NOTE
After the previous command is executed, you can remove the drive if the green indicator is off and the
yellow indicator blinks at the frequency of 0.5 Hz.
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4.2.3 Orderly Hot Swap of a Drive in ESXi
Operation Scenario
Notify the ESXi OS before hot removing the ES3000 V5 SSD.
Preparations
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You have correctly installed the ES3000 V5 SSD on the server.
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You have installed the ESXi tool package. For details, see
Procedure
Hot-Removing an SSD
Step 1
Log in to the OS as an administrator or administrator group member.
Step 2
Stop all services accessing the ES3000 V5 SSD.
Step 3
Run the following command to instruct the OS to power off the device:
hioadm hotplug -d devicename -r
In this command,
devicename
indicates the name of the device to be removed, such as
nvme0
and
nvme1
.
NOTE
After the previous command is executed, you can remove the SSD if the green indicator is off and the
yellow indicator blinks at the frequency of 0.5 Hz.
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Hot-Inserting an SSD
Step 1
Insert the ES3000 V5 into the target slot.
Step 2
Log in to the OS as an administrator or administrator group member.
Step 3
After the SSD is started, run the
hioadm info
command to check its name, such as
nvme0
.
Step 4
Run the following command to instruct the OS to power on the device:
hioadm hotplug -d devicename -i
In this command,
devicename
indicates the name of the device that has been inserted, such as
nvme0
.
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User Guide
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