Looking for a suitable Micro-ATX case

[Ericloewe]

No. It's PCIe only, but it's only 2x. But it's overkill for boot devices since there are no cheap PCIe SSDs. It's stuck in utter uselessness. An X11SSM-F presents all four lanes in a PCIe slot (including those from the extra NICs) and it's still cheaper after adding a PCI card to M.2 adapter.

 

[Stux]

No. It's PCIe only, but it's only 2x. But it's overkill for boot devices since there are no cheap PCIe SSDs. It's stuck in utter uselessness. An X11SSM-F presents all four lanes in a PCIe slot (including those from the extra NICs) and it's still cheaper after adding a PCI card to M.2 adapter.

Except in a UNAS810A case, 3rd PCIe slot can't really be used.

 

[Ericloewe]

Hmm, that changes things somewhat.

 

[garym]

I didn't specifically want 4 NICS. I was looking at a simpler but similar X11 (don't recall which right now) with just 2 that'd let me do link aggregation, but the SSH-LN4F-O was there right beside it smiling at me for a meager 5 bucks more, or something, so I just went for it figuring "ah, why not?!".

Run freenas under ESXi and you will use all 4 nic ports. I also look for value, you should be able to disable unwanted ports in the BIOS. Anybody with this board, can you confirm if this is so?

 

[Juan Manuel Palacios]

Hey guys!

My build is mostly complete, with just a few issues left to sort out (e.g. improved cable management), but with FreeNAS 11 already installed and booted from a flash drive connected to the onboard USB slot.

FreeNAS is, however, booted in legacy BIOS mode. I first tried booting in UEFI but the board would just not see the boot device. Anyone know if this is possible with the SuperMicro X11-SSH-LN4F? Does it / can it be enabled somewhere? Thanks!