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[Blaze13]

Is your nvme fan plugged into the system fan header or ssd fan header? Mine is in the ssd and I can control it. From factory it was in the system fan header closest to the ssd drives from what I remember. I moved it because I was having issues with fan speed with system fan header. In my case the fan wouldn't spin I think after 1.02 bios update but not sure.

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I am still playing around with the best way to mount the ssd heatsink/fan.

Having the heatsink loose just being held on my thermal pads, I have had the heatsink fall off once already.

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I finished testing the above 2242 heatsink and it was worse than using the stock heatsink so its not worth the money.

Mine is plugged into the System fan, and I can't control it at all. I will, however, try plugging it into another slot and see if it's controllable.

Edit: Well, that didnt work, SSD Fan Fix PWM and Value of 80. Fan speed is 4922-4934RPM after restarts. I don't think that rear fan is controllable on my unit.

 

[hlab]

Anyone bonding the 10G nics in Proxmox?
Just wondering if I am doing it right.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface enp4s0 inet manual

iface enp3s0 inet manual

auto enp5s0f0np0
iface enp5s0f0np0 inet manual

auto enp5s0f1np1
iface enp5s0f1np1 inet manual

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet manual
        bond-slaves enp5s0f0np0 enp5s0f1np1
        bond-miimon 100
        bond-mode 802.3ad
        bond-xmit-hash-policy layer3+4
#Bonded Intel 10Gs

auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
        address 10.0.1.41/24
        gateway 10.0.1.1
        bridge-ports enp4s0
        bridge-stp off
        bridge-fd 0
        bridge-vlan-aware yes
        bridge-vids 10 60 100
#Realtek 2.5G Management

auto vmbr1
iface vmbr1 inet manual
        bridge-ports enp3s0
        bridge-stp off
        bridge-fd 0
        bridge-vlan-aware yes
        bridge-vids 10 60 100
#Intel 2.5G PiHole

auto vmbr2
iface vmbr2 inet manual
        bridge-ports bond0
        bridge-stp off
        bridge-fd 0
        bridge-vlan-aware yes
        bridge-vids 10 60 100
#Bonded LAN

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

 

[wadup]

Mine is plugged into the System fan, and I can't control it at all. I will, however, try plugging it into another slot and see if it's controllable.

Edit: Well, that didnt work, SSD Fan Fix PWM and Value of 80. Fan speed is 4922-4934RPM after restarts. I don't think that rear fan is controllable on my unit.

That is weird, try 1 instead of 80, does fan speed go down any? Maybe try reset bios to defaults then try to control it again? Top speed on ssd fan is like 5.7K so your controlling it but your values seem to be messed up. 80 on pwm should be like 2k.

 

[Blaze13]

That is weird, try 1 instead of 80, does fan speed go down any? Maybe try reset bios to defaults then try to control it again? Top speed on ssd fan is like 5.7K so your controlling it but your values seem to be messed up. 80 on pwm should be like 2k.

I've tried a range of numbers and saved them the fan is stuck at the 4.9k range. I do have 2 NVME drives installed if that matters, but I didn't see anything in the user manual about that causing problems, mind you, the user manual is basically useless. I will try resetting the bios later but will see where that goes.

Edit: Bios reset the sys or ssd fan are not addressable after setting new values. Also, fun fact, I'm not sure if it's just mine or everybody else, but in the manual it says "Reset hole" implying that the front of the case has a drilled hole for a reset button, but there's no hole. The button is there, but no hole to push it from the front of the case.

 

[wadup]

I've tried a range of numbers and saved them the fan is stuck at the 4.9k range. I do have 2 NVME drives installed if that matters, but I didn't see anything in the user manual about that causing problems, mind you, the user manual is basically useless. I will try resetting the bios later but will see where that goes.

Edit: Bios reset the sys or ssd fan are not addressable after setting new values. Also, fun fact, I'm not sure if it's just mine or everybody else, but in the manual it says "Reset hole" implying that the front of the case has a drilled hole for a reset button, but there's no hole. The button is there, but no hole to push it from the front of the case.

Do you have 7000 or 9000 series cpu? Mine is 9000 and just confirming you are on bios 1.02?

 

[Blaze13]

Do you have 7000 or 9000 series cpu? Mine is 9000 and just confirming you are on bios 1.02?

9000 Bios 1.02. What shipped with it did not let you tweak the values added to them, only that Quiet, Balance, or Performance setting.

 

[bugacha]

I want to report an issue that I had with X710 ports recently.

I posted about it earlier but thought Intel Firmware update solved it but turns out no.

I'm running Proxmox on 9000 version of MS-A2 and after few reboots I observed this on console :

[   18.960225] i40e 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0f0np0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 0: transmit queue 4 timed out 5824 ms
[   19.041221] i40e 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0f0np0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 0: transmit queue 0 timed out 5004 ms
[   24.272174] i40e 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0f0np0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 0: transmit queue 0 timed out 10236 ms

Both X710 are pretty much dead, link is UP but no communication possible.

