Removing and replacing an NVMe drive

An NVMe SSD is a PCIe BUS device. Devices attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without allowing the device and the bus to complete and cease signal/traffic flow.

Procedure
  1. Before removing the NVMe drive, back up all data on all logical NVDIMMs to alternative storage.
    CAUTION:

    Before removing and replacing the NVMe SSDs, always back up the data on the logical NVDIMMs. Failure to back up the data will result in data loss.

  2. Observe the NVMe SSD LED status and determine if the server can be powered down.
  3. Power down the server (Power down the server).
  4. Remove all power:
    1. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
    2. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
  5. Remove the drive:
    1. Push the Power button.
      The Do Not Remove button illuminates and flashes.
    2. Wait until the flashing stops and the Do Not Remove button is no longer illuminated.
    3. Push the Do Not Remove button and then remove the drive.
      Removing an NVMe drive
  6. Reconfigure the Persistent Memory Option settings.

    For more information, see the HPE Scalable Persistent Memory User Guide on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/nvdimm-docs).

  7. If necessary, restore the backed-up data to the logical NVDIMMs from the alternative storage.