batteries are not allowed by FedEx and others. better be safe and remove.
AMD EPYC 7302p+ Supermicro H11SSL-i version 2
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Its allowed but you have to pay extra as limited amount of cargo per plane with batteries.
That sellers actualy care enough to remove the battery rather than just ship it with anyhow is usualy a good sign about them overall in my experience.
Most boards in this batch are new, which explains the old Bios and firmware. CPU's are all used. Stamp on the corner is to identify the CPU is coming from the seller. If this has to be returned for some reason, the seller 'knows' it's his CPU.
Welp, mine came off with thermal paste.
Good to know this batch of mobos likely are new. I was expecting everything used so the subtle upgrades of new board and 2P-capable CPU is awesome from my perspective.
I use the chinese as well. And I'm satisfied.
Delivery from China didn't take longer than a week.
Thanks for all the information! I just ordered a 7302p with a Supermicro h11ssl-NC from tugm.
I haven't seen the NC version from china before so it might be interesting to others?
My plan is to replace my old esxi and truenas box and virtualize truenas instead.
I think the built in lsi card should be great for a raid 1 to boot esxi from?
And i also find the nvme connectors for two u.2 nice. Does anybody know if this cable should work for the nvme minsas connections? Supermicro 55cm MiniSAS HD SFF-8643 to U.2 PCIE SFF-8639 with Power Cable (CBL-SAST-0957)
I am hoping i can pass those ports thru to truenas for a mirrored vm datastore?
I haven't seen the NC version from china before so it might be interesting to others?
My plan is to replace my old esxi and truenas box and virtualize truenas instead.
I think the built in lsi card should be great for a raid 1 to boot esxi from?
And i also find the nvme connectors for two u.2 nice. Does anybody know if this cable should work for the nvme minsas connections? Supermicro 55cm MiniSAS HD SFF-8643 to U.2 PCIE SFF-8639 with Power Cable (CBL-SAST-0957)
I am hoping i can pass those ports thru to truenas for a mirrored vm datastore?
I received my H11SSL-i + EPYC 7551P + 256GB 2133MHz combo a few days ago. Ordered from tugm4470 and provided the code "gb09s" from the post on the first page of this thread, from user gb00s.
First a few words on the seller. I don't think I've ever had a better ebay experience than this. Extremely fast communication and shipping. Received the package after what, 5 days?!
Unfortunately, one of the memory DIMMs were dead on arrival. After contacting him about it, he originally wanted the dead memory stick in return so he could get a refund from his supplier. I fully understand why he'd want that. Doing some research on shipping costs with tracking from Norway to China it became clear to me that it would probably cost more than the DIMM itself (from ~30 USD up to 140 USD depending on provider). He agreed that it would be pointless to ship the damaged/dead memory stick to check if it could be repaired, and offered to just ship me a brand new stick.
Did I mention that this has been my best eBay experience?!
On to the setup -
I've been building my own computers for almost 30 years, mostly on consumer grade hardware. Let me tell you, this is something else.
Popped in a 1660 Ti, and could not get it to post video. After some searching, BIOS/UEFI is posting through the VGA. Quick trip to the store to buy a VGA -> HDMI adapter had me served with video at least. Can confirm that Luxorparts VGA to HDMI adapter works. To use a PCIe GPU, you need to go into BIOS and set VGA to "offboard" and move the VGA jumper to 2-3. Just moving the jumper won't work.
In the boot menu in the BIOS, I kept everything default, with DUAL EFI/Legacy boot. I guess that was my first mistake. Proxmox installed with grub bootloader I think, and when I issued a reboot command in Proxmox, it would just hang during shutdown, or hang during post.
After disabling legacy boot, changing from NVMe firmware source to AMI instead of vendor, changing M.2 4x slot to EFI rom, and installing Proxmox again, it now uses the correct bootloader (systemd-boot, I'm on ZFS file system on the host storage).
To round it all out, a pleasant experience with the seller, and after getting through some hoops I have my server up and running!
First a few words on the seller. I don't think I've ever had a better ebay experience than this. Extremely fast communication and shipping. Received the package after what, 5 days?!
Unfortunately, one of the memory DIMMs were dead on arrival. After contacting him about it, he originally wanted the dead memory stick in return so he could get a refund from his supplier. I fully understand why he'd want that. Doing some research on shipping costs with tracking from Norway to China it became clear to me that it would probably cost more than the DIMM itself (from ~30 USD up to 140 USD depending on provider). He agreed that it would be pointless to ship the damaged/dead memory stick to check if it could be repaired, and offered to just ship me a brand new stick.
Did I mention that this has been my best eBay experience?!
On to the setup -
I've been building my own computers for almost 30 years, mostly on consumer grade hardware. Let me tell you, this is something else.
