Hey guys,
it's becoming frustrating. I finally got hardware for a Xeon E-21xx system. Unfortunately, mainboard choices are very rare. I went Supermicro X11SCA-F.
My requirement: TWO additional NVMe SSDs on ONE PCIe add on card.
Seems no big deal. But: I purchased the Supermicro AOC-SLG3-2M2-P and it does not work.
in Detail: I need a total of 4 NVMEs. 2 go onboard M.2. Fine. So I need 2 more. I could in theory use 2 AOC-SLG3-2M2-P cards. Tried it, works - each card populates 1 SSD. But then, the only remaining x4 slot on this particular board is shared with onboard M.2 connector #2. So if I put my Mellanox ConnectX in there, it won't be recognized.
Seems a bit stuck here. What I am looking for is a 2 (or more) NVMe Adapter which does not rely on PCIe bifurcation.
Any ideas?
it's becoming frustrating. I finally got hardware for a Xeon E-21xx system. Unfortunately, mainboard choices are very rare. I went Supermicro X11SCA-F.
My requirement: TWO additional NVMe SSDs on ONE PCIe add on card.
Seems no big deal. But: I purchased the Supermicro AOC-SLG3-2M2-P and it does not work.
in Detail: I need a total of 4 NVMEs. 2 go onboard M.2. Fine. So I need 2 more. I could in theory use 2 AOC-SLG3-2M2-P cards. Tried it, works - each card populates 1 SSD. But then, the only remaining x4 slot on this particular board is shared with onboard M.2 connector #2. So if I put my Mellanox ConnectX in there, it won't be recognized.
Seems a bit stuck here. What I am looking for is a 2 (or more) NVMe Adapter which does not rely on PCIe bifurcation.
Any ideas?