If I get around to It (if my back allows measuring my server), I can make a drawing of it. Any issues with the E3-1230 V2 since installation? It helped me allot in deciding which way to go with my Gen8. Or is passthrough not working at all? *Processors ending in a 5 have integrated HD graphics, I’m not sure if this will cause problems. Some time each day I have 1-2 other virtual machines running for backup and other tasks. And you know you won’t have to worry about any overheating issues! the HP ProLiant Gen8 doesn’t allow hot-plug, i’m i right? Closing subcase. Don’t start on this project if you are having issues with the cables already. Can you try it with a desktop mùaintbord, just to be sure wether it works or not. Anyone ever managed to install 2x 16gb blocks to a total of 32gb ram? 3TB or 4TB, what’s the real difference? I had to pay up 170UK Pounds for 2x8gb. NEVER. b3n.org is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Will see how it goes. Der … Some issues: a non HP card lacks temp sensors, so fans speed up. Patrick, Hi, I set it to Raid, in AHCI loud fans, as discussed, did not try legacy at all. Hi. Yesterday I got my hands on a cheap Xeon E3-1230 v2 and installed that, and the server won’t boot past the “Checking Intel QPI/Memory” post screen with the Boot Code 0114. I will end up changing the fan or or insert a resistor if it continues. HP fails to mention this. Wikipedia has an article explaining the history of FreeNAS and NAS4Free: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS4Free#History. It just needs more memory but we’ve maxed it. This one is on Microserver Gen8 drivers site: Important note: HP ProLiant Server firmware access Fan speed is now at 6%. I’ll post more details on my setup in the future, but on the HP Microserver N40L which is half the speed of the G1610T I’ve run a Napp-It All-in-one ZFS server for my RAID/NAS, shared the storage back to VMWare via NFS, and ran half a dozen Ubuntu VMs on top of it without issues. If I buy the 1220v3 CPU then I can apply the included passive cooling and heatsink on it or do I need to buy anything extra besides the CPU (new heatsink or passive cooling)? Or use another HBA. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. I can confirm the thing about UDIMM ECC as required. By any chance do you know what kind of RAM would be the best in this case? Also at some point, I’m planning on running a webserver (no more thoughts in to that yet). I would update the Intelligent Provisiong seperately as described here: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/mostViewedDisplay?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03458406-2%257CdocLocale%253Den_US&javax.portlet.tpst=efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01&sp4ts.oid=5177957&ac.admitted=1387457527405.876444892.199480143. I know, as I’m running it now :) Using another card has a drawback of not being able to integrate it with HP’s iLO, but you can write custom scripts to look at the health of the HDDs, MegaCLI is available on all platforms and works well. Didn’t quite came through, but am continuing later today. Did you check the intel marking on the chip top, just to be sure that you got a true 1230V2 chip ? Also an Akasa K25. You can play using more diode @ diferent voltaje until you get a better vent at low sound, My G16010T was around 27-32% on the fans…I had an SSD on the optical SATA port and even had the native HP RAID 0 for this drive…finally put in 4x 3TB drives for storage only and put then on RAID 10…rebooted and presto it’s now running at 6%…I kid you not…. I Might be making a section on my site with the modifications I made (would be nice if I could just post Pictures here). i cannot find it . You can get a cheap M1015 HBA which will support 4TB in JBOD mode, or if you’re trying to do hardware RAID I’m sure you can get a controller that supports 4TB drives. HP has a problem, not just with the micro server, but other models of gen8 as well. The latest patches fix the initial issues with passthrough in 5.5, have you tried patching 5.5 to the latest version? Can you confirm that the cable you’re linkin to, is long enough when using the ODD caddy? Hp Gen8 Microserver - Nehmen Sie dem Liebling unserer Experten. 5. Product working as designed. DDR3-1600 800MHz 1.25ns That’s an RDIMM, you need UDIMM’s. Hi, That sounds pretty slow to me and it may be down to the network, of course. Mit einem Formfaktor, die einfach zu nutzen und zu warten ist, unterstützt er kleine Unternehmen bei der Senkung ihrer Kosten bei gleichzeitiger Verbesserung ihrer Produktivität, Effektivität und Sicherheit. Original aus Microserver gen8, HP zertifiziert. I just wrongly mentioned it was a chipset limitation. The other concern I have with the 1265 processor (which may or may not apply for your application) relates to Ben’s earlier post regarding Supermicro’s C204 suggestion not to use an E3 with onboard graphics (E3-xxx5 series) – I do not know whether this applies to the G8 microserver implementation (- refer http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c202_c204/x9scm-f.cfm), John, The answer was to delete disk and partitions on the disk. 16GB max is all that’s supported. I tried Xen a few years ago and wasn’t happy with it so went with VMware, but things may have changed now that a few years have gone by and now. Guessing that the Sea of sensors works with the P222. Morten, I don’t use Messenger, so it will be by mail. The stock processor does not differ from the i3 except for clock speed and hyper-threading, so I don’t think it’s worth the money to upgrade to an i3. 