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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mobo: SuperMicro X8SIL-F (micro-ATX) Processor: Xeon L3426 or X3450 ??? Memory: Kingston KVR1333D3Q8R9S/4G (two sticks for 8 GB total) Graphics: Nvidia GFX 460 (many choices & only needed for LINUX/WIN desktop configuration, but not server config) Monitor: NEC 27" PA271W-BK (2560x1440...