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Maintaining the Server
Front-Loading NVME SSD Requirements and Restrictions
Observe these requirements:
• The server must have two CPUs. PCIe riser 2 is not available in a single-CPU system. PCIe riser 2 has
• PCIe cable CBL-NVME-C220FF. This is the cable that carries the PCIe signal from the front-panel drive
• Hot-plug support must be enabled in the system BIOS. If you ordered the system with NVMe drives,
• The NVMe-optimized, SFF 10-drive version, APIC-SERVER-M3 and APIC-SERVER-L3, support
Observe these restrictions:
• NVMe SFF 2.5-inch SSDs support booting only in UEFI mode. Legacy boot is not supported.
• You cannot control NVMe PCIe SSDs with a SAS RAID controller because NVMe SSDs interface with
• UEFI boot is supported in all supported operating systems. Hot-insertion and hot-removal are supported
Enabling Hot-Plug Support in the System BIOS
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
• If you are adding NVMe PCIe SSDs after-factory, you must enable hot-plug support in the BIOS. See
Enabling Hot-Plug Support Using the BIOS Setup Utility
Step 1
Enter the BIOS setup utility by pressing the F2 key when prompted during bootup.
Step 2
Navigate to 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 Using the Cisco IMC GUI
Step 1
Use a browser to log in to the Cisco IMC GUI for the server.
Step 2
Navigate to Compute > BIOS > Advanced > PCI Configuration.
Step 3
Set NVME SSD Hot-Plug Support to Enabled.
connectors for the cable that connects to the front-panel drive backplane.
backplane to PCIe riser 2. This cable is for all versions of this server.
hot-plug support is enabled at the factory.
NVMe drives only. This version of the server comes with an NVMe-switch card factory-installed in the
internal mRAID riser for support of NVMe drives in slots 3 - 10. The NVMe drives in slots 1 and 2 are
supported by PCIe riser 2. The NVMe switch card is not orderable separately.
the server via the PCIe bus.
in all supported operating systems except VMWare ESXi.
required.
the following procedures.
Front-Loading NVME SSD Requirements and Restrictions
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