I might need to create another zpool. Or perhaps move a drives/zpool from one host to another. In this post: FreeBSD 13.1 Background I am combining two hosts (slocum and r720-01) into one new host (r730-01). I have been moving jails from those hosts. I have an ansible playbook for creating new entries in /etc/jail.conf.d/. …
For my records, when it comes time to deciding what to use, this is R730-04.
This is one of the 4x R730 hosts, known as R730-02.
This is the R730 known as R730-03. Note the number of cores. I see a package build server…
This is the host I’ve been talking about. Adding this entry to /boot/loader.conf will turn off MFI and enable MRSAS instead. hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=”1″ Then you’ll see expected device names for drives, such as da0 instead of mfisyspd0. This will be done later. The HBA installed in this host is supported by the FreeBSD mrsas driver. The …
R740? What R740? I don’t have an R740. But I do have an R730. Please try that link instead. Thanks to Mr Barrow for pointing out this error.
I brought home three Dell R730 after saving them from ewaste. Two of them have 8x 3.5″ drive bays. One has 8x 2.5″ drive bays, with with for another 8. This is the one I’m considering for use. I have a fourth R730 in the basement, but I don’t know those specifications, and it already …
I have new hardware available – should I upgrade or not? Read More »
EDIT: I’m updating this post with new information, I’m missing some photos – they are on my other laptop… EDIT: If you get stuck with older firmware which cannot use existing DELL infrastructure, give https://updateyodell.net a try. It helped me leapfrog along the upgrade path. I started reading Updating firmware etc on a Dell R720 …