Popped in a 1660 Ti, and could not get it to post video. After some searching, BIOS/UEFI is posting through the VGA. Quick trip to the store to buy a VGA -> HDMI adapter had me served with video at least. Can confirm that Luxorparts VGA to HDMI adapter works. To use a PCIe GPU, you need to go into BIOS and set VGA to "offboard" and move the VGA jumper to 2-3. Just moving the jumper won't work.
In the boot menu in the BIOS, I kept everything default, with DUAL EFI/Legacy boot. I guess that was my first mistake. Proxmox installed with grub bootloader I think, and when I issued a reboot command in Proxmox, it would just hang during shutdown, or hang during post.
After disabling legacy boot, changing from NVMe firmware source to AMI instead of vendor, changing M.2 4x slot to EFI rom, and installing Proxmox again, it now uses the correct bootloader (systemd-boot, I'm on ZFS file system on the host storage).
To round it all out, a pleasant experience with the seller, and after getting through some hoops I have my server up and running!
I have a H11SSL. You don't need to touch the VGA jumper to make the video come from a video card. The H11SSL is a bit fussy about which video cards it works with. I have a thread on servethehome documenting which cards have been tested to work and not work.
Thanks for the heads up. Maybe it was my GPU (1660 super, not Ti)... Tried with AMD 6600 as well, non XT, no dice.
Here is the link to the thread btw: (2) Supermicro Epyc motherboards - list of graphics cards that work - I need help to make a list | ServeTheHome Forums
Just a quick follow-
tugm4470 has asked my to convey that SuperMicro has recently increased their price on the H12xxx motherboards by almost 30%. As a result, he has to increase the price of combos with those boards, but assures us that the price is still amongst the lowest, if not the lowest, on ebay. He still has some older inventory of H11 and H13 that are currently not affected by the price increase, so get 'em while supplies last at this price would be my first thought.
Also, there is an impersonator account on ebay, "tugm4470-8", which uses tugm4470's pictures. It is not the same store, so be aware!
Wish everyone a great weekend!
tugm4470 has asked my to convey that SuperMicro has recently increased their price on the H12xxx motherboards by almost 30%. As a result, he has to increase the price of combos with those boards, but assures us that the price is still amongst the lowest, if not the lowest, on ebay. He still has some older inventory of H11 and H13 that are currently not affected by the price increase, so get 'em while supplies last at this price would be my first thought.
Also, there is an impersonator account on ebay, "tugm4470-8", which uses tugm4470's pictures. It is not the same store, so be aware!
Wish everyone a great weekend!
someone asked earlier in this post if this board/cpu are ESXi 8.0 compatible
I'm new to this forum, being in search of an ESXi hardware solution, having had a bad experience with an X99 board/xeon e5 V3
It appears that Supermicro only certifies the H11SSL-i for ESXI 6.5, with the EPYC 7001:
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Support Home
you seem to need a H12 board with a EPYC 7002 or EPYC 7003 for the more recent versions of ESXi..?
I'd love to query the Supermicro customer support service but you need a serial #...
Michael Sandy
I'm new to this forum, being in search of an ESXi hardware solution, having had a bad experience with an X99 board/xeon e5 V3
It appears that Supermicro only certifies the H11SSL-i for ESXI 6.5, with the EPYC 7001:
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Support Home
you seem to need a H12 board with a EPYC 7002 or EPYC 7003 for the more recent versions of ESXi..?
I'd love to query the Supermicro customer support service but you need a serial #...
Michael Sandy
Seen both the H11 and H12 models mentioned used for esxi8 stacks.
Would need V4, and would expect the cheap X99 stuff not to have storage or 10g nic onboard that is supported.
I can't find any references to H11's ESXi compatability other than 6.5..?
so true
I assume its same as for microsoft etc when it comes to host level, if you dont pay up for testing you dont make the list.
Regardless if all components in it is on the list individually and they know the host/mobo is fully compatible.
Ive encountered a bit of hosts that are only 6.7 on official list but when contacting vmware about 7.0/8.0 upgrades they say its been tested ok previously and not a problem.
The HP/Dell nodes i got in my lab are only listed for 6.7 also, but all the hardware in them is 8.0 supported individually.
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Or entire systems:
1013S-MTR | 1U | A+ Servers | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.
www.supermicro.com
also remember its a difference between vsan hcl and esxi getting stuff in.
right now sevral of our VSAN clusters that were HCL areno longer ok, due to firmware, and ESXI releases not keeping HCL's current. its really nice. you might think its old stuff right? noop, gen10plus hpe... 6354 cpus etc... "yay"
right now sevral of our VSAN clusters that were HCL areno longer ok, due to firmware, and ESXI releases not keeping HCL's current. its really nice. you might think its old stuff right? noop, gen10plus hpe... 6354 cpus etc... "yay"
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