![]() ![]() Your question fits quite well with what I was going post so here goes.įirst, to answer your initial question, I have the Dell T320 running FreeNAS as an iSCSI server for my VMWare cluster. I was about to make a new post to share this info but I found this. So that is what it looks like and how I did it here. The iDrac is on a dedicated interface and connected to my management network. For that, I added a quad port Intel NIC card and connected each of these ports to similar ports from my R820. Part of that setup includes a 4x 1Gig iSCSI link to my ESXi server (an R820). Once installed, I confirmed that FreeNAS was able to see the actual drive (serial number) and was able to run the smart tests, long and short. Again, the mirror + TrueCommand is the way I use to ensure I can always boot to my config easily. Once done, I installed FreeNAS, again from mirrored USB keys because there are not that many hard drives bays in that server. Doing it will destroy whatever virtual drives you have at that time. You do it and it is there that you can switch the controller to HBA mode. For that, during the boot process, you are offered to enter in the Raid controller's bios. Again, I do regular backups with TrueCommand to ensure I can re-install the OS easily should my boot devices fail.Īs for the T330, that one has a Raid controller. I also use USB keys to boot, from the single internal port + an external one for mirrored boot devices. That one also have a regular controller instead of a Raid controller. The T130 is also using the internal 4 spaces for hard drives, plus the DVD one. I then connected it peer-to-peer to my main FreeNAS using IPs that are not routed or reachable from anywhere else in my network. I chose to also use the external sata port to fit a 6th drive. For that, I removed the original DVD drive to get a 5th one. There are only 4 slots designed for hard drives. ![]() The config is saved in TrueCommand and I can re-install from scratch easily. I had to rotate my USB keys and for now, I run from a single one. ![]() I used the two internal USB ports to install my boot devices at first. ![]() So for my oldest one, the T110, there is no raid controller in that one. ![]()
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