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Hot-add and Hot-remove of NVMe devices is now possible with VM DirectPath I/O hot plug for NVMe devices. This was not possible in previous versions because the VM had to be in a powered-off state. Servers must be certified with the PCIe Native Surprise Hot Plug certification to support Hot-plug of VM DirectPath I/O devices.