Are you able to see if the SAS controller supports passthrough mode?
If yours happen to come with 500W PSU's, I'd be happy to trade you my 750's. I don't need 750w, I try to optimize my power supplies to get closer to my actual usage to slightly increase efficiency... I'm using at most maybe 100-120W (single 8c 85w processor + 2 sticks of ram and 4 ssds). I know it's a marginal increase, but i pay a lot for electricity, so every few watts i save helpsNice!
Yea, the scarcity of the parts is both a good and bad thing. They can end up being very cheap because of the lack of demand, but the opposite could also be the case. Regardless, I think the value in these servers is unbeatable.
I installed a pair of QFRE Xeon E5-2622 v3 processors into mine and haven't had any issues. Considering the E5-2622 v3 (non-ES) isn't even on their compatible CPU list these servers probably aren't super picky.Off topic, but does anyone know if quanta servers can take engineering sample processors? Specifically QK3G E5-2630 V4? If they're generic like supermicro they should, but if they're more like Dell and hp, they might not...
I installed a pair of QFRE Xeon E5-2622 v3 processors into mine and haven't had any issues. Considering the E5-2622 v3 (non-ES) isn't even on their compatible CPU list these servers probably aren't super picky.
The V4 CPUs might need a BIOS update to work though.
/tmp# storcli /c0 download file=/tmp/mr3108fw.rom
Download Completed.
Flashing image to adapter...
CLI Version = 007.1108.0000.0000 July 17, 2019
Operating system = Linux 4.15.0-65-generic
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = F/W Flash Completed. Please reboot the system for the changes to take effect
Current package version = 24.16.0-0082
New package version = 24.21.0-0119
I used slot A0, B0, G0, H0. However, it refuses to recognize all 4 sticks. POST indicates DIMM initialization fail for A0, and B0.And start furthest from processor
Have you tried changing sticks around? I have only two 32GB sticks, but I put them in A0 and B0, no issueI used slot A0, B0, G0, H0. However, it refuses to recognize all 4 sticks. POST indicates DIMM initialization fail for A0, and B0.
That's with 2 CPUs?Have you tried changing sticks around? I have only two 32GB sticks, but I put them in A0 and B0, no issue
My units came with 3008 rather than 3108. I was able to wipe the IR firmware on the card and flash it to latest IT firmware.Good news! the latest FW for the raid controller from quanta is from like 2017. you can flash the latest from avago though: https://docs.broadcom.com/docs-and-....0-0119_SAS_MR_FW_IMAGE_APP_4.680.00-8505.zip
Code:/tmp# storcli /c0 download file=/tmp/mr3108fw.rom Download Completed. Flashing image to adapter... CLI Version = 007.1108.0000.0000 July 17, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.15.0-65-generic Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = F/W Flash Completed. Please reboot the system for the changes to take effect Current package version = 24.16.0-0082 New package version = 24.21.0-0119
YMMV, but my system successfully took it (I have the 12G SAS adapter in mine) and booted back up with array intact. According to firmware date this is the latest from 2018. If for some reason the link doesn't work, just go here MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i