[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI on HP Gen 10 Microserver

[Rolf M. Dietze]

Hi Michelle,

don't know about the G10+ boxes. I meant:
https://buy.hpe.com/uk/en/servers/proliant-microserver/proliant-microserver/proliant-microserver/hpe-proliant-microserver-gen10/p/1009955118
and with that issue of 2 ports 6G and 2 ports 3G I rather looked into
boxes from other manufacturers than HP to recomend them to customers.

With the older Gen10 boxes one needs .NET for a console via the build
in system controler, even if you purchase the advanced license. Since
there is no windows in the net at all, I set them up on a KVM server
and never bought any boxes fom HP because of this rather flimsy design
(no console via systemcontroller, 6G/3G sata ports)

But if I have to choose between OI and FreeBSD and what experiences
running OI as a server OS on those boxes, I go for OI and that was
the original discussion

regs, Rolf


Quoting Michelle <michelle at msknight.com>:

> The target server is actually going to be the Gen 10 Plus...
> https://uk-new.ingrammicro.com/site/productdetail?id=2M2SBG9
>
> The specs are light on the exact specs of the speed, but the manual
> doesn't help either...
> https://www.serversdirect.co.uk/PDFs/P16006-421_1_7006250_Original.pdf?v=27
>
> The best they say is... "The embedded HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10
> Controller supports SATA drive installation. This controller supports
> RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10" ... and it would be a bit odd for them to
> support RAID levels like that and have two ports down to 3Gbs.
>
> Grateful for any insight.
>
> Michelle.
>
>
> On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 19:55 +0100, rmd wrote:
>> 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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