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Yeah, this was the one thing I was worried about being on a non-standard or dev BIOS like we were on. I got an email as well from William with the stated suggestions. Sorry I did not post earlier. Been a busy day today. Thanks for being the guinea pig Hoopster.

Yup, same here. Nothing so far. I'm not sure how much everything in the world has effected their support team, so not pushing it. I know they can probably do support work from home, but still. Mine is constant. One day it went up and has not come down since, even through reboots and non-heavy server use. I have not tried turning off and leaving off for a while. I'm sure like others, now that I have unRAID up and running I can't live without it!! Especially in the times we are living in now. 😉

Ah ok, I did see it move a little but never very much, or often. Yup, I do have that, and it is lower that the other one. lol. Thanks for the info Hoopster. Always learning something new.

Yeah, I provided IPMI logs, which show it coming directly from the board/BMC, so really nothing to do with the OS/plugin/application side that I am using. I can show my system stats (i.e. how much CPU or memory I am using) via the Dynamix System Statistics plugin, but that is just showing that my system is not under any sort of load that would cause the temp increase. I am thinking the Linux/System temp is just pulling from a different sensor that is not part of the IPMI list. My MB says 27.8C in the Dashboard, but I don't see any sensor in IPMI with that reading. I am not sure where the unRAID Dashboard is pulling the readings from.

Yeah, I would say that is the sensor that is showing the incorrect reading. I see the same temp in unRAID and IPMI. After a couple back and forth emails with William yesterday, he said this "Please bear with me for a few moment. I have escalated this issue to our BMC engineering team along with your log file. Once I have any update, I will let you know." So will see if they come back with anything today.

Sent with the image as well. I mentioned "others with the same board and CPU are experiencing the issue as well". I also said my CPU is typically at 35C or less on a regular basis. See what he says.

I would say I don't have heavy sustained loads on my server. My CPU typically is lower than 5%. MB temp still says 91C via IPMI plugin and 27.8C on unRAID dashboard.

Looks like I am on 1.20, so that may be the issue if Hoopster is on the higher version. Is the update for that in the setup/config/BIOS settings when you boot? I only see this in IPMI maintenance section:

Yeah, I did a reboot of the server and the temp was still high. I took off the side of the case (Fractal Design Define XL R2) and the inside was not warm at all. I know that is no indication of the chip temps. I may add a fan to the side panel. It would blow a bit on the PCH and NVMe I think, and at least help circulate the air a bit more. I may contact ASRock as well if my 'adding a fan' method does not help. Right now I am not too worried about it, but it definitely bugs my OCD seeing the red temp warning. 😄

Ah ok. Thanks for the quick reply Kaiguy. I figured it wasn't too critical since the MB reading on the Dashboard was normal. I will have to schedule a reboot.

So today I received an IPMI notification that my MB temp reading is 92C. I checked the Dashboard and the MB reading is only 27.8C, which is about where it normally hovers. Has anyone else experienced a difference between the MB temp IPMI states and the Dashboard? I typically go by the temps on the dashboard. Wondering if I have a bad sensor. It has been running fine all day like this, but I haven't seen the IPMI MB temp fluctuate at all.

Thanks for all the info Hoopster. Yeah, having a VM is not the priority of my system at the moment, so not a huge deal breaker. If I decide to do any VM gaming I will have to add something, or look at setting up a Steam repo.

Welcome to the club parisv! One issue I have been looking into is trying to get audio from my Win 10 VM. I noticed that the E3C246D4U does not have audio out jacks on the Rear I/O, and I don't see a mention of an audio chip on board in the specs. Is that the case for others that have this board? Has anyone got audio working in a VM? For reference I am not trying to pass the iGPU through since I am using it for Plex transcoding, but I didn't think that would effect the audio for the VM.

So a question with this MB and CPU setup, does anyone have both LAN taps plugged in with a router that does not support LAG? My thinking is I can dedicate one port for Plex, and the other for everything else. Would this be possible and is it worth the setup hassle, or would i not see much benefit out of it? I didn't want my other network activities to start affecting my Plex streams. With only 1 or 2 1080p streams on Plex at a time I can't image I am pegging the 1GB port, but thinking for future use.

