It was brought to my attention that it may be useful for some of the forum members to log disk temperatures periodically to an influxDB (and then chart that with Grafana like the below example) to help with trends for individual disks or otherwise over time. (thanks for the ideas and...

I am trying to install a QNINE PCIe RS232(serial) card into my FreeNAS server, but it doesn't seem to be recognizing it. The manufacturer stated that it is supported. Anyone out there have experience getting a card like this installed in FreeNAS? I am not sure where to begin with providing...

Hi! Unfortunately I have that infamous Microsol Back-Ups BZ1200-BR. It is connected at the /dev/cuaU0 port and NUT is capable to read some values correctly through the "solis" driver: root@freenas:~ # upsc ups battery.charge: 100.0 battery.voltage: 27.1 device.mfr: Microsol device.model...

I have freenas mini and I want to connect to DB9 port of it from my mac laptop. In Mac laptop I only have RJ45 and USB port. Is there a way I can connect both? which cable should I buy? I just want to learn and play using serial communication. Any help is appreciated

Hi, I inherited a Freenas Server 9.3 running on Supermicro server with a LSI SAS2008 card and 3 JBOD enclosures attached, 2 of the enclosures are 60 drive capacity and the other one is 48 drive capacity, with 8TB drives installed. We've recently experienced a drive failure. I am unable to find...

I have a serial card that is recognized by FreeBSD, but I am having difficulty getting FreeNAS to work with it. The only option on the Serial Port Pulldown on the System/Advanced Tab of the web GUI is 0x2F8. If I recall correctly that corresponds to COM2: I/O port 0x2F8. From what I can see...

I was thinking that adding a serial port to my FreeNAS would make life easier, and might eliminate the need to attach a monitor. I found an old dual serial card which I plugged in and tested under a live USB linux distro, and the dmesg recognized the card. Here is the description of the card...

Hi, I'm trying to find a way to get the serial number that's printed on the sticker on the board using a tool like sas2flash. For some reason, when I tried the sas2flash program (in DOS - probably archaic) it just says "N/A" next to the Board Tracer Number which is where I understand the...