i recently got a barebones Symantec 5000 (SYM5000 2U Server Chassis w/ Intel S2600G Dual 2011 Socket Motherboard 2x PSU) just adding 2xE5-2670's and 64GB ram. i managed to get it to boot into Windows 10!
Unfortunately in getting there, i still have a lot of unresolved problems. i see several "vague" gripes about the Intel MBs of the S2600 variety or perhaps more generally that Intel boards have a lot of "special" connectors". i had hoped using a case from a working system would insulate me from such concerns. Alas, not completely.
1)She wails like a Banshee. i tried everything i could find in the BIOS to nice the fans. i tried removing the IPMI board. i tried unplugging all but one of the 5 fans. She still howls just as loud. A lot of the fan noise comes from the power supply(s). i suppose i could remove one to reduce the volume. After a short while the CPU heat sinks do get warm to the touch. Still with the case open air flow is not optimal.
2)It would be nicer to put liquid/fan CPU coolers in but there seem to be a lack of 3 or 4 pit power connectors for CPU fans. The only connectors i see are the 10(!) pin connectors used by the 5 Disk drive fans next to their drive board. i could get power from the drive (SATA power) connectors ... but that would have no hope of being regulated.
3)The Biggie. i can only connect the boot drive through the USB so far. Using one of the 12 slots for drives on the backplane it seems to be read only so, while WX come up, it only gets to the recovery stage. Trying to boot off the MB SATA connectors and the MB 2x2 sockets for power: the drive never spins up, so clearly the boot does not even go so far. A volt meter shows the 2x2 sockets only having 12v and gnd. i think 5V is needed.
4)Next up i have on order cables which MAY fit the 2x3 socket in the back. i may be able to get SATA power that way. A subsequent step may be to get SATA power by having a female SATA connect to the back plane. Kinda Rube Goldbergish but at least Power.
5)There are, even theoretically, only 10 SATA ports on this board and only 2 SAS connectors, so i plan to get an Adaptec S1245 into a riser for RAID use and ignore the boards native RAID capabilities. EXCEPT for booting/system where a single SSD should do it ... IF i can find a way to connect it!
Unfortunately in getting there, i still have a lot of unresolved problems. i see several "vague" gripes about the Intel MBs of the S2600 variety or perhaps more generally that Intel boards have a lot of "special" connectors". i had hoped using a case from a working system would insulate me from such concerns. Alas, not completely.
1)She wails like a Banshee. i tried everything i could find in the BIOS to nice the fans. i tried removing the IPMI board. i tried unplugging all but one of the 5 fans. She still howls just as loud. A lot of the fan noise comes from the power supply(s). i suppose i could remove one to reduce the volume. After a short while the CPU heat sinks do get warm to the touch. Still with the case open air flow is not optimal.
2)It would be nicer to put liquid/fan CPU coolers in but there seem to be a lack of 3 or 4 pit power connectors for CPU fans. The only connectors i see are the 10(!) pin connectors used by the 5 Disk drive fans next to their drive board. i could get power from the drive (SATA power) connectors ... but that would have no hope of being regulated.
3)The Biggie. i can only connect the boot drive through the USB so far. Using one of the 12 slots for drives on the backplane it seems to be read only so, while WX come up, it only gets to the recovery stage. Trying to boot off the MB SATA connectors and the MB 2x2 sockets for power: the drive never spins up, so clearly the boot does not even go so far. A volt meter shows the 2x2 sockets only having 12v and gnd. i think 5V is needed.
4)Next up i have on order cables which MAY fit the 2x3 socket in the back. i may be able to get SATA power that way. A subsequent step may be to get SATA power by having a female SATA connect to the back plane. Kinda Rube Goldbergish but at least Power.
5)There are, even theoretically, only 10 SATA ports on this board and only 2 SAS connectors, so i plan to get an Adaptec S1245 into a riser for RAID use and ignore the boards native RAID capabilities. EXCEPT for booting/system where a single SSD should do it ... IF i can find a way to connect it!