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Description

Enable Synology M.2 PCIe cards in Synology NAS that don't officially support them

Allows using E10M20-T1, M2D20, M2D18 or M2D17 cards in Synology NAS models that aren't on their supported model list.

  • Enables E10M20-T1, M2D20, M2D18 or M2D17 for DS1821+, DS1621+.
  • Enables M2D18 and M2D17 for DS1823xs+, DS2422+, RS2423+, RS2421+, RS2421RP+, RS2821RP+.
  • Enables M2D18 and M2D17 for RS822RP+, RS822+, RS1221RP+ and RS1221+ using DSM 7.1.1 and older.
  • May enable E10M20-T1, M2D20, M2D18 and M2D17 for other models with a PCIe x8 slot that have /usr/syno/synonvme.

Note: M.2 SATA SSD drives do not work in DSM 7.2 so enabling the M2D17 is pointless.

Synology HDD db now enables using Storage Manager to create volumes on M.2 drives in a PCIe M.2 adaptor card.


Which Synology models will this work on


Works on the following models:

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Model E10M20-T1 M2D20 M2D18 M2D17 Notes
DS1821+ yes yes yes yes
DS1621+ yes yes yes yes
DS1823xs+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
DS2422+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS2423+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS2423RP+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS2421+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS2421RP+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS2821RP+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
RS822+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D18 already enabled in DSM*
RS822RP+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D18 already enabled in DSM*
RS1221+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D18 already enabled in DSM*
RS1221RP+ yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D18 already enabled in DSM*
others maybe maybe maybe maybe See Other Models Notes

Notes

  • Synology added support for the M2D18 in RS822+ and RS1221+ in DSM 7.2

Other Models Notes

  • The Synology must have a PCIe x8 slot
  • DSM must include /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
  • DSM must include /usr/lib/libsynonvme.so.1


Should work for the following models but I have not tested them:

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Model E10M20-T1 M2D20 M2D18 M2D17 Notes
FS2500 yes yes yes yes
FS3410 yes yes yes yes
FS6400 yes yes yes yes
HD6500 yes yes yes yes
SA4310 yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
SA3610 yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM
SA6400 yes yes yes yes E10M20-T1 and M2D20 already enabled in DSM


Synology NAS models that this script may work on?

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Model E10M20-T1 M2D20 M2D18 M2D17 Notes
DS1621xs+ ??? yes ??? ???


Synology NAS models that this script won't work on:

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Model E10M20-T1 M2D20 M2D18 M2D17 Notes
DS923+ no no no no PCIe x2 slot only fits the E10G22-T1-Mini
DS723+ no no no no PCIe x2 slot only fits the E10G22-T1-Mini
DS1522+ no no no no PCIe x2 slot only fits the E10G22-T1-Mini
RS422+ no no no no PCIe x2 slot only fits the E10G22-T1-Mini
DS1817+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
DS1517+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
RS1219+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
RS818+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
RS818RP+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
RS3617xs no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
RS18016xs+ no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme
FS3017 no no no no Does not have /usr/syno/bin/synonvme

How to run the script

Download the script

  1. Download the latest version Source code (zip) from https://github.com/007revad/Synology_enable_M2_card/releases
  2. Save the download zip file to a folder on the Synology.
    • Do NOT save the script to a M.2 volume. After a DSM or Storage Manager update the M.2 volume won't be available until after the script has run.
  3. Unzip the zip file.

Running the script via SSH

How to enable SSH and login to DSM via SSH

Note: Replace /volume1/scripts/ with the path to where the script is located. Run the script then reboot the Synology:

sudo -s /volume1/scripts/syno_enable_m2_card.sh

Options:

  -c, --check           Check M.2 card status
  -r, --restore         Restore from backups to undo changes
  -e, --email           Disable colored text in output scheduler emails.
      --autoupdate=AGE  Auto update script (useful when script is scheduled)
                        AGE is how many days old a release must be before
                        auto-updating. AGE must be a number: 0 or greater
      --model=CARD      Automatically enable specified card model
                        Required if you want to schedule the script
                        CARD can be E10M20-T1, M2D20, M2D18 or M2D17
  -h, --help            Show this help message
  -v, --version         Show the script version

What about DSM updates?

After any DSM update you will need to run this script again.

Schedule the script to run at shutdown

Or you can schedule Synology_enable_M2_card to run when the Synology shuts down, to avoid having to remember to run the script after a DSM update.

See How to schedule a script in Synology Task Scheduler


Screenshots

Available options

Enabling all M.2 card models

Checking the current M.2 card settings

E10M20-T1 already enabled

All M.2 card models already enabled

Restoring the original M.2 card settings

DS1821+ with a E10M20-T1