In Windows-based systems, the NVMe PCIe SSDs have a controller entity
and a device entity. The controller entity is displayed under the
Storage controller menu in the
Device Manager.
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NOTE: When configured in the Dell S140 RAID volumes, separate device entries will not be shown. For more information, see the Dell
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S140 User's Guide at
Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Use the controller entity when installing or
updating the NVMe PCIe SSD driver. You can configure the NVMe PCIe
SSD for use on Windows from
.
On Linux based systems, you can
configure the NVMe PCIe SSD from the partitioning tool by specifying
or selecting the device name. The device name for NVMe PCIe SSDs is
/dev/nvmeXn1, where
X is the number
corresponding to each NVMe PCIe SSD in the system (for example:
/dev/nvme0n1; /dev/nvme1n1; /dev/nvme2n1 and so on).
Use OpenManage Server Administrator
for managing and performing NVMe PCIe SSD related tasks. For more
information, see
Configuring
and managing your NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF device
.
In VMware systems, you
can configure the NVMe PCIe SSD as datastore or for a passthrough
operation. You can use vSphere Client to configure the NVMe PCIe
SSD. Configuring PCIe devices as passthrough is not recommended due
to the following limitations:
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You are not able to take snapshots
of the Virtual Machine (VM).
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Your VM is no longer able to use fail over
features such as VMotion and Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS).
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You are not able to hot add any other
device to the VM such as a USB key. To add an additional device, first
shut down the VM.
Configuring NVMe PCIe SSD as passthrough is not
recommended outside of Dell-specific solutions. See the solution-specific
documentation at
Dell.com/support/manuals.