Reference Guide
1 NVMe PCIe SSD overview..............................................................................................................4
NVMe PCIe SSD U.2.............................................................................................................................................................4
NVMe PCIe SSD AIC.............................................................................................................................................................5
NVMe PCIe SSD features.................................................................................................................................................... 5
Hot swap an NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 device................................................................................................................... 6
Device health....................................................................................................................................................................6
Boot from an NVMe PCIe SSD U.2...............................................................................................................................6
2 Configure an NVMe PCIe SSD in different operating systems...........................................................7
Windows..................................................................................................................................................................................7
Support for Surprise Removal in Windows...................................................................................................................7
Linux........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
VMware...................................................................................................................................................................................7
3 Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................9
NVMe PCIe SSD carrier LED indicators............................................................................................................................. 9
Ungraceful system shutdown or power loss.................................................................................................................... 10
General errors....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
NVMe drive properties intermittently not available in iDRAC...................................................................................10
NVMe PCIe SSD is not listed in the operating system..............................................................................................10
I/O device error on write to NVMe PCIe SSD........................................................................................................... 10
NVMe PCIe SSD performance measurement not optimal........................................................................................ 11
System becomes unresponsive when NVMe PCIe SSD is surprise removed.........................................................11
System becomes unresponsive or fails when NVMe PCIe SSD is inserted............................................................ 11
4 Related documentation............................................................................................................... 12
5 Getting help............................................................................................................................... 14
Locating your system Service Tag.....................................................................................................................................14
Contacting Dell EMC........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Documentation feedback.................................................................................................................................................... 14
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