topic DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

martinav — Mon, 27 May 2019 01:48:42 GMT

I have installed an NVMe M.2 drive into drive 13 on the riser card. I was not finding the device, nor any area in the BIOS that finds the devices for boot. I could not find anywhere to enable the function. Are these devices available for boot?

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

tom_ash — Tue, 28 May 2019 09:31:12 GMT

Hello martinav,

I suppose you have connected the drive in the M.2 port on the primary riser (877946-001).
The server should be in "UEFI Boot Mode" to enable NVMe boot support.
Access the HPE Smart Storage Administrator and select the S100i controller. The M.2 drive should be visible there.
With the single drive, you can configure RAID 0 on it and make it a boot device.

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Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

martinav — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:30:14 GMT

I verified UEFI boot mode, but I did not find the S100i controller setup. I could only find the P408i setup. Can you be more specific where to find the setup uptions for the S100i?

Thank you.

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

Jimmy Vance — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:38:54 GMT

If you do not see the S100 identify during POST, you will need to go into the system configuration settings and enable the S100 controller if it has been totally disabled

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

martinav — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:26:03 GMT

@Jimmy Vance ,

Thanks for the reply.

I have been through the entire BIOS. I found no reverence to the S100 at all. Is there an option ROM I need to interrupt during post, prior to BIOS?

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

Jimmy Vance — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:27:53 GMT

Under system Configuration SATA Controller Options

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

Mbajelan — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:12:36 GMT

I can't see any of nvme m.2 on S100i Drives

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

WouterH — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:38:04 GMT

Hello Martinav,

What is the spare part number of the riser?

The default riser, 877946-001, only support M.2 SATA drives and not M.2 NVME drives.

Kind regards,

Wouter

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

monkeybrians — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:30:19 GMT

Is their another replacment riser card that supports M2. nvme

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

IT-Admin — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:27:14 GMT

@Jimmy Vance Currently I am having same problem, after I fllowed your instructions I can see HPE Smart Array S100i Gen10.

However still we can't see the 2 connected M2. NVMe could you please help me if you have any ideas why I still can't see them. FYI our NVMe are Crucial 2TB.

Thank you in advacne very much any help...

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

WouterH — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:07:02 GMT

The s100i Integrated SATA Controller will only work with SATA drives.

None of the Riser options for the DL380 Gen10 support M.2 NVMe SSD's. They support M.2 SATA SSD's. So you will have to use two M.2 SATA SSD's if you want to install those on the default Riser.

HPE ProLiant DL Gen10 Server Riser Guide

Of course the DL380 Gen10 supports NVMe's, but only in SFF or LFF formfactor. Optionally, HPE has the "HPE NS204i-p x2 Lanes NVMe PCIe3 x8 OS Boot Device" (P12965-B21), which is a PCI card that enables hardware RAID for two M.2 NVMe SSD's. This card comes with two M.2 NVMe SSD's.

HPE NS204i-p Quickspecs

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

IT-Admin — Thu, 20 May 2021 12:57:07 GMT

@WouterHThank you very much for the cleaifications and othe details I really appriciated your help. just to be sure about one more thing before I order the M.2 SATA SSD's when I look at the connectors there is a difference but I think this won't be a problem?!

SATA M.2 SSD:

NVMe M.2 SSD:

Best regards,

Yaseen

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

KevinSpringPM — Mon, 24 May 2021 12:22:30 GMT

That difference is why the SATA drives will work, so it's a good difference. Be sure to buy HPE drives if you need to ensure its a fully supported solution.

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

Vador — Tue, 25 May 2021 08:59:21 GMT

***Please Ignore. I see that the below clarification has already been provided earlier***

Hello,

The S100i in the DL380 Gen10 does not support M.2 NVMe's. It only supports M.2 SATA.

Regards,

Nirav Vador

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

CHAMPENOIS — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:55:48 GMT

Wrong answer KevinSpring, cause the connector in the Proliant riser...has only one hole/notch, as NVMe drives.

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

KevinSpringPM — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:11:07 GMT

That's not how m.2 keying works, you can verify in the product documentation, it's SATA only.

SATA M.2's have two notches so that they can fit into either M or B keyed sockets, but the socket only needs either an M or B key for SATA, not both.

Re: DL380 Gen10 M.2 enable

CHAMPENOIS — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:26:38 GMT

Yes, hat's the definitilvely good answer

1. SATA M.2's have two notches (NVMe has only one)

2. The Proliant riser socket has one, but:

3. The Proliant riser ONLY SUPPORT SATA M.2

Regards