Problem resolved. The server was previously been hooked up to a Dell Powerconnect. Switched back to it and everything is now fine.

@BRRABill said:

@RojoLoco said:

hey why did you use an @ in the f word once but spelled it out later, lol?

:)

Because the mods edit my posting. They apparently need better tools.

The R820 is a very cool unit. So many cores and so much memory. Perfect for massive Linux and FreeBSD systems.

@ryan-from-xbyte said:

In the interest of reliability and compatibility, we opted to only support enterprise level SSDs. We actually only recently supported non-Dell drives because of those same reasons. We started talking with Edge and found a partner who would co-developer firmware to limit the risk to our customers. If Dell makes a firmware change, we didn't want our customers to experience any issues with their drives.

That what made me reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally nervous about non-DELL drives.

Not that anything would happen, but the last thing you need is some change form DELL and then your drives stop working, or booting.

Total BS that they do that, but whatever. It's their company and there are other options.

Migrated the VMs off of this box so that I could work on it without affecting anyone else. Came in yesterday to work on it. Powered it down and installed the NIC daughter board without removing power to the system. Miraculously, it's now working as expected. :confused: :thumbsup:

Are we going to be getting more of these?

Thanks, great video!

@ryan-from-xbyte said:

FYI - For those of you who have already purchased a server from xByte, we can go after the fact and add Dell ProSupport.

Oh very nice. People will love that they can add it to pre-existing machines!

It's surprising that it hasn't been default for longer. Why would someone want "off" as the default for the past several years at least.

What is the advantage of having it off, anyway? Is there a performance or security advantage for those who are not using it?