R440 - S140 - Right NVMe drives

Only R440 with 10 drive chassis support NVMe drives. System need to be cables as shown in "Figure 2. Cable routing - 10 x 2.5 hard drive backplane with NVMe" of below link for NVMe drive support. M.2 NVMe drives are not supported on R440

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r440/per440_ism_pub/cable-routing?guid=guid-ad7127ef-5446-4e8b-8036-47530c55ce27&lang=en-us 

Below are the 4TB NVMe drives supported on R440

Hi, only U.2 will work, not M.2. It has to have a backplane.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-poweredge-exp-fsh-nvme-pcie-ssd/nvme_pcie_ssd_ug/nvme-pcie-u.2-ssd?guid=guid-4a4c12bc-eec0-47bb-98cf-2e2fc3e6934b&lang=en-us

Hi, that's correct.

"What is the U.2 interface?U.2 (pronounced 'u-dot-2'), formerly known as SFF-8639, is a computer interface standard for connecting solid-state drives (SSDs) to a computer. It covers the physical connector, electrical characteristics, and communication protocols."

Hello

Thank you guys for your replies.

So I only have to use those intel NVMe u.2 drives from those series, but then I won't be able to use Samsung, WB or other brand drives that are NVMe u.2? 

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

What would happen then if I use other NVMe u.2 drives from a brand other than Intel? eg Samsung or WB?

We're not sure. We are not sure if the S140 controller will recognize. Becuase if you don't use a Dell firmware, there seems to be a issue with recognition.