Update 7/23 - got word back yesterday afternoon that the combination WILL work and they provided me model numbers. I sent a reply as there is a design issue in regards to the backplane that I asked about and hope to have a response very soon. I'll post up the details once I have the response!
Virtualization Infrastructure Rebuild
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Ok well it took FOREVER but Supermicro has blessed my designs. They also provided the additional SKU's needed for the I/O Shields and appropriate Risers and Cables. I'm still determining if I want to go with a large 16 core system or split it into two 8 cores but below are the designs for the three servers. Cost is ultimately the same going with two systems vs one large one at this time.
System 1 - VM SAN (using existing drives for storage, demands will be fine for now, will upgrade to new later when needed)
OS FreeBSD Native Install
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-2C-TP4F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 2x Supermicro 16GB MEM-DR416L-HL02-ER21
RAID Controller LSI 9361-8i SAS3 Raid Controller
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0532
OS Drive 2x Seagate ST1000NX0323 2.5" 1TB SAS3
Drives 6x 1TB Seagate ST91000640SS SAS2 2.5" (4x RAID10 for VM Storage (1.8TB Usable), 2 HSP)
System 2 - ESX Node (with Local VM Storage for Core VMs)
OS ESX 6
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-7TP8F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 4x Supermicro 32GB MEM-DR432L-HL01-ER21
RAID Controller LSI 9361-8i SAS3 Raid Controller
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0532
OS Drive Sandisk 16GB USB Flash
Surveillance Live Intel S3710 400GB SSDSC2BA400G4
Surveillance Archive 4x Seagate ST2000NX0243 2.5" 2TB SATA (Raid5)
Local VM Storage 2x Intel S3710 800GB SSDSC2BA800G4 SATA - MIRROR
System 3 - ESX Node (FUTURE EXPANSION)
OS ESX 6
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 2x Supermicro 32GB MEM-DR432L-HL01-ER21
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0631
OS Drive Sandisk 16GB USB Flash
System 1 - VM SAN (using existing drives for storage, demands will be fine for now, will upgrade to new later when needed)
OS FreeBSD Native Install
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-2C-TP4F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 2x Supermicro 16GB MEM-DR416L-HL02-ER21
RAID Controller LSI 9361-8i SAS3 Raid Controller
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0532
OS Drive 2x Seagate ST1000NX0323 2.5" 1TB SAS3
Drives 6x 1TB Seagate ST91000640SS SAS2 2.5" (4x RAID10 for VM Storage (1.8TB Usable), 2 HSP)
System 2 - ESX Node (with Local VM Storage for Core VMs)
OS ESX 6
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-7TP8F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 4x Supermicro 32GB MEM-DR432L-HL01-ER21
RAID Controller LSI 9361-8i SAS3 Raid Controller
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0532
OS Drive Sandisk 16GB USB Flash
Surveillance Live Intel S3710 400GB SSDSC2BA400G4
Surveillance Archive 4x Seagate ST2000NX0243 2.5" 2TB SATA (Raid5)
Local VM Storage 2x Intel S3710 800GB SSDSC2BA800G4 SATA - MIRROR
System 3 - ESX Node (FUTURE EXPANSION)
OS ESX 6
Case Supermicro SC113MFAC2-605CB
Rails MCP-290-00056-0N Short Depth Rails
Motherboard Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F
Riser RSC-RR1U-E8
I/O Shield MCP-260-00099-0N
Memory 2x Supermicro 32GB MEM-DR432L-HL01-ER21
Backplane Cables 2x CBL-SAST-0631
OS Drive Sandisk 16GB USB Flash
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Just waiting on distributor to get the products sku'ed up. I spoke with my Supermicro rep and they confirmed all components are in stock and ready to drop ship once I can place the order.
Well everything is now officially ordered except the raid controllers and Intel S3710 ssd's. Searching ebay now for two 800GB and one 400GB SSD and a pair of 9361-8i raid controllers. Supermicro will be drop shipping to me and all was in stock when I spoke with them so in theory I should get all of the Supermicro and Seagate gear next week. Once I find SSD's and raid controllers I can get them in and then its time to play!
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Got everything in and assembled. I've got photos of the builds and have some updates that I will put together at some point. Simple stuff like finding out after buying the drives that ESXi still doesn't support 4kn drives and so now I have four drives to get rid of (FS: Seagate ST2000NX0243 2TB 2.5" SATA 4k $289 OBO) and replace them with 512n drives to use.
Also I had to reach back out to Supermicro in regards to the air shrouds on which to use and that the motherboard accepts a molex cable to support msata drives on it yet the power supply doesn't have any extra (only 2 small 4 pin like you would use for a floppy drive) which also means I can't install a cdrom drive if I wanted to right now either. I know I can convert small 4 pins to sata or molex to use but I grouped it into the email I sent back over to Supermicro on it.
Also I had to reach back out to Supermicro in regards to the air shrouds on which to use and that the motherboard accepts a molex cable to support msata drives on it yet the power supply doesn't have any extra (only 2 small 4 pin like you would use for a floppy drive) which also means I can't install a cdrom drive if I wanted to right now either. I know I can convert small 4 pins to sata or molex to use but I grouped it into the email I sent back over to Supermicro on it.