Owner's manual

Servicing Your PCIe SSD

If you need to remove or replace your PCIe SSD, you may remove the PCIe SSD from the running system, through an

orderly removal operation. This operation is supported in Windows and Linux. See Supported Operating Systems For

PCIe SSD.

CAUTION: PCIe device hot swap is not supported in VMware ESXi 5.1. Hot swapping a PCIe SSD on a system

running VMware ESXi 5.1 may lead to system instability.

To remove your PCIe SSD from a running system, use the Prepare to Remove task in OpenManage Server Administrator.

You can safely remove the device from the system under the following conditions after you use the Prepare to Remove

task:

• The PCIe SSD is blinking the prepare for removal LED pattern.

• The PCIe SSD is no longer accessible by the system.

NOTE: See the topic Running Physical Device Tasks.

You can remove or replace your PCIe SSD while the system is offline.

NOTE: To service your PCIe SSD in VMware ESXi 5.1, the system must be offline.

To service your PCIe SSD in VMware:

1. Perform a graceful shutdown of the system.

2. Remove the PCIe SSD.