45
Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Hot-Swap for NVMe Drives
Supermicro Ultra servers support NVMe surprise hot-swap. For even better data security,
NVMe
orderly
hot-swap is recommended. NVMe drives can be ejected and replaced remotely
using IPMI.
Note
: If you are using VROC, see the VROC appendix in this manual instead.
Ejecting a Drive
1.
IPMI > Server Health > NVMe SSD
2. Select Device, Group and Slot, and click
Eject
.
After ejecting, the drive Status LED
indicator turns green.
3. Remove the drive.
Note that
Device
and
Group
are categorized by the CPLD design architecture. The
2029UZ-TN20R25M server has one Device and one Group, except the 2029U-TN24 server
which has one Device and two Groups.
Slot
is the slot number on which the NVMe drives are mounted.
Replacing the Drive
1. Insert the replacement drive.
2.
IPMI > Server Health > NVMe SSD
3. Select Device, Group and slot and click
Insert
. The drive Status LED indicator flashes
red, then turns off. The Activity LED turns blue.
Figure 3-6. IPMI Screenshot