Hello and thank you in advance for your direction and support!
:DGOAL: Install FreeNAS on a 32GB SATA DOM and use that as the primary boot device.
ISSUE: Purchased a 32 GB SATA DOM and a PCIe SATA 6G Card (to expand the SATA ports) and installed the card onto the PCI slot on the motherboard. When I power up the server, I can’t access the server via IPMI any longer. The system does boot up normally from the internal USB drive and FreeNAS is accessible via GUI.
NOTICE / WARNING: Somewhere in the instructions that came with the PCIe SATA card it says:
“Warning: All the data on the hard disks connected to the controller card will be permanently erased in the following actions. 1. Create a RAID/HyperDuo virtual disk; 2. Rebuild a virtual disk; 3. Marvell Storage Utility (MSU) for RAID/HyperDuo Setup.”
I should mention that I only have macs and my FreeNAS is headless. I use to manage the server via the IPMI however that is no longer possible. I’m not really sure what the next step should be.
QUESTIONS:
Q. I thought a Supermicro SATA DOM would not require setup on a Supermicro motherboard. Do I have to install a driver or configure the PCIe card before it can work with my motherboard?
Q. I’d like to switch 4 SATA drives from the motherboard (3G) onto the PCIe ports (6G) but I’m worried about data loss. Should I be concerned? Will this really make the data 2X faster?
Q. Which option (from the 3 listed above in the notice / warning section) should I set up the SATA DOM as?
Q. Will I need to get a PC monitor, keyboard and mouse in order to set up the SATA DOM & PCIe SATA Card?
Q. What’s the best way to get this these two parts working? Any thing else I missed? (I’m sure I have!)
I’m really a noob particularly since I’ve never installed or configured a PCIe card or SATA DOM on a PC. I’m really quick at learning, just need some direction as to what steps should be taken. I’m afraid I’ll mess something up and won’t be able to fix it! :(
:DGOAL: Install FreeNAS on a 32GB SATA DOM and use that as the primary boot device.
ISSUE: Purchased a 32 GB SATA DOM and a PCIe SATA 6G Card (to expand the SATA ports) and installed the card onto the PCI slot on the motherboard. When I power up the server, I can’t access the server via IPMI any longer. The system does boot up normally from the internal USB drive and FreeNAS is accessible via GUI.
“Warning: All the data on the hard disks connected to the controller card will be permanently erased in the following actions. 1. Create a RAID/HyperDuo virtual disk; 2. Rebuild a virtual disk; 3. Marvell Storage Utility (MSU) for RAID/HyperDuo Setup.”
I should mention that I only have macs and my FreeNAS is headless. I use to manage the server via the IPMI however that is no longer possible. I’m not really sure what the next step should be.
Q. I thought a Supermicro SATA DOM would not require setup on a Supermicro motherboard. Do I have to install a driver or configure the PCIe card before it can work with my motherboard?
Q. I’d like to switch 4 SATA drives from the motherboard (3G) onto the PCIe ports (6G) but I’m worried about data loss. Should I be concerned? Will this really make the data 2X faster?
Q. Which option (from the 3 listed above in the notice / warning section) should I set up the SATA DOM as?
Q. Will I need to get a PC monitor, keyboard and mouse in order to set up the SATA DOM & PCIe SATA Card?
Q. What’s the best way to get this these two parts working? Any thing else I missed? (I’m sure I have!)
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