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I don’t think you will get it to change its wording “hard drive c:” in the boot sequence if that’s what your asking … that’s like hard coded into the bios. Your usb thumb drive is “ hard drive c.” That’s another way of saying “hard drive Root directory” looking for a boot loader. I don’t think you have an issue here… as long as it detects the “hard drive” which is your usb flash drive and boots to it. You might have to check / enable hard drive C in that box. during partitioning of the usb drive it’s created on a fat32 file system and partition like a traditional hard drive would be so it can be read by the bios. have you tried to Reboot the server Press F11 to enter the boot menu Select the Boot Menu option It will scan for boot devices Go to Hard disk using Arrow keys This is the point where you get a secondary menu with the option to select the USB attached device Select it and press Enter. It will then boot from USB.

It’s not going to be shown in the boot sequence, but the usb drive will read as a hard drive. So that is the 1st boot sequence. Hard drives boot first and below your hard disk sequence looks good it should boot every time to the usb drive first. Looks good to me. Remember this server was built for windows server 2008r2 and windows server 2012 as a premium upgrade and only compatible with OS’s listed in the lifecycle controller. wait till you set up iDRAC heheheheh…. Then you can remotely manage via IP url and use a virtual monitor on another computer and with the Dell BMC command line software you can use command prompt to manually adjust the fan speeds to like 35-42% so it’s less noisy. another pointer… when adding hard disks to the dell server, because of the virtual raid Perc card you first have to go into the Bios and convert the hard drive to “non raid” use. then unraid will see it later on when adding it. It’s cool stuff welcome to enterprise Life.

So I have my usb plugged into the motherboard on my T420. Otherwise you have to use… the front USB ports??? If I remember correctly. The back ports are on a different bus controller and can’t boot usb drives from the back. I also think my unraid stick I removed the uefi flag at creation. and the usb drive if petitioned right is reading like a hard drive if you have a c drive listed it sounds like you have to remove the drives from dell virtual raid. the drives will wipe and be converted to non raid disks, that’s what you want. Your not using the traditional raid unraid will take care of that.

Do what it says, rest your bios settings back to default, turn off UEFI, clear your Bios logs. Your dealing with a enterprise dell server it’s a short learning curve. Might want to look into dell support articles, for for the t power edge servers. unraid can’t run uefi it’s a syslinux issue nothing to do with unraid. the dell power edge only runs off of ECC ram you can mix match speeds but not different types like you can’t put ECC type-R with regular ECC there a bios settings for it. I would just reset to factory defaults and play with it later, your going to be spending 1/2 day on it.

????? What....🤦‍♂️why would you go through all that, use Linux to create Linux... I don’t get it... help me understand why Limetech and Unraid engineers came up with a simple and end user friendly way to download create and write to a usb. I don’t know about you but I like get rid of a headache in a few minutes than spend all day with the headache. listen, unraid UEFI cannot be done on the Dell T/R X20’s. That’s it, accept your server fate and use BIOS only. Problem solved. Or build a “newer” server, because for something that is over 9 years old almost 10 is past its prime, deprecated, obsolete and retired. The Dell T/R x20’s servers serve its purpose, nothing more nothing less and are not “fancy”. Keep it simple. these servers once supported windows server 2012,a UEFI OS and Dell has a list of Linux distros RHEL/Debian based that are UEFI compatible. Just For some reason Syslinux is not an enterprise distro that Dell will recognize as UEFI. It’s not a Unraid problem, it’s a Dell problem the OS was not meant for this server. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong using a non unraid syslinux install and let me know how it goes and if it works submit the results to Limetech. don’t do this suggested long and crazy usb install using PopOS. there is a free and Open source solution using the Unraid Flash Creator utility —————————————- Using this program, you can easily convert almost any USB flash device into an Unraid boot device. In addition, the flash creator will give you the option to toggle some advanced settings such as loading a beta release, renaming your server hostname, setting a static IP address for your server pre-boot, and even toggling support for UEFI booting. Plug the USB flash device into your Mac or PC 1. Go to the downloads page. 2. Download the USB Flash Creator to your Mac or PC and run it. This tool is an open source program digitally signed by Lime Technology, Inc. 3. Customize any options you desire and select the flash device you wish to use from the drop-down. 4. Click Write to create the bootable flash.

