Dell PowerEdge R730 Server | NVMe SSDs Overview | Install Tips | How to Configure | M.2 | U.2 | PCIe

Dell PowerEdge R730 - This will be the fourth video in our Dell R730 series. Today is all about NVMe! We will show the NVMe options for this system which is PCIe and M.2. This video series includes:

1. CPUs -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server CPUs | Int...  
2. Memory -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server Memory Ove...  
3. Drives -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 HDDs & SSDs | Har...  
4. NVMe -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server | NVMe SSD...  
5. Different Chassis Types -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Chassis Overview ...  
6. RAID -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 RAID Overview | R...  
7. BIOS -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server BIOS Updat...  
8. iDRAC -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server iDRAC Upgr...  
9. Mass Updates -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Mass Updates | BI...  
10. How to set IP Address -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server IP | How T...  
11. How to install VMware ESXI 7.0.3 -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 VMware ESXi | How...  
12. Network Cards -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Server NICs | Net...  
13. Power Supplies -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Power Supplies Ov...  
14. How to Rack -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 | How To Rack a S...  
15. How to install Windows Server 2016 -    • Dell PowerEdge R730 Windows Server | ...  

If there is anything else you would like to see, then please drop a comment and let us know. We want this video series to be a great tool for the Dell community. Ask questions. Answer questions. Help each other out.

Let's jump right into NVMe! When we explored NVMe for our PowerEdge R630 series, we shared that there are only three options: PCIe, M.2, and U.2. The R730 only supports two of those options which are PCIe and M.2. It is important to note that when using a PCIe NVMe drive, you must have Dell firmware. Even if you have a card with Dell firmware, it is still very limited. You cannot install an OS on it and cannot use it in a RAID configuration. It can really only be used for extra storage. The R730 does not have a M.2 connection on the motherboard, so you must purchase a separate PCIe to M.2 adapter that plugs into a PCIe slot. In this video we are using a Supermicro card with two M.2 NVMe drives. It is important to note that Dell 14th Generation Boss cards are not backwards compatible and will not work with the R730. NVMe is ultra fast and offers major speed and performance gains. We stock R730 M.2 solutions so let us know if you are looking to upgrade or build out a PowerEdge R730 server.

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