Minisforum MS-01 PCIe Card and RAM Compatibility Thread

[the-last-englishman]

Oh yes, i had the same problem with errors in proxmox but without a real problem and i spoted the solution in general searching about the x710 and linux. I had also put that there many months ago and all the problems in log dissapeared.

Something extra that i have according to info i found in the internet is that i disabled the offload

auto vmbr0

iface vmbr0 inet static

    address 192.168.5.16/24

    gateway 192.168.5.1

    bridge-ports enp6s0f1np1

    bridge-stp off

    bridge-fd 0

    bridge-vlan-aware yes

    bridge-vids 2-100

    offload-rx-vlan-filter off

Sorry i havent mentioned it here.

Why disable offload?
With regards to why my nics are in the same bridge is just for troubleshooting , only 1 port on the switch is enabled.

 

[pimposh]

Chiming in since i got this for sale. Might one of you try it. Should run without issues as there's PCIe/switch on board.

 

[the-last-englishman]

Chiming in since i got this for sale. Might one of you try it. Should run without issues as there's PCIe/switch on board.

Looks to be a bit too fat for the MS-01

 

[pimposh]

Looks to be a bit too fat for the MS-01

Ouch. Indeed it's 15mm high!

 

[Arjestin]

Ouch. Indeed it's 15mm high!

Would the PCB overheat without the enclosure?

 

[pimposh]

I never used it that way (pcb without case). Switch chip is not cooled, M.2 are (via tpad) cooled by top cover. Guessing might work, as long as drives are cooled.

 

[Drizzik]

Here are some updates about my 6 M.2 MS-01 (5x4TB + 1x500TB).
Below, you can see the temperatures under basic usage (1 Plex stream with transcoding, 1 VM running, ~20 containers running).

For advanced usage (all M.2s running), their temperature goes up to 45°C.
The CPU never exceeds 65°C during benchmarks.

(I wanted to try Unraid after 4-5 years of using TrueNAS Core and Scale, and I am happy with it so far)


Just to remind you, each M.2 has a heatsink, and I have a fan blowing air with this 3D-printed cooling system.

MS-01 Fan Cover by some3duser | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Panel replacement with 140mm fan mount for minisforum ms-01 mini computer. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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[ChargeItAll]

There are a few options with this thing. Oculink 8i is probably the best as you should get 8 full lanes of PCIe. (128Gbps)

Oculunk 4x can be done with a pci card OR a m.2 adapter. Both would max out at 4 lanes (64Gbps)

And USB4/TB is another option although it caps out at 40Gbps.

I'm planning to test USB4 and Oculink 8i once it finally all gets delivered.

Looks like I'll be testing USB4 soon and OcuLink 8i late May. Either way I'll post some pictures and details and possibly tears when it happens.

How is the testing going?

 

[qiang]

Hey everyone,
I'd like to ask about the QNAP TL-D400S with pcie controller. In the first post this hardware is mentioned as supported and on YT there is a video where it seems to be working. I'm trying the third day to run it, but without any luck. This is my second MS-01, the first one I sent back just because of this issue ( I thought it was because of CPU I had - it was 12900), but now I have 13900, identical setup as on YT and this card is still not recognized by the OS. I was trying Windows, Ubuntu, Debian. Under any OS lspci doesnt show this controller. I was trying with disks and without. I almost check every setting in the BIOS. I've checked this controller in DELL server and it was recognized properly.
Does anyone have this NAS (QNAP 4-port SFF-8088 adapter from the QNAP TL-D400S JBOD kit.) and have it working?

Please help.

Regards
Jakub

I managed to make my 13900h ms01 connect TL-D400S with QXP-400eS-A1164. I can pass it through to my truenas vm. Waiting for my hdds to build a NAS.

 

[hillxrem]

Has anyone successfully connected a DEG1 from a PCIe card?
I have tried installing a PCIe card to add an Oculink port, a PCIe card to add an M2 slot and an adapter to convert the M2 to an Oculink port, but it does not work.
So far, my eGPU has never shown up in the lspci command, and on some cards, the BIOS did not even start up.

 

[myn]

I actually found the same exact QNAP disk controller from the review for sale on eBay so I've ordered it. It should stay cool and being short like that means it won't trap heat in underneath it.

I've ordered the i5 MS-01 to help keep the temperature down too. It operates at a slightly lower wattage.

Cable-wise I've ordered one of these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005830936415.html

And then one of these to house the disks in: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004679669836.html

Hopefully that'll all work together. It's quite confusing trying to piece together the specifications.

I went for the backplane with 12Gb/SAS connector because this means the cable can have external terminations at both ends. My hope is that this will form a faraday cage and protect the signals from interference

Checking in. Did this end up working for you?

 

[benjvfr]

I managed to make my 13900h ms01 connect TL-D400S with QXP-400eS-A1164. I can pass it through to my truenas vm. Waiting for my hdds to build a NAS.

Did someone tried to use a QXP-1600eS-A1164 card with 2x TL-D800S ? Is passthrough to TrueNAS Scale VM working correctly and detect the 16 drives ?

I ask because I wonder if the fact that bifurcation is not supported by MS-01 could be a problem for this setup (QXP-1600eS-A1164 + 2x TL-D800S) .

 

[mahescho]

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