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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...

In order to convert from IR to IT mode one has to first erase the flash memory of the LSI 9211 card using DOS. I got the dreaded "Error: Failed to initiatlize PAL" message which suggests using a different motherboard to do the flashing. I used then an ASUS X-58 board that that seemed to work...

Nitrobass24, appreciate the link & advice, but since the SM SATA II card is essentially "toast" with only 2/8 channels actually working, I'd rather expend my efforts & energy on the newer SM SATA III and IBM M1015 cards going forward.

I ordered the M1015 as there seems to be a lot of good documentation out there (this & other sites) on flashing, configuration, and drivers. In retrospect the SM AOC-USAS2-L8e (JBOD only) card might also be a good choice, although it is full-height which could be a problem once I retire the...

I am looking for a non-RAID or JBOD capabable PCIe card that supports 3TB drives for my new SM X9SCM-F. I have had good experience using a RocketRaid 2720 in RAID-5 for WHS 2011 on a different box but Linux support does not seem very good. However, I am also interested in experimenting...

I am using the Samsung F204s in a QNAP 459 Pro+ RAID-5 configuration without any problems for the past three months. But this is only software RAID. I am aware of the patch but I have yet to apply it.