I have a thought as I am looking for a solution as well. R-pi as a Remote Desktop “thin client” I’m sure Xrdp in Debian can do the job of remotely connect to your windows KVM host or something like WTware (gotta pay if you can’t program a UI to do something as end user friendly as possible as this with automated start up. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspberry-pi-windows-thin-client/ hdmi connection from the pi to any TV/monitor input for visual astronomy. now for the gaming part. R-pi has usb connections can handle HID devices and if this xrdp or WTware is anything like MS RDP then it should pass through usb HID devices. I’m actually looking to get into iRacing and a Logitech steering wheel. I have no idea how the force feedback will work, any lag, or if any of this will work. but the wife would love my company in our bedroom suite and not spend any more hours in the home office. So I thought, let’s bring the server and VM’s to the bedroom with RDP displayed on the 60in 4K tv and work on my hobby’s in here. just a thought. Reply with any feedback/suggestions

I fixed this issue by turning off wireguard VPN.. how weird.. wtf... cant have VPN then... so stupid

when using an encrypted Volume, Does the array have to be mounted first ( Key File/Passphrase entered ) before Wireguard starts its services and ready to use?

definition: OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, managed through a dashboard. In a server farm of 2 or more server you would feel that if you wanted to add additional resources, cpus, ram, disk storage space when one server is utilizing 100% of it, to expand in elasticity, OpenStack is the option. additionally in my case I just decommissioned a cpu crypto rig on 2 rack servers, I’m having a hard time reconditioning them for another purpose, I was thinking why can I not add theses servers to Unraid and add to the pooled resources, probably because it does not exist, why not? If it’s about money and licensing I’ll pay , but it would be silly to pay for 2 or more separate licenses and have separate Unraid servers when it could be just one UI. example: 1 Unraid server 24cores 64gb ram, 9 TB storage server 2. & 3, 24cores 64gb ram 2 TB storage w/Unraid OpenStack 72 cores, 192gb ram, 13tb storage

Legacy auto boots on the dell t420, and I’ve given up on uefi boot mode. I’m sure there missing impi stuff the Unraid could work on. It be nice to control the fan speeds and other area on PowerEdge servers. I’m not sure where you have the unraid usb plugged into but mine is inserted internal. You could use The front USB ports as they are on same usb hub controller, either one is fine. The rear usb ports are on a different usb hub controller that do not communicate to the bootable USB ports and I can see where you may have to select manually ever time. Also another possibility is that you do not have lifecycle controller configured correctly/ maybe you do or maybe you forgot to remove the uefi flag on the usb. https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln292433/dell-poweredge-no-boot-device-available-is-displayed-during-startup?lang=en Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recently moved my server to a new home along with me. Everything connected minus the Verizon Fios internet. As I wait for the service technician to come out. I wanted to utilize my local network, enjoy Plex etc.. I can ping unraid host ip. I can ssh unraid host ip. I can use a monitor and a keyboard on the Server to interact directly in the cli. what I cannot do or get working is to access the WebUI to enter in the encrypted pass key and start the array. entering in my local http://Tower or http://IP.IP.IP.ip redirects to this example https://[email protected] I do not have a local DNS server and my juniper SRX gateway still has the previous DNS IP’s entered. i can remove them which I have and made no difference. I am am assuming I cannot access the webUI because 1) I do not have internet and a dns server 2) https is enabled which needs a DNS host. skipping the WebUI mess what are the exact CLI commands to enter to 1) unlock my encrypted array 2) start the array or 3) remove https to access with IP:80 only either directly or through SSH CLI? [edit] https://ip.ip.ip.ip for the WebUI worked however I still want to know other workarounds

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I honestly have to say, @SpaceInvaderOne, is on another level. Hats off to you, brilliant sir. I was able to passthrough an integrated on-board USB host controller, I didn't have to buy one, and the Focusrite Scarlet solo equipment freaking works.. I am (mind blown) .

interesting suggestion. instead of using the on-board usb controller (even though the server has 8 usb 2.0 ports) just pass through a pcie card just for the kvm. I am willing to try it. Maybe I'll get 2, one for the hackintosh build. Might be a few days for the part to come in to test it out. Will adding a pcie usb card, resolve, the inability to hot swap usb devices to the KVM? currently, if anything gets unplugged from the KVM, while running, the device plugged in no longer works and either 1) reboot unraid 2) remove and add back the KVM.

