[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI on HP Gen 10 Microserver

[rmd]

Hi

it depends a bit on the BIOS version of the Gen 10. With the early version
it works best, pulling all disks out of the bays, do the install, reboot, halt
again, put the drives back in, repower and boot, then do the disk configs.

With my Gen 10, I put a 4i4o SAS-controler in it, plug the sas-plug of the
internal drive bays on the i-cnector of that additional 4i4o sas card and
connect SSDs with a fan out cable to the on board sas connector. With
a bit of soldering an additional power connector for the SSDs is simply
set up an the OS goes on those SSDs. Hence, the Gen10 supports only
2 diskbays with 6G througput and the other two bays only support 3G.

regs, Rolf

> On Feb 16, 2023, at 9:34 AM, Michelle <michelle at msknight.com> wrote:
> 
> One of my older servers has died and I'm looking to replace with a Gen
> 10 microserver.
> 
> On my N54L, there are four bays, but a top CD bay where the operating
> system drive sits with OI on it, leaving me with four bays for spinning
> rust.
> 
> However, on the Gen 10 I've looked at the motherboard and I can't see
> anything other than a USB connector and the SATA harness connector. I
> can't see a DVD/CD drive either.
> 
> Has anyone managed to get OI on another drive, or am I going to have to
> take up a bay for the OS drive please?
> 
> Thanks for any hints and advice,
> 
> Michelle.
> 
> 
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