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Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server
Installing or Replacing Server Components
Enabling Hot-Plug Support in the System BIOS
In Cisco IMC 2.0(13) and later, hot-plug (OS-informed hot-insertion and hot-removal) is disabled in the
system BIOS by default.
•
If the system was ordered with NVMe PCIe SSDs, the setting was enabled at the factory. No action
is required.
•
If you are adding NVMe PCIe SSDs after-factory, you must enable hot-plug support. See the
following procedures.
Enabling Hot-Plug Support in the BIOS Setup Utility
Step 1
Enter the BIOS setup utility by pressing the
F2
key when prompted during bootup.
Step 2
Locate the setting:
Advanced > PCI Subsystem Settings > NVMe SSD Hot-Plug Support
.
Step 3
Set the value to
Enabled
.
Step 4
Save your changes and exit the utility.
Enabling Hot-Plug Support in the Cisco IMC GUI
Step 1
Use a browser to log into the Cisco IMC GUI for the system.
Step 2
Navigate to
Compute > BIOS > Advanced > PCI Configuration
.
Step 3
Set
NVME SSD Hot-Plug Support
to
Enabled
.
Step 4
Save your changes and exit the software.
Table 3-4
2.5-Inch Form Factor NVMe SSD Hot Insertion/Hot Removal Support By OS
NVMe SSD
NVMe SSD
Firmware
Minimum
Win 2012
Win 2012R
RHEL 7.2
SLES 12 SP1
ESXi 6.2
Intel UCS-PCI25-8003
8DV1CB06
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
Intel UCS-PCI25-16003
8DV1CB06
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
Intel UCS-PCI25-40010
8DV1CB06
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
Intel UCS-PCI25-80010
8DV1CB06
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
HGST UCS-SDHPCIE-38TB
KMCCP105
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
HGST UCS-SDHPCIE-16TB
KMCCP105
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported
HGST UCS-SDHPCIE-800GB
KMCCP105
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Hot insertion
Hot removal
Not supported