2. Gave better performance. If so, i’ll rip it out and put it in the Gen8. https://hardforum.com/threads/ecc-check-on-intel-i3-processors.1693051/. You have to use the Intelligent Provisioning. Frankly, the only way I got the passthrough working on the USB 2.0 ports (and for GFX) was to downgrade to ESX 5.0. Only I don’t have the 3.0 support. Seems smaller than the normal power connector used i ordinary computers. Thank you very much for this info, do you know if this firmware fixes the temperature readings bug? So many things come into mind :-). Can’t really rely on the system fan. This may or may not matter to you. Oh. It’s really sad, and nobody wanted to sell me anything as a private person. HP dropped the ball with only having 2 of the 4 drive controllers to be 6Gbit. What is your % for the FAN ? I ended up returning the computer because it couldn’t handle photoshop and revit that good and that’s what I wanted to use it for. As a final note on storage. I read on the homeservershow forums that using a different controller than then onboard b120i will cause high fan speed. Thanks, Ben, i think the cheapest solution to make a silent fan is to use a zenner diode at 6v , or 7v or 5v …. Voltage for standart part: 1.5V When running ESXi, plus a virtual server for Plex, plus any other virtual machines one should have, I guess we can’t expect the Celeron to be able to catch up :O) Man, I should had gone with the Pentium. We do try and stay ahead of the game, I guess that may be why our customers like us so much. Storage. :), Yea, I guess so. I’ve just updated the BIOS on my server to the latest version and that didn’t help, but I think this can be resolved through a BIOS update. Could anybody do such test, please? The temp stays at 40c during normal operation and also I might add the fan speed never went above 16% during tests. is it still working fine? Alle Hp Proliant Microserver Gen8 Xeon auf einen Blick. The motherboard is based on the C204 chipset so in theory these processors should be compatible (obviously look at max TDP): http://ark.intel.com/products/52804/Intel-BD82C204-PCH, but I did notice at the bottom of Supermicro’s C204 they suggest not using an E3 with onboard graphics (E3-xxx5 series): http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c202_c204/x9scm-f.cfm I have no idea if that limitation is specific to Supermicro’s implementation or if the same applies to the motherboard used in the Gen8 Microserver. 11/11/2013 – Updated to include HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 and HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 System ROMs that fix this issue. ICES-003, I also bought this server and a e3-1230v2 cpu, i think tommorow i will assemble the new cpu in the server and test it! Mit dem Ziel, dass Sie zu Hause mit Ihrem Hp Proliant Microserver Gen8 Xeon am Ende rundum zufriedengestellt sind, hat unsere Redaktion auch sämtliche unpassenden Produkte schon aussortiert. I’m currently running this: https://b3n.org/supermicro-2u-zfs-server-build/ and also this which is about the same footprint as the Gen8 Microserver: https://b3n.org/supermicro-x10sdv-f-build-datacenter-in-a-box/. I’ve now tried looking in the settings for the guest OS, and if I try to add a USB Controller, I can only choose xHCI, and I get a warning on this page stating, that “This controller is not supported for this guest operating system”. I bought a bigger CPU as I sometimes have a lot more running, so wanted the extra horsepower when needed. You have to make brackets for the sides though. is it just the drive not working? I’m having trouble making my USB DVD drive show up in my virtual machines. The G1610T is not your grandfather’s Celeron. Welche Faktoren es beim Bestellen Ihres Hp Microserver Gen8 Xeon zu analysieren gilt! THX Morton for your info. I have a microsever gen8, formerly a G2020T but later on I replaced my cpu with an Intel Xeon E3-1230V2 and 16GB RAM. Here’s a list of processors I think would be good candidates. This is a great forum (though it really burns time on a Sunday afternoon). Maybe something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Dynatron-K2-Server-Workstation-Active/dp/B004HSSKBW/ …it’s actually rated for 73W so it would support the Xeon E3. One problem you might have with the Noctua is it blows straight up and there’s not a lot of room above the CPU, I think it will fit but you might be better off with a fan designed for a 1U server that blows air towards the back of the case. I’ve got 2 x 4TB WD HDDs in mine running without issue (no further configuration required). I’m surely not pleased with the server being so loud, since dbA is specified to 21. Thanks for the tip on using hwinfo, I wasn’t aware there was an issue with the ILO sensors. The LSI has the same SAS/SATA connector as the HP motherboard, so one can plug the HP cable into the controller and still use the drive bays. It seems like it’s handled by the C204 chipset’s PCH. I have disabled HyperThreading, but running Hyper-V with 4 guests, 2 of them on 24/7, and it never gets close to hot.