Spats Posted June 4, 2022 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2022 (edited) As per the heading what dsm can i put on the R710 do i need new hardware etc to make it work. no experience on server related stuff before. I also want to use plex on it, but i can add a GTA 660 card for it, not bothered about that at the moment. just need guidance guys 2 x Intel Xeon L5630@2.13Ghz LFF 6x3.5inch bays 24Gb DDR3 ECC memory Dell Perc 6/i integrated raid controller 2 x 870W 80plus silver iDRAC6 4 onboard nic 1gb cards Got win 10 installed on it at the moment. Cheers guys PS would prefer to install BareMetal if i can. Edited June 4, 2022 by Spats Added more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted June 6, 2022 Anyone any thoughts guys on how to get this up and running. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojoone2 Posted June 6, 2022 Share #3 Posted June 6, 2022 The R710 is such a beast to only use it as a NAS. But you will probably have issues with the disks being recognized with the Perc 6i. I don't believe there are drivers for that card and I'm unsure if can even be flashed to IT mode. Have a look at this thread where members have had some success with Jun's Loader (DS3615xs and DS3617xs) and DSM 5 and 6 on a the R710: Give the DS3622xs+ a try if you want DSM 7 using a test disk in one of the bays to see if the 6i would pass through and give access to the disks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted June 6, 2022 Thanks bud, I have ordered a perc h700 card to flash in IT mode. Will look into the DS3622xs and give it a go. I don't know anything virtualization of any kind, but willing to try. Cheers 11 hours ago, rojoone2 said: The R710 is such a beast to only use it as a NAS. But you will probably have issues with the disks being recognized with the Perc 6i. I don't believe there are drivers for that card and I'm unsure if can even be flashed to IT mode. Have a look at this thread where members have had some success with Jun's Loader (DS3615xs and DS3617xs) and DSM 5 and 6 on a the R710: Give the DS3622xs+ a try if you want DSM 7 using a test disk in one of the bays to see if the 6i would pass through and give access to the disks. Would like to try to get DSM 7 on it. Does this server support 12tb drives, need to test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojoone2 Posted June 7, 2022 Share #5 Posted June 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Spats said: Thanks bud, I have ordered a perc h700 card to flash in IT mode. Will look into the DS3622xs and give it a go. I don't know anything virtualization of any kind, but willing to try. Cheers Would like to try to get DSM 7 on it. Does this server support 12tb drives, need to test it. I don't think the R710 will support 12tb drives. According to this document, the max 3.5" hard drive capacity is 4tb. https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/business/solutions/engineering-docs/en/Documents/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted June 8, 2022 Thanks mate, I have now ordered an Perc H200 card to flash to IT mode. I tried to get the DS3622xs setup but it wouldn't give me an ip from any of the ports, so i disabled them. I have a 2.5gbe card for my pc put it into the server and that gave me an IP address, used the real mac and port for that card. loaded up the broadwellnk on the flash drive for DSM 7 but i get no ip, nothing from the router, so cannot boot from that to install DSM. Will dig a bit deeper into trying to get this work. cheers for your help mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojoone2 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #7 Posted June 8, 2022 What commands did you use to build the loader? Did you save a copy of the output of your build? Did you get ANY errors? Did you get the correct driver for the NIC? I believe the R710 has a Broadcom NIC? You can try this one: ./rploader.sh ext broadwellnk-7.1.0-42661 add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocopico/rp-ext/master/tg3/rpext-index.json And you can check to see what drivers you need: ./rploader.sh listmods broadwellnk-7.1.0-42661 Servers can be a bit finicky with all the enterprise grade hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojoone2 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #8 Posted June 8, 2022 If you haven't already, read through this topic: Step 5 is really important.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted June 8, 2022 Thanks mate these are the commands, and the list off what i done mate much appreciated ./rploader.sh update now ./rploader.sh fullupgrade now ./rploader.sh identifyusb now ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac now ./rploader.sh satamap ./rploader.sh build broadwellnk-7.1.0-42661 Spats_R710.