Ordering an E540: SSD option

Hello all,
I am interested in getting an E540.
The ordering/configuration page specifies SSD or HD but not both.
My plan is to use the M.2 connector to install a primary SSD (AFAIK only 128GB as it's a 42mm slot)
and use the HD bay for another HD/SSD.
My question is: is the SSD option shipping with an M.2 SSD, leaving the HD bay free ... or a 128GB SSD in the HD bay, leaving the M.2 slot free ?
On a side issue: My intent is to use the M.2 SSD for the OS install (Linux) not as cache.
Any thoughts and recomendatioins welcomed :-)
Thank you.
Cheers.

Hello and welcome,
I'm only going by what I read, but it looks like in the as-shipped configuration the M.2 option is only used for cache and the data/OS drive is 2.5" whether it is an HDD or SSD.
Snips from the tabook:
[edit] Looking around the web at retailers of the 20c6008uus - as an example. They tend to list the 128GB SSD this way:
Solid State Drive Capacity
128 GB
Solid State Drive Interface
M.2
That's a little confusing. If they're referring to the OS SSD in both cases, then it's M.2. My suspicion is that they're conflating the two drive locations.
I guess we could use a more definitive answer.
Z.
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