159$ US 'new' Quanta D51B-1U LGA2011-3 Server Best Offer

[92009200]

Not sure if this is the place to ask but I was wondering if anyone knows how to use the 2.5" bays above the 3.5" bays on the 3.5" model.

I don't have the server on hand anymore (it's colocated) and I wanted to add some 2.5" SSDs. I don't think the slots are connected to the backplane but there are a few sata ports in the middle of the motherboard but how am I supposed to power them? I see theres a few power ports near the right side under the PSU, but I don't have (and can't find) a high quality picture of that area. Explaining this to the datacenter techs is going to be problematic. Any help is appreciated!

 

[Jaket]

Not sure if this is the place to ask but I was wondering if anyone knows how to use the 2.5" bays above the 3.5" bays on the 3.5" model.

I don't have the server on hand anymore (it's colocated) and I wanted to add some 2.5" SSDs. I don't think the slots are connected to the backplane but there are a few sata ports in the middle of the motherboard but how am I supposed to power them? I see theres a few power ports near the right side under the PSU, but I don't have (and can't find) a high quality picture of that area. Explaining this to the datacenter techs is going to be problematic. Any help is appreciated!

Do you know the exact model of your server is?
Some of them support the drives above but others will not have the cables to do it but to keep costs down they still have the features there just missing the cables normally. You might have to have the data center bring the cables up and see if you can also find power. I can't remember we had some that supported it and others that did not.

 

[92009200]

Its the 4x 3.5" D51B-1U model. It has the 2.5" bays above the 3.5" bays (the manual says SSD tray). I'm pretty sure the techs can run a sata cable to the middle of the motherboard (not sure how this will work with the raid controller, though) but my issue is that I don't know where power is. I see there's some power connections on the right side of the motherboard but I can't make out any of the writing on it because I don't have the server at home anymore and pictures online are low quality. What I'd like to do is move my SSD out from the 3.5" bay into the 2.5" trays (I'm currently using a 3.5" adapter for 2.5" drives).

 

[Fritz]

Its the 4x 3.5" D51B-1U model. It has the 2.5" bays above the 3.5" bays (the manual says SSD tray). I'm pretty sure the techs can run a sata cable to the middle of the motherboard (not sure how this will work with the raid controller, though) but my issue is that I don't know where power is. I see there's some power connections on the right side of the motherboard but I can't make out any of the writing on it because I don't have the server at home anymore and pictures online are low quality. What I'd like to do is move my SSD out from the 3.5" bay into the 2.5" trays (I'm currently using a 3.5" adapter for 2.5" drives).

I added a cooling fan to my 3008 and tapped into one of the unused 8 pin pugs. Used a meter to find 12v.

 

[92009200]

I was hoping that it might be as easy as just plugging something in and it just working. It's a bit difficult because I have to work with the datacenter techs and I don't believe they provide services to start using meters on random parts of the motherboard. Not only that, I have to pay for their time and it gets very expensive. Running a cable or two I can afford, but they charge by the hour even if they don't use up the full hour. What kind of cable would work from the 8-pin? Any 8-pin to sata?

 

[Fritz]

I believe I used a 4 pin connector that plugged into half of the 8 pin then hard wired the fan to the leads. Ghetto tech to be sure but it works.

 

[92009200]

Coming back to this again... Can anyone point me in the right direction for the latest BMC/BIOS/Backplane/Etc firmware?

Right now I'm running this, according to the IPMI interface:
Firmware Revision: 3.83.00
BIOS Version: S2B_3B22

Is there anything else I'm missing? Or are these the latest I need to run a v4 CPU? I looked through the threads but I'm not sure what the exact latest versions are for everything, or what order this needs to be done in. Any help or guidance is appreciated.

 

[Fritz]

I'm running S2B_3B20 and 3.81.00 with 2 x E5 2650v4's. No issues or problems.

 

[92009200]

I'm running S2B_3B20 and 3.81.00 with 2 x E5 2650v4's. No issues or problems.

I see. I assume you're a version or two behind the BMC/BIOS that I'm running. My only worry is what is the "CPU upgrade package for D51B-1U2U.zip" for? It has a "ucpld_ip.sh" file inside, which reads from the "Grantley_CPLD_S2B_R09_2016-06-07.jed" file. I'm unsure if it's required, and I'm unsure if I have it already or not.

 

[Fritz]

I see. I assume you're a version or two behind the BMC/BIOS that I'm running. My only worry is what is the "CPU upgrade package for D51B-1U2U.zip" for? It has a "ucpld_ip.sh" file inside, which reads from the "Grantley_CPLD_S2B_R09_2016-06-07.jed" file. I'm unsure if it's required, and I'm unsure if I have it already or not.

I have the upgrade package also but never applied it because v4's worked just fine as is. Plus it looks like the upgrade package contains older BIOS and BMC firmware than what I have.

Also i see i DL'd my current firmware a year before the upgrade package. Not sure what the current versions are but I'm going to see if I can find them.

EDIT - The upgrade package on Quanta's site is dated 2017/01/03 so yea, it's old. There are no other firmware listed under downloads.

 

[92009200]

I have the upgrade package also but never applied it because v4's worked just fine as is. Plus it looks like the upgrade package contains older BIOS and BMC firmware than what I have.

Also i see i DL'd my current firmware a year before the upgrade package. Not sure what the current versions are but I'm going to see if I can find them.

EDIT - The upgrade package on Quanta's site is dated 2017/01/03 so yea, it's old. There are no other firmware listed under downloads.

Yeah, I noticed the BIOS/BMC in there is old, but I'm more so talking about the CPLD update, which I don't know if I have or not, or if it's even important. I'm wondering if it's required for v4 CPUs or if theres a way to see if I have it installed or not already.

 

[Fritz]

What is the CPLD update?

 

[92009200]

What is the CPLD update?

From what I know, there are 3 firmwares. BIOS, BMC, and CPLD. The BMC and CPLD are their own chips on the motherboard (I believe some motherboard manuals go into details about how it works).

The CPLD might be important to update, and I think the firmware bin file required is in the ZIP I mentioned.

Also, I did some more googling... It seems like you can ask IPMI for information about the CPLD:
Get CPLD FW = ipmitool -I lan -H <BMC IP> -U <username> -P <password> raw 0x30 0x17 0x03
Get CPLD checksum = ipmitool -I lan -H <BMC IP> -U <username> -P <password> raw 0x30 0x17 0x01
Get CPLD IDCODE = ipmitool -I lan -H <BMC IP> -U <username> -P <password> raw 0x30 0x17 0x02

I don't know how to use IPMI commands yet, but I might mess around with it and see what I'm running. Would be nice to know what the latest CPLD version is.

 

[mikevipe]

I know I am necroing an old thread here but it seems people were still wondering after the solution.

I took the advice from Syndroma, download the 2017 bios package and then flash ONLY the ucpld_ip

Download and boot to systemrescue-11.02-amd64.iso

Mount and launch the ucpld_ip from a USB drive.

I can now use two E5-2660v4