[OmniOS-discuss] new supermicro server

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Geoff Nordli wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I am looking at ordering a new 3U supermicro server. as an all-in one.   I 
> have been using these recently:
>
> https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/3U/6038/SSG-6038R-E1CR16L.cfm
>
> It has the LSI 3008 HBA in IT mode.

I have one of these.  It runs OmniOS very well.  Mine has four Intel 
SATA SSDs, two for boot, and two for SLOG.  Two of the SSDs are fixed 
internal and two are accessible via optional rear slots.

However, I am encountering BIOS issues with booting.  The drives 
advertized by the HBA overwelm the BIOS so that it does not list 
internal SATA drives for booting and currently my system only boots 
from internal SATA drives if the Intel network boot agent runs.  The 
BIOS behavior is unstable.

This problem did not appear to exist when the system was delivered to 
me but appeared as soon as I tried to statically configure the BMC IP 
address.

Perhaps there is a way to tell the HBA BIOS to not advertize the SAS 
drives which are not needed for booting?

Bob
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