PowerEdge: XE9780 - Downstream Port Containment Event on Hot Removal of NVMe drives
Summary: Downstream Port Containment event may show up in the lifecycle log and kernel logs when hot removing NVMe drives from a PowerEdge XE9780.
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Symptoms
Dell Power Edge XE9780 may generate the following event in the Lifecycle Controller during hot removal of a NVMe drive.
Lifecycle log:
Kernel log:
Cause
When a drive is removed, the Presence Detect Status (PDS) of the respective downstream port takes longer than anticipated to clear, resulting in the triggering of Downstream Port Containment (DPC).
Resolution
This log event does not affect the functional behavior of the system and can be safely ignored.
Affected Products
XE ServersArticle Properties
Article Number: 000375913
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2025
Version: 1
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