Does anyone come across issues with M2 PCIe drive issues with this item ?
Got one some weeks ago, but only this week found some time to play a bit with it.
Device come with a 256GB NVMe (Toshiba) with some wear , but working fine.
Once I replace it with Sandisk Extreme Pro (only spare M2 I have) system start to behave strange - can't format the drive, even when a command is reported successful, dmesg is full with messages and actual changes are not applied. Tried to install Proxmox, Debian and even Windows, everytime unsuccessful. Smart of the drive is OK, 0% wear and was working till recently hosting OKD VMs.
When I move the drive to a laptop I can install any OS and it behaves OK.
Tried even latest SPP (2021 04/05) , but it only update the iLO, rest was up to date.
Defaulted system firmware/bios
Reset it via physical 'switch'
Disabled some performance reporting in the bios.
Nothing seems to be working and there is some sort of incompatibility between EC200a and this drive.
Noticed a strange message, which does not seem to be related, but think it was not there when the Toshiba drive was installed. (attached)
I haven't read about vendor lock-in on this particular unit, but information is also not so much.
Would be appreciated if owners will share their experience.