MP 1,1-5,1 StarTech PEX4SFF8639 U.2 to PCIE controller and Intel DC P4510 1TB SSD

[rivangom]

Dear audience,
Anyone can tell me if this StarTech PEX4SFF8639 U.2 to PCIE controller and Intel DC P4510 1TB SSD any specific actions required to get this work in Mojave, because I have it working on my Legacy Windows 10 PRO setup. The drive has a far more better performance then my other SSD on a Sonnet Tempo Plus PCIE controler.

I have this in my setup; cMP 5.1 2010 - 12 Core dual CPU INTEL XEON 5675 processor 3.06 GHz MacOS Mojave with Bootrom 144.0.0.0.0 - Vega64 slot 1, Sonnet Tempo SSD slot 2, StarTech PEX4SFF8639 slot 3, Inateck KT4004 PCIE USB 3 slot 4

The StarTech PCIE card is recognized in Mojave but the Intel U.2 DC P4510 SSD not shown in disk utility.

Thanks for your feedback/advises.

Kind Regards,

 

[joevt]

The StarTech PCIE card is recognized in Mojave but the Intel U.2 DC P4510 SSD not shown in disk utility.

The StarTech is just a PCIe to U.2 (SFF-8639) adapter, there's no controller, so it cannot be recognized - perhaps you are seeing the Intel being recognized as a PCIe device. Show screen shots.

Do you have "Show All Devices" selected in the Disk Utility.app View menu?

 

[rivangom]

The StarTech is just a PCIe to U.2 (SFF-8639) adapter, there's no controller, so it cannot be recognized - perhaps you are seeing the Intel being recognized as a PCIe device. Show screen shots.

Do you have "Show All Devices" selected in the Disk Utility.app View menu?

See the screenshots with also the benchmark speed in Windows 10 PRO of this U.2 drive vs another Intel SSD on the Sonnet Tempo Pro PCIE controller (2x SSD on this card) The High rates are with the Startech and U.2 Intel DC P4610 SSD.

Happy to see any your advices how to get theStartech and U.2 drive workingin Mojave.

 

[joevt]

See the screenshots with also the benchmark speed in Windows 10 PRO of this U.2 drive vs another Intel SSD on the Sonnet Tempo Pro PCIE controller (2x SSD on this card) The High rates are with the Startech and U.2 Intel DC P4610 SSD.

Happy to see any your advices how to get theStartech and U.2 drive workingin Mojave.

The screen shot is showing that the NVMe drive is visible (the NVMe controller is a PCIe device inside the NVMe drive connected with four lanes of PCIe through the U.2 connector to the PCIe slot connector).

PCI Devices

The problem is that a driver did not get attached to the NVMe. Maybe the Mac driver IONVMeFamily doesn't like the SSD. I wonder if it says something about why in the log somewhere.
log show --last boot --debug --info --style compact -predicate 'message contains[c] "NVM"'

 

[rivangom]

The screen shot is showing that the NVMe drive is visible (the NVMe controller is a PCIe device inside the NVMe drive connected with four lanes of PCIe through the U.2 connector to the PCIe slot connector).

PCI Devices

The problem is that a driver did not get attached to the NVMe. Maybe the Mac driver IONVMeFamily doesn't like the SSD. I wonder if it says something about why in the log somewhere.
log show --last boot --debug --info --style compact -predicate 'message contains[c] "NVM"'

Hi Joevt, thanks for your reply, but not found the reason why I don't see the drive in Mojave, where in Windows 10 I can see and even copy files to the drive. I miss the skill to deep dive.

 

[spiderx]

Have you find a way to solve the issue about Intel DC P4510 1TB ?

 

[rivangom]

Have you find a way to solve the issue about Intel DC P4510 1TB ?

Hi Spiderx, I haven’t yet found the solution. This actually odd as the drive is recognized in Windows 10 PRO with good benchmark results.

 

[spiderx]

Hi Spiderx, I haven’t yet found the solution. This actually odd as the drive is recognized in Windows 10 PRO with good benchmark results.

I already called Intel and Apple. They both said they don't have the driver for P4610/P4XXX SSD for Mac OS.

Currently, I am waiting for the response from Sonnet, because I am use their card and P4610 is in their card supported SSD list. Their supported team are trying to figure it out. Hope it work.

 

[rivangom]

I already called Intel and Apple. They both said they don't have the driver for P4610/P4XXX SSD for Mac OS.

Currently, I am waiting for the response from Sonnet, because I am use their card and P4610 is in their card supported SSD list. Their supported team are trying to figure it out. Hope it work.

Still I’m disappointed that no Mac OS recognize the U.2 drive, but Windows does