Synology enable M2 card

Description

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

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

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

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

How to run the script

Download the script

See How to download the script for the easiest way to download the script.

Running the script via SSH

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

sudo -i /volume1/scripts/syno_enable_m2_card.sh

Options:

  -c, --check      Check M.2 card status
  -r, --restore    Restore backup to undo changes
  -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