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Thank you so much for your idea to allow only the dedicated IPMI port to work as I don't really want to plug/unplug the network cable to my SM server box every time I want to use it. I'll let you know if this solves my problem. Thanks again.

I experimented with IPMI several years ago as this represented a totally new experience for me, e.g to boot & access a PC remotely seemed pretty wild to me. I believe, the port 623 forward in the setup on my WDR3700 is necessary so I could remotely boot and access the SM server. I can't...

Appreciate all the comments. I deleted the port 623 forward to IPMI 192.168.0.2 on my Netgear WNDR3700 router. I hope this will solve my ATT problem. Thanks again.

I am getting bi-weekly warnings from ATT as my internet provider as IPMI seems to be vulnerable to security breaches. I only use the SuperMicro build to back up data every two weeks for a few hours using FreeNAS. So the SM X9 server system is powered down 99% of the time. I don't use IPMI, but I...

After installing WIN 8 Pro on my SuperMIcro X9SCM-F with firmware version 1.x I notices that WIN 8 behaved very strangely: - WIN 8 would not boot into METRO but the standard desktop - Couldn't presonalize the desktop uding a different backgound image other than the default setting - Windows...

AnandTech reviewed the unit rebranded as Mediasonic ProBox 8 Bay External Hard Drive Enclosure yesterday: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6128/mediasonic-probox-8bay-35-usb-30-esata-das-review

I think in the end it was simply a business decision by MS. WHS2011 sales were probably below expectations with a low cost product at $50 per pop not worth supporting from a business model. I have been using WHS2011 at home every since its release but not for filesharing, e.g PC back up & RDP...

However, it makes no difference whether on-board video is set as a priority vs. other PCIe channel the card gets ignored. Just by luck I came across an older X9scm1.42 BIOS file in my SuperMicro folder which I bought ~May this year. The SM website give no information and no older BIOS...

Appreciate the info on EFI as I have landed there a few times in the past only to type either "help" or "exit" not exactly knowing what to do there anyway...the commands sure look a lot UNIX like. I downloaded an Intel EFI manual the other day but have not done much with it yet. Not a priority...

I am looking for 2U server case for my SuperMicro X9SCM-F that has a depth constraint of ~55 cm or ~22 inches or less. There are plenty of such 2U cases out there with 65 cm depth & ATX & beyond mobo which I don't need that meet my wishlist features below. Ideally the case should have...

The weird thing is when I disconnect all hard drives ubuntu is still listed as an option in the boot priority selection menu in the BIOS/EFI. However, under SATA no drives are detected as all drives have been disconnected. When I hit F11 and select ubuntu as the boot drive the system won't...

I have been experimenting with my SuperMicro X9-SCM motherboard with different operating systems (SE-11, WHS-2011, Windows 7, Ubuntu, SUSE) for a while. Generally, I hit F11 to select between disks or boot drives. I always use a different SSD drive for each operating system. So every operating...

Gea, appreciate the advice/explanation & link to your useful ESXi tutorial. I was aware and it was within my plans to check out NAPP-IT but after I had acquired a certain level of competence to setup SE11 through the command line since these represent uncharted water to me. I am getting close...

I am currently running WHS 2011 using RAID 5 (RocketRAID 2720) with 5 Samsung (204s) 2TB drives without issues for the past 3 months. I am backing up WHS shares to another PC running Solaris Express 11 with 6 disks in RAIDZ2. The SE11 box is fairly powerfull as it uses the SuperMicro...

Need to erase flash going between IR and IT modes & vice versa When I received the LSI 6211-8i card it was setup on IR mode. So flahsing between IR to IT mode is only possbile by first erasing the flash memory of the card. I did confirm that I could flash the card on the SM X9 mobo to the...