Gigabyte MJ11-EC1 EPYC 3151 Mystery

[mrpasc]

I would want to put an HBA, an IBM M1015 flashed to LSI9211-IT that I have into the PCIe slot

Beware: The (very cheap sold) MJ11-EC1 board (where this thread is about) does not have a PCIE slot! It has a SlimSAS 8i slot so you would need adapters and cables to connect your HBA. People have mixed results with that.
If you go for an (much more expensive and hard to find one) MJ11-EC0 board than you are good.

 

[cookiemonsteruk]

I got my threads mixed up. Thank you very much for this. I'm glad I didn't place the order last night.

 

[scorpion1110]

does this works with ECC RDIMM dd4 stikcs? or just UDIMM

 

[mrpasc]

Works perfectly fine with RDIMM. Cheapest 2133 ones if you populate all 4 slots as this is maximum with 4 sticks.

 

[scorpion1110]

got 32gb stciks ecc ramd rddims 2133 and 2400 mhz

Do i need dedicated gpu?

 

[cookiemonsteruk]

yes if if you want output from an installed OS on it. Otherwise just to manage it, the BMC is what provides video TO it.
So say you want to install a headless server on it, BMC allows you to connect to its console.
If you wanted to install Windows on it, then either need a gpu to connect to a monitor or with the BMC to install it only. Then VNC, etc to the UI.

 

[mrpasc]

Board has IPMI with VGA output, works for setting up a system or 2D output. More demanding tasks would need a dedicated GPU.

 

[cookiemonsteruk]

Oh, I missed the VGA port. Apologies for that.

 

[scorpion1110]

its purpose is just to build a NAS of it

 

[scorpion1110]

wondering what do i need to connect a gpu into this motherboard, in case i try to do something else with it?

 

[mrpasc]

All written / discussed in this thread…

 

[kitmikro]

I would like to add 8 more drives. Did anybody test an 8i to 8 Sata cable like this one:

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005007580205692.html

 

[Grinchy]

I would like to add 8 more drives. Did anybody test an 8i to 8 Sata cable like this one:

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005007580205692.html

won’t work with this board.

 

[kitmikro]

won’t work with this board.

Wow that was quick! thanks for your reply. So I should go the 8i to pcie route and just use a card that provide the Sata ports.

 

[hmartin]

Wow that was quick! thanks for your reply. So I should go the 8i to pcie route and just use a card that provide the Sata ports.

Using a 4i to PCIe SATA/SAS controller will be cheaper

 

[zomaarinzijnblote]

Does anyone know wether i can use a Slimsas to 8x SFF-8482 cable like this one to connect my 5 SAS disks to this board?
@hmartin the question above was about SATA drives, not SAS. Would a slimsas to 4x SFF-8482 cable work?

 

[hmartin]

Does anyone know wether i can use a Slimsas to 8x SFF-8482 cable like this one to connect my 5 SAS disks to this board?

No. Read 3 posts previously, the same question was asked and answered.

 

[+DS_DV+]

Quick question / workaround for a problem i have stumbled on.

i have a few of those baords which i use for TrueNAS as well as Proxmox.
one of my "ColdStorage" TureNAS Backupmachines was without power for roughly a month.

After i started it it bootlooped like a phone with a softbrick.
99 was the Code in the bottom left. I could not even get into the BIOS

My way around was shutting it off and after a few trys i got the BMC connected and made a reset of the BMC.
After that everything worked fine again.

So my question to you lovely community:
Is this known ? did it already happen to one of you?

 

[Kenny]

Hi all,

I am reading so many different things and I am trying to get it clear to avoid a wrong purchase.

Can somebody precisely say what the pci-e x8 port slot is?

The question upon this is there a working and affordable adapter from this port to pci-e to 16 card so I can connect a gpu to it for Plex transcoding?

 

[etorix]

Can somebody precisely say what the pci-e x8 port slot is?

SFF-8654 8i
There are links in this thread to suitable adapters and cables, a key point being 85 ohm impedence for the cable.