For Christmas and the new year, My wife has an Idea and wants to get into podcasting. Awesome, Lets Build a KVM, I got this. lol.. so 2 Choices Hackintosh, or Windows 10. ( rubs hands together) This is a great opportunity to upgrade Unraid from basic to Plus, because I was at 97% full, added a few 4TB hard drives moved a drive around to get 37%, a Mac Keyboard, Nvidia GPU, extra ram, and the Podcasting equipment, which is just a Focusrite Scarlett Solo studio pack 2nd gen on a boom arm with a shock mount and pop-filter. I had a previous setup with Windows 10KVM, Radeon HD5450, Dual Monitors, usb passthrough'd an Akai Mini MPK, because sometimes I just like to mash on a Piano keyboard thinking I am Deadmau5. I just want to build a Media Creation Center KVM to just be creative. And now, (drum roll please) the problems begin. So The whole Idea was to build a High Sierra Hackintosh, The Nvidia card I bought Q4000 is too old based on the info in the unraid forums and need the K4000, had no idea there was a difference and was going off of what Dell recommended for this 2012 server. so that's getting returned and i'll look for a K4000 in the near future. So now I am just thinking lets stick to my current set up with Windows, protools(first) and audacity and lets get something working better than nothing because The wife is threatening to use her laptop and buy another computer desk next to mine. with pink fuzzy carpet and a pink velvet chair, IN MY SPACE, the only corner of the house that is mine. So I am Determined to get this working. Dell Poweredge T420 - 8 HDD, 2x 6core 24 threads Xeon 2400v2 processors, 24gb ECC ram, (usb 2.0) Unraid - 4tb p - 9tb array (1tb,1tb,1tb,4tb,2tb) .5tb cache (.5tb, .5tb) KVM - Windows 10 Enterprise | Version 1809 | OS Build 17763.195 CPU Passthrough - Xeon last 8 threads assigned 8192mb Ram OVMF Hyper-v= no i440fx-3.0 USB controler 2.0 (EHCI) toggle to 3.0 (Quem) Primary GPU Radeon HD 5450 with a vBIOS rom file from techpowerup Sound Card - Radeon HD 5450 HDMI passthrough usb devices mouse keyboard akai Mini MPK Focusrite novation inc Following Focusrite instructions to install the FOCUSRITE USB ASIO DRIVER 4.36.5 (!!!FIRST!!!!) then plug in/passthrough the usb device.... BSOD nightmares and PTSD until I learned to read!! . I also removed the akai mini mpk from the usb passthgrough devices because no matter what I did I got a BSOD: Stopcode: BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER forcing a reboot after 100%. after this reboot the Focusrite USB ASIO DRIVER would get corrupted, headphones would sound tin 'ie' and Matrix 'ie'. So, Now what happens is when I passthrough Focusrite novation inc , it just locks up software (not responding) audacity and.. protools and task kill don't work for nothin forcing me to "force stop " the KVM everytime. Overall its just been a frustrating experience and benched the Idea. I sent a ticket to Focusrite however the product works on my wifes' Dell Latitude (5440) with Win 10 pro and my Latitude (7404) with Win 10 ENT LTSR 2016. Because it works on native hardware, I cannot blame the FOCUSRITE USB ASIO DRIVER. Even though that driver is the primary issue and root of problem with the unraid Windows 10 KVM. Anyone with a similar experience, have something to try, an idea I am all ears. I am sure there is some XLM code to use or something to try that is above my expertise.