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February 6th, 2025 19:03

R630 BIOS recognizes two PCIe NVME SSDs, but S130 does not, why?

Our R630 has:

UEFI BIOS Boot Mode enabled

1 x DELL UCEA-200 NVMe SSD PCle Express Controller Card

1 x CN-0999FX Server Riser Card in PCIe slot 1

10 x 2.5" backplane with 2 NVMe SSDs Hard Drives, 3 PCIe Slots
2 x 2.5" INTEL SSD DC P3500 2.0 TB, model # SSDPE2MX020T4, in two of last 4 bays.

BIOS recognizes both of the NVMe drives, and they are set to RAID mode, and the PCIe slot is set to bifurcated (4x4x4x4).

 

But when I enter the PERC S130 setup utility, neither of the drives is recognized.

https://imgur.com/a/4nCO5Sj

Does anyone know what the issue could be?

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February 7th, 2025 03:59

Hello thanks for choosing Dell and welcome to our community.

 

These are some points to think about.

 

https://dell.to/4hp5cZW

 

"Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives provide vastly accelerated performance over previous technologies. Dell Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect directly to the processor and chipset and are easily accessible through a hot-plug drive bay."

 

 

https://dell.to/42GxoTx

 

"Depending on the configuration, your system supports 2.5-inch ten hard drive SAS/SATA backplane that supports X10 and 4 (PCIe SSDs)."

 

 

https://dell.to/3EniK9u

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Respectfully,

 

 

 

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February 7th, 2025 14:35

This has nothing to do with the question. Our server has the 10 x 2.5" backplane installed along with a PERC H730P, as well as 2 NVMe PCIe SSDs in two of the last 4 bays, connected to a CN-0999FX riser card in PCIe slot 1. 

The problem is, the PERC H730P cannot recognize or work with the NVMe drives, so I am trying to set up the PERC S130 to run a software RAID instead. However, the S130 does not recognize the drives, even though BIOS does. 

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February 7th, 2025 15:42

Hello,

 

I'm unable to verify these two are validated for the R630.

Could you post image of both showing the Dell part number (DP/N)

 

NVMe SSD PCle Express Controller Card

 

INTEL SSD DC P3500 2.0 TB, model # SSDPE2MX020T4,

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