the following operations for HHHL SSDs:
• Inventory and real-time monitoring of the HHHL SSD in the server
• Failed card reporting and logging in iDRAC and OMSS
• Securely erasing the data and removing the card
• TTY logs reporting
You can perform the following operations for SSDs:
• Drive status reporting such as Online, Failed, and Offline
NOTE: Hot plug capability, prepare to remove, and blink or unblink the device LED is not applicable for HHHL PCIe SSD
devices.
NOTE: When NVMe devices are controlled behind S140, prepare to remove and cryptographic erase operations are not
supported, blink and unblink are supported.
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs
The following inventory and monitoring information is available for PCIe SSDs:
• Hardware information:
• PCIe SSD Extender card
• PCIe SSD Backplane
If the system has a dedicated PCIe backplane, two FQDDs are displayed. One FQDD is for regular drives and the other is for SSDs.
If the backplane is shared (universal), only one FQDD is displayed. In case the SSDs are directly attached, the controller FQDD
reports as CPU.1, indicating that the SSD is directly attached to the CPU.
• Software inventory includes only the firmware version for the PCIe SSD.
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs using web interface
To inventory and monitor PCIe SSD devices, in the iDRAC web interface, go to Storage > Overview > Physical Disks. The Properties
page is displayed. For PCIe SSDs, the Name column displays PCIe SSD. Expand to view the properties.
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs using RACADM
Use the racadm storage get controllers:<PcieSSD controller FQDD> command to inventory and monitor PCIe SSDs.
To view all PCIe SSD drives:
racadm storage get pdisks
To view PCIe extender cards:
racadm storage get controllers
To view PCIe SSD backplane information:
racadm storage get enclosures
NOTE: For all the mentioned commands, PERC devices are also displayed.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
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