RollTide_1717

joined 1 year ago
 

is this still the only cable option to power an extra ssd?
https://www.amazon.com/Zahara-Replacement-G8TXP-0G8TXP-POWEREDGE/dp/B07XXYXMJZ

the integrated controller for the 12 3.5 bays is being passed through to a truenas vm.
the 2 rear flexbay drives are mirrored zfs sas drives running proxmox off of a lsi pci controller.

i would like to add an SSD and move the vms over to it. preferably 2 if possible. So my question is, is this the only cable that would work? or does someone know of a cable that can power 2 ssd's?

oh and what about the power off of the riser card. can this be used for drives?

 

So i am going to re-ip some devices in my network and am looking to make a proper OOB network. For things lke iDrac, ipmi, ups interface, and thinking about the proxmox interface as well.

on my L3 switch ill create the access list for certain machines on my network to gain access to that subnet and nothing else. but then i was thinking about it. if i do that then they will not have any internet access either. which is fine and what i ultimately want. but then how do you manage BIOS, firmware, and any general updates etc?

how are you guys/gals setting up the oob? are you even using one?