Yeah, I saw the posts about using /dev/shm over /tmp but I didn't quite understand the difference. Aren't they both using RAM? Is it just that /dev/shm is limited on the amount of space it is allowed to use? Since you mentioned 32GB out of your 64GB, I am assuming it uses half?

I haven't really seen the CPU temp above mid-30C (34C I think the highest), but typically is in the 27-30C range. I m not doing anything heavy yet, like HandBrake though. The CPU fan sits at 700rpm, and only once I saw it drop to 500rpm. I should try pushing it a bit with the BOINC software to see where it will take it. So far I am still setting up things like VMs now.

I know it's not the subject of this thread, but I figured out my issue with RAM transcoding. I am using the binhex-plex docker and the transcode directory variable in the default setup was set as a 'variable' and not a 'path' config type. I deleted the one that was there and recreated as a 'path'. Then I started seeing the files in /tmp/Transcode/Sessions. If you notice the 'variable' doesn't have the 'Access Mode' option which might have been the reason. Not sure, but it is working now.

Ha Ha Ha! Why is it always the case that the easiest solution is always the CORRECT solution! I didn't even think of trying without the port number. I guess I just got port numbers on the brain setting up all the dockers. Thanks @Hoopster that worked.

OK. I got everything finally setup, and mostly working the way I want (basic media server setup with Plex). I did get HW transcoding to work, once I figured out the correct option in Plex to check. Initially the CPU was around 50-60% transcoding 1 movie. Then when I enabled HW transcoding it dropped down to 5-6%. I am doing RAM transcoding as well (at least I think I am, I have not seen any transcode files in /tmp yet). One thing I have not gotten to work though is the IPMI interface. I am assuming I am doing something totally wrong since I have never used this type of setup before. I've been googling around some to try to find my answers, but I figured I'd post back in this thread since there are a few in here with similar setups ;). Based on the IPMI doc from ASRock, it sounds like I can just use the IP of the IPMI port and port 4433 (for me I am using 'https://192.168.1.119:443'). I figured I would try just to straight connect before setting up any security, to try not to complicate things while learning something new ;). It just goes to a page that says the site can't be reached. Is there something I am missing? I do have my router setting a static IP to the BMC, so I have the BIOS set to no for 'Manual Setting IPMI LAN'. I do need to reboot my server so I will double check that the 'Out of band Access' is enabled. Also, to note is I have the IPMI plugin loaded in unRAID, and I can see the fan information in the plugin. So it must be getting some information from IPMI.

Ah, thanks @kaiguy. I did see that in there but wasn't sure what settings others were using with the L2.10A BIOS. Thanks for the link to that topic.

I received all my parts, and first POST was good! I looked around in the 2.10 BIOS for a bit then Instant Flashed the L2.10A. Is there anything special in the L2.10A BIOS that I need to set to have IPMI and the iGPU working in unRAID? I am waiting on some new network equipment, that should be here tomorrow, before I can get the server online. I do have the unRAID USB setup, but not much I can do with that until the server is networked up. Since my router doesn't support LAG, is there a point to connect both LAN ports? I was planning to just connect 1 LAN and the IPMI to the router.

Ha! Nice! I am just waiting for a couple more parts to arrive today, then I can start testing it out....as long as nothing is DOA....the anticipation is killing me!

Thanks @dasx86. Isn't' that always the situation. You find something. Wait a bit, researching it, wait for it to go on sale maybe. Then right after you purchase it, and get it opened and setup, something new and better comes out.....seems to be ALWAYS the case. I think I will choose to be happy with my purchase. I can fit 14 drives (plus NVMe drives on the MB) in the XL R2 by adding 2 ICY Dock 3 in 2 hot swap bays and a HBA card if needed. If I out grow that I will probably go to a rackmount setup.

@Hoopster what plugin did you use for this?

Ah ok. Thanks for the quick reply update! Yeah, my plan is: Setup hardware Flash BIOS Config BIOS Install unRAID Config unRAID My hardware isn't due until early to mid next week, so I am getting the space ready near my modem/router in the basement. Then will be feverishly awaiting the UPS delivery.