Obviously.Customer service is great. However their warehouse is not very good at some specific things.....
Obviously.Customer service is great. However their warehouse is not very good at some specific things.....
I also found something might be interesting. There is a "PCIe SSD power connector" port on this board. It's No.28 if you check the motherboard overview sticker on the server cover. It matches an adapter from Dell Precision T1700 SSF. Please refer to the photo.used a buck converter to go from the 12v out of the PCI-E power plug to 5v
That would be a lot better. I had assumed that connector was a mini PCI-E power plug but your right it doesn't appear to be. Ill order one of these and see. I'll poke around that connector and see what I can find voltage wise. The standard SFF drive backplane uses both of the SATA DOM power connectors on the board to provide power to the backplane so those are already 5v.I also found something might be interesting. There is a "PCIe SSD power connector" port on this board. It's No.28 if you check the motherboard overview chart on the server cover. It matches an adapter from Dell Precision T1700 SSF. Please refer to the photo.
I haven't found any pinout diagram for this "power connector". I can't test it either because my only server is running some production apps.
The part number of the adapter is "DP/N 07GYGG" and you can find it from eBay for few dollars. If the connector on motherboard can provide all 3.3/5/12v then it could be a better solution than a converter.
I remembered I tried with a voltmeter and got ground, 5VDC and 12VDC reads from that port, when system is powered on. But I didn't make note. The adapter has 6 individual cables attached to each pin. 4 for regular size SATA power and 2 for the smaller one. So the worse situation would be cut and re-wire all 6 cables using a correct order.That would be a lot better. I had assumed that connector was a mini PCI-E power plug but your right it doesn't appear to be. Ill order one of these and see. I'll poke around that connector and see what I can find voltage wise. The standard SFF drive backplane uses both of the SATA DOM power connectors on the board to provide power to the backplane so those are already 5v.
Yea, looks like it no longer has the drive trays or rails but still a good deal.As a note, these were dropped in price yesterday some time to $219 shipped.
I think it should be safe enough as long as you only connect SSD to it since it’s marked as “SSD power connector”.I just wish we knew the current limits of it. I would hate to draw 3+ amps from it and kill something on the board.
I was interested before and thinking about getting one; but, without rails or drive trays, this isn't interesting at all anymore.Yea, looks like it no longer has the drive trays or rails but still a good deal.
I agree. If it was a SM server it would be a different story.I was interested before and thinking about getting one; but, without rails or drive trays, this isn't interesting at all anymore.
Second this. The rails came with it are really good ones and it’s tool less design. Also the trays would cost a lot of money, which might be more than server itself, since it can take 24!!...I was interested before and thinking about getting one; but, without rails or drive trays, this isn't interesting at all anymore.
Mine aren't extremely loud either but i was hoping to make them quieter. They are the loudest thing i have in the rack, beating out my brocade icx 7250 although at a lower pitch. For reference my fans SYS0-SYS3 are running between 3100-3500RPM and SYS4-SYS7 are running between 4000-4600RPM. My rack is close to silent with the door closed and these off, but clearly audible (not loud) with these running and the TV on.What version of bios bmc are you running my are not that loud not dell quiet but not very loud
My boot SSD is in one of the rear slots. Had no problems loading the OS and all my drives are recognized. I'm using a 3008 I bought separate on eBay.How can I get this server boot from a drive? I was hoping to use my SataDOM but blue sata ports do not seem to power up the SataDOM I have. Now I am not sure where to put an SATA drive and power it.
Mine came with LSI card, either it is 3008 (or 3108 I don't know the difference) and I cannot get Windows to see the drives on the LSI card. In any case, I don't want the OS to be on the SAS card.