@PGlover I'd hold off actually. Hoping maye someone has some experience with this particular model. I tried booting an E5-2630V4, but it wouldn't post. I had the same issue with my D51B-1u's which required a bios update. Quanta lists a E5-2600v4 update package that you need to apply, consisting of a BIOS and BMC update. I downloaded this and applied it via out-of-band . I made sure to read the readme first, there were no gotchas, so went ahead and did it. well....
The BMC took, and updated successfully, and the BIOS said it updated successfully, but after I power-cycled the chassis to make sure, the version didn't change. To make matters worse, there was now no video via JAVA console, and no video out via VGA. I attempted to flash the BIOS again, this time through the BMC interface directly, again it said 100%, but still no dice. I'm worried that this is a condition of needing to also update the SAS expander in the chassis. Quanta has a FAQ saying "firmware recovery may be required" but doesn't list how to go about doing this, and older versions of IPMI and BIOS are no longer available on their site (the whole BIOS/BMC sections are gone from the download page.
I submitted a support request to Quanta, not sure I'll get much help from them, but at this moment it seems like I've bricked the chassis. I will however buy a second one, as when the fans are idling around 3000 rpm they're barely noticeable.
@vintagehardware This is a 2U, 3U would be too large. Do you have some sort of documentation re: the SMC using less power? I get charged a lot during 5 hours of the day for power, so power consumption is the biggest concern I have, after noise. If a SMC does draw say 5-10% less power, then I might go and look for a similar 2U chassis from SMC
The BMC took, and updated successfully, and the BIOS said it updated successfully, but after I power-cycled the chassis to make sure, the version didn't change. To make matters worse, there was now no video via JAVA console, and no video out via VGA. I attempted to flash the BIOS again, this time through the BMC interface directly, again it said 100%, but still no dice. I'm worried that this is a condition of needing to also update the SAS expander in the chassis. Quanta has a FAQ saying "firmware recovery may be required" but doesn't list how to go about doing this, and older versions of IPMI and BIOS are no longer available on their site (the whole BIOS/BMC sections are gone from the download page.
I submitted a support request to Quanta, not sure I'll get much help from them, but at this moment it seems like I've bricked the chassis. I will however buy a second one, as when the fans are idling around 3000 rpm they're barely noticeable.
@vintagehardware This is a 2U, 3U would be too large. Do you have some sort of documentation re: the SMC using less power? I get charged a lot during 5 hours of the day for power, so power consumption is the biggest concern I have, after noise. If a SMC does draw say 5-10% less power, then I might go and look for a similar 2U chassis from SMC