Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S140 User’s Guide

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NVMe PCIe SSD support

S140 supports the NVMe PCIe SSD-including the NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) and NVMe PCIe SSD Adapter.

The S140 allows the NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 inch SFF and the NVMe PCIe SSD adapter in a RAID configuration. The NVMe PCIe SSDs supports volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. S140 also supports Prepare to remove feature to remove Non-RAID NVMe volume from the Dell open manage console.

The recommended minimum version to support the NVMe drives is listed in the following table:

Table 1. NVMe drives supported by S140 OS and S140 UEFINVMe drives supported by S140 OS and S140 UEFI
Drives	S140 operating system driver	S140 UEFI driver
Samsung PM1733/PM1735	5.5.2.0008	5.5.2.0006
Intel P5500/P5600	5.5.2.0008	5.5.2.0006
Kioxia CM6/CD6	5.5.4.0000	5.5.2.0006
Intel P5800x	5.6.0.0005	5.6.0.0002
Hynix PE8010	5.6.0.0005	5.6.0.0002
SAMSUNG PM9A3	5.7.1.0000	5.6.0.0002
Samsung PM 1733a/ PM1735a	5.7.0.0007	5.7.1.0004
Intel 5520/5620	5.7.0.0007	5.7.1.0004
Kioxia CD7	5.7.0.0007	5.7.1.0004

NOTE:Hot removal or hot insertion of the NVMe PCIe SSDs in UEFI or preboot mode is not supported. In the operating system environment, hot-swapping two or more NVMe PCIe SSDs simultaneously is not supported.

NOTE:Mixing of SATA drives and NVMe PCIe SSDs in a virtual disk is not supported.

NOTE:Ensure that you use only the S140 UEFI configuration utility to configure the NVMe PCIe SSDs during preboot.

NOTE:In UEFI HII mode, you can use the NVMe PCIe SSD option on the Device Settings page to view NVMe physical disk properties and perform blink/unblink operations.

NOTE:RAID configuration and boot from NVMe virtual disk is supported only in UEFI boot mode.

NOTE:RAID configuration using Option ROM (OPROM) is not supported on systems with the NVMe PCIe SSD.