DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 4 Support for NVMe as Storage Pool (DS923+)

[7upTurbo]

 

So today I changed my platform to DS923+ and updated the DSM to DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 4 with the help of ARPL and since I have a 10Gb NIC which, I chucked it along with a M.2 NVMe (Silicon Power M.2 NVMe gen 3 1tb) to use it as a drive (this whole update/upgrade was to be able to use it as a drive).

 

Everything seemed fine, the 10gb NIC showed up and NVMe drive showed up as well and I erased it to create a storage pool just to find out that not all M.2 are supported! The device is there but it cant be initialized!

 

 

The So my questions are:

 

Can Silicon Power M.2 NVMe gen 3 1tb be used as drive? 

If not, I have a 980 PRO Samsung which is still packed, can that be used? 

 

I cant find anything on the forum related to using NVMe as a drive (i dont want to use it as an SSD Cache) and on reddit someone said not to use a PRO Samsung as its a waste?!? Now I'm just looking for a way to make this work and I will take any help I can get.

Edited February 10, 2023 by 7upTurbo