One of the boards on my list for an Unraid build is the ASRock N100M as a low-power option.
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Now, it doesn't have a lot of SATA ports, but you can expand it with various controller cards and M.2 adapters.
One of the M.2 slots is a Key E at PCIe 3.0 x1, usually meant for WiFi/BT, so I figured I could just add an M.2 Key A+E 2-port SATA adapter in there, e.g. this one:
(JMB582 chipset; should work on Unraid.)
However, in the motherboard specifications it says this:
My question now is, if this CNVio restriction prohibits me from using this M.2 Key E slot for a 2-port SATA adapter. Anyone who knows? Thank you in advance.
ASRock N100M
Intel Quad-Core Processor N100 (up to 3.4 GHz); Supports 1 DDR4 DIMM; 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 (x2 mode), 1 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2 Key E for WiFi; Graphics Output Options: D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort; Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec; 2 SATA3, 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3x2); 1 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (Rear), 4 USB 3.2 Gen1...
Now, it doesn't have a lot of SATA ports, but you can expand it with various controller cards and M.2 adapters.
One of the M.2 slots is a Key E at PCIe 3.0 x1, usually meant for WiFi/BT, so I figured I could just add an M.2 Key A+E 2-port SATA adapter in there, e.g. this one:
(JMB582 chipset; should work on Unraid.)
However, in the motherboard specifications it says this:
and
Now this is obviously about which kind of WiFi modules you can put into this slot: they have to be CNVio modules, with the signal handled by the CPU afaik, not regular PCIe modules.
My question now is, if this CNVio restriction prohibits me from using this M.2 Key E slot for a 2-port SATA adapter. Anyone who knows? Thank you in advance.
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