Recent content by BLKMGK

Sounds like waiting jussssst a little bit longer might be smart. I need to do a desktop build anyway but finally have a video card that can drive a big monitor or three so am antsy but I'll wait. Going with a panel about 43-49 just seems smartest right now ands I appreciate the advice!

Note that review specifically says "except 43inch model". As it happens I am looking for a 43inch 4K monitor myself and with the prices on smaller "PC displays" through the roof a TV "monitor" it is! COSTCO has a "UN43MU6290FXZA" on sale for $329. The model number is slightly different, how...

Yes, this card can support Infiniband but it apparently also supports ethernet. Auction listed it as an MHQH29B-XTR - this might not be completely accurate though as it has a short bracket vs the tall that the manual (PDF) claims. It's listed as a VPI card which I believe means it can use both...

The link I posted is to the auction that I received the cards from. At this point I've not yet tried installing them but when I went looking for drivers (after the fact - dumb) I found that they were apparently EOL as of about 3 months ago. Digging around on their site I've found one driver for...

I'm attempting to setup an ESXi 6.x server and would like to run 10gig interconnects to a dedicated storage box - likely running 2012 R2. I've got no experience with networking faster than 1gig cards and the 10gig options are spinning my head! I've purchased a pair of Mellanox cards and...

Are you running it as Infiniband or as 10gig Ethernet? I too have been trying to figure out their drivers and whatnot having just purchased some of their MHQH29b cards. The drivers you're looking at look to be for Infiniband. I found these that I think will present the card as an Ethernet...

Funny, I'm nearly in the exact same boat as you are and was participating in that ARS thread trying to figure out what to do as well. The biggest difference is that I've GOT an unRAID system running now and running really well too. The downside being that waiting for disks to spin up is a hassle...

Honestly, I boot it off of a stick because it's "easy" and this was how I was taught to do it. Obviously a PITA if there's an issue like the one I encountered and I came very close to booting it from a disk out of sheer frustration towards the end! This is how I've setup other ESX and thus was...

Okay, I think I've got this figured out. I've gotten some help from another unRAID user who uses both ESX and this board. The answer is interesting IMO and my results are differing from his setup. What was apparently happening was I was co-opting the USB bus the ESX stick was sitting on...

Okay, in frustration I loaded ESX 5.0U1 and set it up to pass my USB, my SAS controllers, and added my license all in one shot. Rebooted and joy everything was there. Created a VM, passed in the USB controller, but found no USB device on the second add. Puzzled I rebooted the system and the...

I'm encountering something very odd attempting to install ESX on a new machine. When done I need passthru for 2x SAS controllers (M1015) and for a single USB bus. the motherboard is a Tyan S5512GM2NR and I'm on BIOS 2.2 (not the new b) and I'm running a Sandy XEON with 32Gig of RAM. This config...