I'm on the latest firmware :

[    1.072270] i40e: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver
[    1.072273] i40e: Copyright (c) 2013 - 2019 Intel Corporation.
[    1.084667] i40e 0000:05:00.0: fw 9.154.78653 api 1.15 nvm 9.54 0x8000fb75 1.3602.0 [8086:1572] [8086:0000]

The 2 ports are used by Proxmox and not being PCI-e pass-through or anything.

Turns out the issue is in LLDP feature enabled in firmware by default. There are few articles on internet causing issue.

Intel Ethernet 700 Series LACP Configuration - Thomas-Krenn-Wiki-en

Network cards of the Intel Ethernet 700 Series have an integrated Link Layer Discovery Protocol Engine, which processes LLDP frames already in the chip of the network card and therefore does not forward them to the operating system. However, the network stacks of Linux and VMware use LLDP...

www.thomas-krenn.com

I do not use LACP at all but somehow this causes issue for me.

# ethtool --show-priv-flags enp5s0f0np0
Private flags for enp5s0f0np0:
MFP                    : off
total-port-shutdown    : off
LinkPolling            : off
flow-director-atr      : on
veb-stats              : off
hw-atr-eviction        : off
link-down-on-close     : off
legacy-rx              : off
disable-source-pruning : off
disable-fw-lldp        : on
rs-fec                 : off
base-r-fec             : off
vf-vlan-pruning        : off
mdd-auto-reset-vf      : off
vf-true-promisc-support: off

After disabling LLDP on both ports, ports are back to working state

# ethtool --set-priv-flags enp5s0f0np0 disable-fw-lldp on
# ethtool --set-priv-flags enp5s0f1np1 disable-fw-lldp on

 

[wadup]

9000 Bios 1.02. What shipped with it did not let you tweak the values added to them, only that Quiet, Balance, or Performance setting.

Maybe try to redo bios 1.02, sounds like a bios bug to me.

 

[hlab]

I don't seem to have problems with the two nics bonded. At least not errors or time outs.
But I still have to test the throughput.

 

[bugacha]

I don't seem to have problems with the two nics bonded. At least not errors or time outs.
But I still have to test the throughput.

they key bit is LLDP of course.

if this is not enabled on Switches, you should have nothing to worry about

 

[hlab]

humm, does a Unifi switch have LLDP enable by default?

 

[Blaze13]

Maybe try to redo bios 1.02, sounds like a bios bug to me.

I hate that, it was the solution, I have never had to update a BIOS twice just to get it to work. Minisforum needs a BIOS updater like every other motherboard manufacturer has.

 

[tahr]

Are you try upgrade lastest BIOS? And remember reset BIOS Setting by using reset BIOS button(See user manual)

ASPM AUTO in lastest BIOS is ON. 1.01 BIOS is OFF.

If CPU overheat also will auto turn if off.

You mentioned several times to reset the BIOS settings—can I ask why it's so important? What exactly does resetting the BIOS do in this case?


Also, after I reset the BIOS using the reset button, is it okay if I just "Load Optimized Defaults" again? Or do I need to manually enable or change certain settings (like ASPM or anything else)? Right now, my BIOS settings are still at the Optimized Defaults—nothing has been changed yet.

 

[JaxJiang]

You mentioned several times to reset the BIOS settings—can I ask why it's so important? What exactly does resetting the BIOS do in this case?


Also, after I reset the BIOS using the reset button, is it okay if I just "Load Optimized Defaults" again? Or do I need to manually enable or change certain settings (like ASPM or anything else)? Right now, my BIOS settings are still at the Optimized Defaults—nothing has been changed yet.

When upgrade BIOS. There maybe have unknow status error cause some unknow problem.
So it's better Reset BIOS, after you upgrade BIOS.

 

[JaxJiang]

I've tried a range of numbers and saved them the fan is stuck at the 4.9k range. I do have 2 NVME drives installed if that matters, but I didn't see anything in the user manual about that causing problems, mind you, the user manual is basically useless. I will try resetting the bios later but will see where that goes.

Edit: Bios reset the sys or ssd fan are not addressable after setting new values. Also, fun fact, I'm not sure if it's just mine or everybody else, but in the manual it says "Reset hole" implying that the front of the case has a drilled hole for a reset button, but there's no hole. The button is there, but no hole to push it from the front of the case.

but no hole to push it from the front of the case.
----Hi. Please Remove shell there is a reset bios button in the front.

 

[stappsworld]

Anyone know if Restore On AC Power Loss is coming at any point? I don't see it in the BIOS...

 

[JaxJiang]

Anyone know if Restore On AC Power Loss is coming at any point? I don't see it in the BIOS...

one of submenu of cbs setting

 

[omrij]

Hey, I can't find the bios setting to disable ASPM.
where is it located? what menu/submenu?

Thanks

Had to reset bios for the option to appear...

 

[JaxJiang]

Hey, I can't find the bios setting to disable ASPM.
where is it located? what menu/submenu?

Thanks

Had to reset bios for the option to appear...

Upgrade lastest BIOS. should be in onboard device setting