SED NVMe drives in an unsupported Lenovo SR655 Server

[zachsandberg]

Hello all, I have a brand new Lenovo SR655 and I'm looking at some used Lenovo branded NVMes (P/N 4XB7A38257) that are optioned for the SR665 as opposed to my SR655. I understand from looking at the compatibility matrix (ThinkSystem PM1733 Entry NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SED SSDs Product Guide) that my 655 isn't supported because of the lack of onboard SED features. I assume since the 655 comes with XClarity Lite instead of the more advanced standard/advanced/enterprise optioned for the 2P 665 AMD systems. Regardless of the missing key management interface, will these drives work for me? Does anyone know if there are any hardware differences between the two systems aside from the XClarity management features? Thanks!