NVMe hotplug not working in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to test HOT swapping with Intel NVMe devices on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, we have not been able to successfully get a newly inserted drive to work without rebooting the server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • kernel-3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64
  • 06:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation PCIe Data Center SSD (rev 01)

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