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    No config/post menu from Perc H730 HBA on Supermicro Motherboard

    Fair point. I'm actually not 100% what the resolution was. I had both DVI and VGA cables connected between the X11 motherboard onboard video and my lab monitor. I wasn't really paying attention to which output was working, but I believe that due to me using an HDMI loopback plug also on the...
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    No config/post menu from Perc H730 HBA on Supermicro Motherboard

    I think I figured the problem out. Thanks for the suggestions.
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    No config/post menu from Perc H730 HBA on Supermicro Motherboard

    I'm in the process of trying to swap the RAID controller on my X11-SCA-F based home server from an older LSI card to a Dell PERC H730 that I just received. This is being done ahead of an ESXi 6.7->7.0 upgrade I'm going to need to do for some new stuff I am going to be testing out. The system...
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    Enabling Intel GPU on Supermicro X11-SCA-F ?

    Okay I have an update on this that might help the next person who stumbles on this thread in a Google search. Simply connecting a display to the HDMI port on the motherboard didn't accomplish anything. The default configuration of the motherboard in fact has the onboard graphics disabled and I...
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    Enabling Intel GPU on Supermicro X11-SCA-F ?

    Great! I'll update the thread with my findings.
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    Enabling Intel GPU on Supermicro X11-SCA-F ?

    I don't have anything plugged in and was actually just starting to think about this. Does this mean I will always have to leave a monitor plugged in and powered up whenever the motherboard boots for the iGPU to come online or once it learns the hardware is there it will remember it? I will try...
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    Enabling Intel GPU on Supermicro X11-SCA-F ?

    Okay, it looks like it "should" work based on Supermicro's own description of the motherboard - " 1 HDMI port, 1 DVI - D port, 1 DP (DisplayPort) port, 1 VGA port, Intel UHD P630 graphic(For CPU Xeon E-21XXG series only)" But I can't find an information on making this GPU available to the...
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    Enabling Intel GPU on Supermicro X11-SCA-F ?

    I recently built a new machine for ESXi that is based on an Intel E-2278G (P630 graphics) and X11SCAF Supermicro motherboard. ESXi does not see the Intel GPU. Is there a setting in the Supermicro motherboard to make this function? Does the motherboard not support an iGPU (would seem a weird...
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    ESXi 6.7u3 home build went boom - need help troubleshooting

    Thanks, I had not thought of that, just assumed that the VGA port on the mobo would be using the integrated video.
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    ESXi 6.7u3 home build went boom - need help troubleshooting

    Yes there are a lot of things shared between PCIE slots and for example the M.2 slots. I bought 2 of the Intel cards since they were on the Synology compatibility list and got copper DAC cable for them since it's inexpensive (total cost for everything $200). I want to keep power consumption on...
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    ESXi 6.7u3 home build went boom - need help troubleshooting

    I've made a bit of headway on this last night as I couldn't sleep and was working on it. I moved the server into its permanent rack location, booted it up and (knocks on wood) it mounted the internal SSD RAID set no issue. I'm now a bit suspicious that something with the way it was restarted...
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    ESXi 6.7u3 home build went boom - need help troubleshooting

    Hi Rand thanks for replying. I wasn't even aware that iSCSI could be set to mount at the BIOS level, I have it configured to mount in ESXi. The board is new and was already on the latest BIOS that Supermicro came out with in August. I updated IPMI to try to resolve a couple of nuisance issues...
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    ESXi 6.7u3 home build went boom - need help troubleshooting

    Hey everyone. I started putting together new ESXi 6.7 update 3 based home server platform last weekend and have slowly been turning things up. Intel E2278G CPU Supermicro X11-SCA-F motherboard 32GB ECC RAM LSI 9211-8i HBA in IR 2 x 1TB Samsung EVO 860 SSD as boot disk volume (Hardware RAID 1)...
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    Yes, my error I meant to have quoted @ARNiTECT who does have the same Motherboard and is also running ESXi 6.7.
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    Okay, so I rebooted the ESXi host after messing around with the cabling on the NIC and now it shows available for teaming. *facepalm*.
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    I'm curious what you did to get the Intel 219 NIC on the X11 to play under VMWare 6.7. I installed 6.7U3 and it does not even see the 219 NIC hardware. The 210 NIC is working normally. Are you using the 219 NIC?
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    Interesting. Well I should have things partially put together middle of next week and will start updating thread with my results.
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    I was not aware that both 1Gb ports on the motherboard could be used with a host OS. Thanks for the information.
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    I have looked at that same NIC.... since the X11A mobo only has one non shared gigabit NIC I would likely end up needing a 2nd NIC at that point so I could uplink more than 1Gb to my switched network. I don't currently have a 10Gb switch but have a really nice ProCurve PoE switch and I suppose...
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    Need help finishing out my E2278-G & Supermicro build

    I ended up ordering the Silverstone RM400 since it will just barely fit in the space I have for it and being huge has lots of expandability. It has dust covers for the whole front, has a locking front panel (important as I have tiny children) and is only 18.5" deep. There were a lot of runner...