There isn't a supported option, as the T20 doesn't support PCIe based SSD's. That doesn't mean that they for sure won't work, but aren't tested so we cant attest to whether they will function or not. It would be based strictly on trial and error.
Hello again. I did some test and I am sharing my experience here;
I bought Nvme 128gb m2 SSD before I buy the enterprise one and I bought m2 to the PCI Express x4 adaptor too. There are 2 PCI Express x16 slot on T20 and as you know blue one's lane goes to CPU, black one's lane goes to the PCH. I tested with both slots and I got some chance on black one. I was able to install server 2016 but of course, I could not boot from that. But server 2016 recognizes the drive on the installation screen. Then I started my server normally with installed os server 2012 (not R2 unfortunately). Os did not recognize the drive. Only I see unknows "PCI device" in the device manager and I searched with device id on google but nothing I found. Now I am going to upgrade my os to server 2016 and then we will see Os is going to recognize or not....Good day to everyone.
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June 27th, 2019 07:00
Bassc,
There isn't a supported option, as the T20 doesn't support PCIe based SSD's. That doesn't mean that they for sure won't work, but aren't tested so we cant attest to whether they will function or not. It would be based strictly on trial and error.
bassc
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July 5th, 2019 00:00
Hello again. I did some test and I am sharing my experience here;
I bought Nvme 128gb m2 SSD before I buy the enterprise one and I bought m2 to the PCI Express x4 adaptor too. There are 2 PCI Express x16 slot on T20 and as you know blue one's lane goes to CPU, black one's lane goes to the PCH. I tested with both slots and I got some chance on black one. I was able to install server 2016 but of course, I could not boot from that. But server 2016 recognizes the drive on the installation screen. Then I started my server normally with installed os server 2012 (not R2 unfortunately). Os did not recognize the drive. Only I see unknows "PCI device" in the device manager and I searched with device id on google but nothing I found. Now I am going to upgrade my os to server 2016 and then we will see Os is going to recognize or not....Good day to everyone.
isaudkhan
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September 10th, 2019 07:00
Sever 2016 only work with controller.