Cisco UCS C240 M5 Service Manual

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.
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If the system was ordered with NVMe PCIe SSDs, the setting was enabled at the factory. No action is
required.
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If you are adding NVMe PCIe SSDs after-factory, you must enable hot-plug support in the BIOS. See
the following procedures.
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.
Step 4
Save your changes.
Replacing a Front-Loading NVMe SSD
This topic describes how to replace 2.5- or 3.5-inch form-factor NVMe SSDs in the front-panel drive bays.
OS-surprise removal is not supported. OS-informed hot-insertion and hot-removal are supported on all
supported operating systems except VMware ESXi.
Note
OS-informed hot-insertion and hot-removal must be enabled in the system BIOS. See Enabling Hot-Plug
Support in the System BIOS, on page 55.
Note
Step 1
Remove an existing front-loading NVMe SSD:
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Maintaining the Server
Replacing Front-Loading NVMe SSDs

Cisco UCS C240 M5 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	UCS C240 M5
Category	Server
Language	English