John60, While the R740XD does indeed support the use of NVMe SSD's, I can't attest to if they will work with 3rd party hardware or not. Without using certified hardware it would simply be based on trial and error, as we don't test regularly test them with other brand hardware. The only issue you could run into is that the 3rd party hardware isn't covered, nor would damage caused by that hardware be. Hope this helps.
Hi, I just wanted to know what the situation is with regard to placing non dell-branded datacentre u.2 nvme drives in a r740xd server that supports nvme (i.e. with appropriate backplane). For example, would an intel DC P4510 drive function as expected? Or what about a pm1725a (which I believe is one of the drives dell itself uses)? Finally, would there be any support issues with the rest of the chassis in case of failure? Many thanks, John
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