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojoone2 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #10 Posted June 8, 2022 tc@box:~$ ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ 008E25711489 Serial Number for Model : 2150SQRDJGWLA Mac Address for Model DS3622xs+ : 00:11:32:92:3E:9F Should i update the user_config.json with these values ? [Yy/Nn] y tc@box:~$ ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac Serial Number for Model : 2040SQRFN4HHX Mac Address for Model DS3622xs+ : 00:11:32:46:CD:45 Real Mac Address : A4:BA:DB:33:4B:D1 Notice : realmac option is requested, real mac will be used Should i update the user_config.json with these values ? [Yy/Nn] n OK remember to update manually by editing user_config.json file tc@box:~$ ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac now 008E25711489 Serial Number for Model : 2030SQRLTZQAQ Mac Address for Model DS3622xs+ : 00:11:32:37:D8:9E Real Mac Address : A4:BA:DB:33:4B:D1 Notice : realmac option is requested, real mac will be used Should i update the user_config.json with these values ? [Yy/Nn] Looks like the loader found your onboard NIC as well as the the 2.5gb NIC. [#] ========================================== pocopico.tg3 ========================================== [#] Extension name: tg3 [#] Description: Adds Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver Support [#] To get help visit: <todo> [#] Extension preparer/packer: https://github.com/pocopico/rp-ext/tree/main/tg3 and: [#] ========================================== pocopico.bnx2 ========================================== [#] Extension name: bnx2 [#] Description: Adds QLogic BCM5706/5708/5709/5716 Driver Support [#] To get help visit: <todo> [#] Extension preparer/packer: https://github.com/pocopico/rp-ext/tree/main/bnx2 Is 008E25711489 the real MAC for the 2.5gb card? If so you only need this command: ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac You need to edit your user_config.json and change the MAC address there. You can add both for the 2.5gb NIC if you will be using that. "sn": "XXXXXXXXXXX33", - Your serial number generated by TCRP "mac1":"XXXXXXXXXXF0", - Your real MAC 1 "mac2":"XXXXXXXXXXF1", - Your real MAC 2 I use WinSCP for that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted June 8, 2022 Cheers mate, yes 008E25711489 is the real nic for the 2.5 gb card but I cannot access SA or find.synology.com. Winscp cannot find my ip, and I only get an ip when configuring the TCRP loader after reboot nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted June 8, 2022 Share #12 Posted June 8, 2022 30 minutes ago, rojoone2 said: tc@box:~$ ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac now 008E25711489 FWIW the script doesn't recognize "now" anymore and you cannot specify the mac address with realmac. It just takes the actual MAC from the hardware. Same result though, as long as you were typing in the hardware MAC. ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac The only way to specify your own MAC address that is not the hardware MAC is to edit user_config.json yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted June 8, 2022 cheers mate 18 minutes ago, flyride said: FWIW the script doesn't recognize "now" anymore and you cannot specify the mac address with realmac. It just takes the actual MAC from the hardware. Same result though, as long as you were typing in the hardware MAC. ./rploader.sh serialgen DS3622xs+ realmac The only way to specify your own MAC address that is not the hardware MAC is to edit user_config.json yourself. still not getting an IP from the 2.5gb card, albeit i am getting an IP when installing the TCRP loader tho. Put the my own mac in still nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) Guys got two Intel Xeon L5630 @2.13 GHz Processors 8 cores, 24 Gb memory. BCM5709C 4 1 Gb ports plus 2.5Gb Realtek nic card installed. what is the lowest BareMetal DSM i can go, then i can go from there. cheers guys Edited June 9, 2022 by Spats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted June 14, 2022 Finally got it only with Jun's Loader 1.01, v6.0.2 DS3615xs_8451 pat file. Got the 4 internal macs in the grub.cfg I have a Perc H200I flashed in IT mode So it looks as if i cannot take this anywhere else, as i have spent a lot of time reading the forum. If anyone can shed a light in taking this up to 6.2 i would be happy with that. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberphoy Posted June 20, 2022 Share #16 Posted June 20, 2022 I installed a temporary cheap pci-e card in mine that RedPill Tiny core recognized and the setup was easy from there for DSM 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share #17 Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, cyberphoy said: I installed a temporary cheap pci-e card in mine that RedPill Tiny core recognized and the setup was easy from there for DSM 7 Got one installed as well mate, but still doesn't give me an ip after I build the loader. What version of dsm are you using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted July 11, 2022 @rojoone2 finally got DS3622xs+ working on R710 mate, cheers for your help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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