11-2
Performing a managed hot removal in Windows
Prerequisites
Install Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel
®
RSTe).
To obtain Intel
®
RSTe, use one of the following methods:
•
•
Contact Intel Support.
Procedure
1.
Stop reading data from or writing data to the NVMe drive to be removed.
2.
Identify the location of the NVMe drive. For more information, see "
."
3.
Run Intel
®
RSTe.
4.
Unmount the NVMe drive from the operating system, as shown in
:
{
Select the NVMe drive to be removed from the
Devices
list.
{
Click
Activate LED
to turn on the Fault/UID LED on the drive.
{
Click
Remove Disk
.
Figure 11-1 Removing an NVMe drive
5.
Observe the Fault/UID LED on the drive. If the Fault/UID LED turns steady blue and the drive is
removed from the
Devices
list, remove the drive from the server.
For more information about the removal procedure, see "Replacing an NVMe drive."