If it interests anyone I was able to flash the DA0S2GTH8B0 (LSI SAS2008 Mezz) with LSI 9210-8i IT mode firmware and it seems to be working so far....
I just got the V80E12BHA7-57 fans installed in my Quanta but they are still idling at 6500 RPM. Did you have to do any configuration changes after installing the fans in order to get them to ramp down to 3000 RPM? I was really hopeful buying the same fans here would result in the same quieter experience.Got the new fans installed -- four V80E12BHA7-57 NIDEC fans. The cables were too short for two of the mounting points - so I used some of these dupont cables to extend the 4-wire, but just buy some 4-pin extension cables and you'll be prepared.
The original fans are 13,000 RPM rated -- 4.9 Amps. These new fans are 6000 RPM rated, .8 Amps. The new fans idle around 3000RPM, which is very comfortable. Upon first boot, they spin up to 6000 RPM (which is still quieter than the Delta fans were at that speed) and quickly ramp down to 3,000 RPM. Looks like it'll ramp down to 50% of whatever the max speed of the fan is - so buy accordingly.
Very quiet - very happy.
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It looks like you can but it's hidden, if you change the URL for one of the navigation items to configure_root.html:There's another thread with these. I returned mine for a number of reasons (plus damage from poor warehouse handling). BIOS is slow.... makes supermicro seem like insta-boot. Good luck setting the boot order or uefi boot reliably.
First gen motherboard, ipmi sucks, enjoy the root backdoor you can't change the password. No fan control (yes, I tried everything) extremely loud. Riser card does not support gpu's (it may, but quanta has a special part for it). Chassis is flexible.
. In a bad way. Made me concerned for damaging the motherboard. Doesn't hold a candle to any supermicro chassis.
Works great on esxi 6. 10gb, you will need Intel sfp's. I was able to flash the lsi to it mode.
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I bought a QS3008 and it did NOT work. Even though the physical connector is the same, the piece that connects it to the board is not. You can see the one I bought here: QS3008-SAS Quanta QS3008 8-Port 12G SAS PCIE Mezzanie Raid Cont. w/board | eBay.I managed to find an original rear backplane for $18, and if I understand this correctly, since it uses 2 separate 'sata' connectors, it's capable of 12gb/s with a u.2 ssd and different raid controller.
So, I'm going to try a Quanta DAS2BTH7CB0 for $11!
If we're lucky, it'll be faster than 6gb/s and everything will function as I imagine.
I would actually recommend the Arctic S8038-7K or S8038-10K; they can be had in a kit of 4 on Amazon for about the same price as real Delta fans from Digikey, but with free shipping. They are pretty quiet when PWM'ed down, but I haven't stressed the server and checked the temperatures yet. I hope to do that tonight.I registered initially just to say thank you owenthewizard!
I bought the server in 2020 for about $150, couldn't get things to work and couldn't find documentation and then forgot about it.
I decided to try again and after messing with it for 2 days, I found you! Just flashed the bios update to 2018 (mine was still 2014) and am now wondering about the BMC update. Mine is currently BMC FW 07.58, is it even worth trying to update it?
$162 - 384GB of ram [HMT42GR7AFR4C-RD] (coming in like 2 days!)
$50 - 2 Xeon E5-2697 v2 CPUs (Think I see Rev C on my board so hopefully these work without swapping chips)
$38 - 4 Nidec V80E12BHA7-57 fans
$1432 - 11x lot Seagate Exos X16 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb/s
Couple ebay offers out for 10gb nics.
Considering delidding the cpus as someone dropped 20C on their 269X v3. Will test on one of the 2620s that came with it, haven't had issues with other cpus in the past but they weren't soldered.
My rear backplane for SSDs is fried and I'm not sure what I want to do. A replacement is only $30 but idk if the rear mezzanine raid controller is dead too. Maybe but get a quad m.2 pcie adapter.
The physical connector on the mezz is the same but the riser connecting it to the motherboard is different. You can see it in this listing: QS3008-SAS Quanta QS3008 8-Port 12G SAS PCIE Mezzanie Raid Cont. w/board | eBayHmm, I'll have to check temps with the fans I ordered. If delidding goes well, I'm hoping temps will be perfect and 3k rpm idle will be quiet enough for my utility room. If not, I might jam the sucker in a closet.
As for the mezzanine card you tried, which connection are you saying is different? Mine is coming with a riser so hopefully either the old or the new one will fit the card or mobo respectively. Should be delivered between the 16th and 21st, they haven't posted tracking yet.
Yikes, that looks bad. I could sell you my Nidec fans if you want. Fair warning, rootwyrm has informed me that any such fans ordered from eBay, AliExpress, Amazon, etc. are certainly counterfeit. The only way to get genuine is order them from an actual distributor (DigiKey, Mouser, Arrow, etc.).Nice. I might end up getting different fans since 2 of the 4 I ordered arrived... defective.
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I was mistaken on the version of the CPUs my server came with, they were 1620v2, not v1. So I slapped $25/ea Xeon E5-2697v2 12 core beauties in and instantly worked. I was scared one of my CPU Slots was bad since only one of the 1620s was working (when I got it, I only had 4 sticks of ram and thought the other cpu wasn't showing since all the ram was on one side, but installed 24 sticks and still only one cpu) but both 2697v2s showed right up.
The mezzanine raid card is working now that I have the new rear backplane installed. Still need to update the firmware on both raid cards tomorrow. Still waiting for the 12gb/s one to arrive (I think on the 20th) for testing.
Now for the ram situation, the ebay seller shipped me some garbage that didn't match the listing. I received 24 sticks of hmt331gr7cfr4a (Hynix 8gb 1333mhz) instead of the 16gb 1866mhz sticks.
I installed these to test everything while waiting for the correct sticks and my board seems to have 3 bad DIMM slots. D0, D1 and D2. I moved some sticks around and the same slots showed empty.
Also, when I had only 12 sticks showing with the one old CPU, the ram was running at like 1100mhz, but once I swapped CPUs and showed 21 sticks, all are running at only 800mhz. Any ideas? I didn't see anything at quick glance in the bios to change the ram speed.
Lastly, how do you update the BMC Firmware? When I run the updater, it just gets stuck downloading the update from their server and I don't see a spot to upload my own.
If anyone here wants the 8gb sticks, let me know.
I would try flashing it with DOS. Just be very careful, do it from a physical monitor and keyboard, not via the remote console. Make sure you flash either 7.76 or 3.76 depending on your board revision (current version). If it goes wrong, it's not insanely difficult to flash the chip, if you have the board revision with the removable BMC firmware chip... Even if it's soldered you should still in theory be able to flash it. Make sure to take a backup!I was referring to the Maintenance tab in the web console, it gets stuck here every time:
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