Recent content by bookemdano

Thanks for the info all. I'm just dipping my toes in the water here, have a lot to learn. I was just given an older IBM ConnectX2 card and would like to flash it to the vanilla Mellanox fw. I tried to use ZMarty's post above as a guide just to get the original fw dumped, but ran into some snags...

Awesome, that is just the info I needed. I even get the little Xserve icon :D Thank you once again gea! You are the best.

Thanks gea. OK I wiped the VM and started from scratch this morning. I decided not to preserve any settings. I installed OmniOS 151018 from ISO, installed VMWare Tools, installed Napp-it 16.02f. I created my user "dan" and reimported my ZFS pools. I did not install AFP. SMB sharing is on. So...

Thanks gea. I think you're right? I tried saving the login in my keychain and when I opened up keychain access the entry is listed as "afp://(hostname)._afpovertcp._tcp.local" So avahi is enabled on my server? Is that by default or is that something I did? Do I need it? I was hoping to avoid a...

Hi Gea and others, I've had this problem ever since I first set up my All-in-one NAS (ESXi->OmniOS+napp-it) a few years ago. I have AFP turned off and only SMB on. The problem is I see the name of my napp-it server in the OS X Finder under "Shared". If I click on it it shows "Not Connected" in...

Huh... is the PWS-920-SQ different than the PWS-920P-1R? When I look at the test report for both models on SM's web site the pdf is identical (both show PWS-920P-SQ as the model number though): http://www.supermicro.com/products/powersupply/80PLUS/80PLUS_PWS-920P-1R.pdf...

That's what I like to hear britinpdx! Your posts have been totally re-assuring that I made the right decision in going with the X5650. Thanks a ton.

Thanks mobilenvidia, depending on what kind of offer they would accept that could be a good deal for somebody. I already purchased the board for $250 and the 2x X5650 for $230. Not sure what 6x 2GB RDIMMs are worth these days, but I'd want minimum 4GB DIMMs at this stage (I mean part of the...

Ditto, thanks everyone (and sorry RimBlock for butting in on your thread!) I ended up with 2x X5650 for $230 (minus about $18 in ebay bucks due to the 4x promo) so I am pretty happy with that. I may just install one of them for now and test out a UP configuration for a while, see what my idle...

Actually, looks like ESISO dropped prices a bit. They're the same as MET @ $130 OBO for a single X5650 and down to $254 for 2 Come on price war!! :)

Thanks for the replies, all. Good thoughts for me to chew on. PigLover from what I've seen from googling, ESXi itself is NUMA-aware, so wouldn't it be able to handle getting everything routed efficiently? Or I guess if not then I could overcome any issues by just using CPU Affinity and only...

Sorry yeah should have stated. It's going to be my home server... replacing a Xeon X3440 16GB (maxxed out) setup... just really want something that will last me a while and has a lot of expansion, but something previous gen so it won't break the bank. So I picked up the Supermicro X8DTH-6F for...

Hi guys, sadly I missed the L5639 heyday--Their price has more than doubled from its apparent low a few months ago. Sucks to be me! So I'm trying to decide between a pair of: L5630 (cheapest yet slowest but also low TDP) L5640 (only advantage I can see is low-ish 60W TDP) X5650 (seems to...

Yes I did. It's been a while and the details are a little fuzzy but I believe I used sasflash to erase the card (you can only do it from DOS I believe). Check the docs for sasflash--I can't remember the exact switch I used, but the gist is that it puts the card in manufacturing mode, at which...

Hi all, I always seem to go against the grain, and this looks to be yet another instance. I've read lots of posts about people wanting to flash IT firmware to their 1068e-based IR controllers, and I understand why. My situation's a little different though. I've got a Dell Precision T7500...