Expansion Card-related FAQs

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		PCIe Slots		Mini Slots (M.2/Mini-PCIe/mSATA)
Category	Product	Graphics slot	2nd Slot	for SSD	e.g. for Wi-Fi (accessory)	Does the M.2 slot support NVMe?	Does the M.2 slot support Intel Optane?
XPC cube
	SH55J2	PCIe x16 2.0	PCI 32-bit	✘	✘	✘	✘
	SH61R4	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x1 2.0	✘	✘	✘	✘
	SH67H3/H7	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x1 2.0	✘	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ68R5	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ77R5	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH81R4	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH87R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ87R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH97R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH110R4	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	M.2-2280¹⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	SH170R6(Plus)	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280²⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✔	✘
	SZ170R8	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280³⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✔	✘
	SZ170R8V2	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁴⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	SZ270R8	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁵⁾⁶⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
	SZ270R9	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁷⁾⁸⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC all-in-one
	X50	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V2 (Plus)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V3(L)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V4	✘	✘	mSATA ⁹⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V5	✘	✘	M.2-2280 ¹⁰⁾¹¹⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	X50V6	✘	✘	M.2-2280 ¹²⁾¹³⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
XPC slim (3L)
	XG41	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	XH61	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
	XH61V	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	XH81(V)	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	XH97V	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	XH110(V)	✘	✘	M.2-2280¹⁴⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	XH110G	PCIe x16 3.0	✘	M.2-2280 ¹⁵⁾¹⁶⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	XH170V	✘	✘	M.2-2280¹⁷⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✔	✘
	XH270	✘	✘	M.2-2280¹⁸⁾¹⁹⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC slim (Atom)
	XS35(GT)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV2	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV3	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV3L	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36VL	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35V4	✘	✘	✘ ²⁰⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35V5Pro	✘	✘	✘ ²¹⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V4	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V5	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
XPC slim (1L/LGA)
	DS61	✘	✘	mSATA	✘	✘	✘
	DS81(L)	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DS87	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DH110	✘	✘	M.2-2260²²⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✘	✘
	DH110SE	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²³⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✘	✘
	DH170	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²⁴⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DQ170	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²⁵⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DH270	✘	✘	M.2-2280²⁶⁾²⁷⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC slim (1L/BGA)
	DS47	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS437	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS437T	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS57Ux	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS67Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2242²⁸⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✘	✘
	DS68Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280²⁹⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	DS77Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³⁰⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
XPC nano (<1L)
	NC01Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2242³¹⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✘	✘
	NC02Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³²⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	NC03Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³³⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘

Category	Model	M.2 Slot(s)	Key	Supports NVMe³⁴⁾
XPC slim	DH110	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DH110	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DH110SE	M.2-2260	M	✘
	DH110SE	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DH170	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DH270	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DH270	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DQ170	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DS67U, DS67U3, DS67U5, DS67U7	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DS68U	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DS77U, DS77U3, DS77U5, DS77U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DX30	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XC60J	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XC60J	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH170V	M.2-2280	B+M	✘
	XH110	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH110G	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110G	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH110V	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110V	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH270	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH270	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
XPC cube	SH110R4	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SH110R4	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	SH170R6	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SH170R6 Plus	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8V2	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8V2	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	SZ270R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ270R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
XPC nano	NC01U, NC01U3, NC01U5, NC01U7	M.2-2242	B+M	✘
	NC02U, NC02U3, NC02U5, NC02U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	NC03U, NC03U3, NC03U5, NC03U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
XPC all-in-one	X50V5	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
XPC all-in-one	X50V6	M.2-2280	B+M	✔

¹⁾ , ²⁾ , ³⁾ , ⁴⁾ , ⁵⁾ , ⁷⁾ , ¹¹⁾ , ¹³⁾ , ¹⁴⁾ , ¹⁶⁾ , ¹⁷⁾ , ¹⁸⁾ , ²²⁾ , ²⁶⁾ , ²⁸⁾ , ²⁹⁾ , ³⁰⁾ , ³¹⁾ , ³²⁾ , ³³⁾

besides AHCI, it also supports the NVMe protocol [for M.2-SSDs with PCIe x4 interface]

⁶⁾ , ⁸⁾ , ¹⁹⁾ , ²⁷⁾

supports Intel Optane technology

⁹⁾ , ¹⁰⁾ , ¹²⁾ , ¹⁵⁾ , ²⁰⁾ , ²¹⁾

internal USB 2.0 Type A connector

²³⁾ , ²⁴⁾ , ²⁵⁾

SATA interface only [no PCIe interface available]

³⁴⁾

Length 80 mm, PCIe Interface

Expansion Card-related FAQs

PCIe/M.2 support overview

NVMe SSD support and M.2 slot overview

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