February 4, 20233 yr Hello, I'm on a quest to find a perfect home server. Primary role: NAS. Docker and VMs would be really nice. I used OpenMediaVault before and it seemed to be fragile... Just a feeling... TrueNAS Scale is build around ZFS and I don't feel like I need it. Unraid looks really good for my case. I'm on a trial key. I really like what I see. The only problem that stops me from buying it... I have a switch with a combination of 1GBe ports and 10GBe SFP+ fiber. Unraid worked great with 1GBe, but won't get an IP address when connected to 10GBe port. 1GBe is built into motherboard, 10GBe is add on card. Not sure which particular model, but it is some kind of Mellanox ConnectX 2-port card. I just tried to boot the same system from EndeavourOS live USB and it connected to Internet using 10GBe adapter without any issues... When switching to 10Gbe card, I tried with the same Unraid USB disk that I used for 1Gbe card. Then I written a new Unraid image on the same disk and dropped trial key file in the config folder. Same result: no IP. Is there a way to connect Unraid using 10Gbe card? What do I need to do? PS My first attempt at home server build, basic Linux knowledge...
February 5, 20233 yr Community Expert Solution 45 minutes ago, netager said: Hello, I'm on a quest to find a perfect home server. Primary role: NAS. Docker and VMs would be really nice. I used OpenMediaVault before and it seemed to be fragile... Just a feeling... TrueNAS Scale is build around ZFS and I don't feel like I need it. Unraid looks really good for my case. I'm on a trial key. I really like what I see. The only problem that stops me from buying it... I have a switch with a combination of 1GBe ports and 10GBe SFP+ fiber. Unraid worked great with 1GBe, but won't get an IP address when connected to 10GBe port. 1GBe is built into motherboard, 10GBe is add on card. Not sure which particular model, but it is some kind of Mellanox ConnectX 2-port card. I just tried to boot the same system from EndeavourOS live USB and it connected to Internet using 10GBe adapter without any issues... When switching to 10Gbe card, I tried with the same Unraid USB disk that I used for 1Gbe card. Then I written a new Unraid image on the same disk and dropped trial key file in the config folder. Same result: no IP. Is there a way to connect Unraid using 10Gbe card? What do I need to do? PS My first attempt at home server build, basic Linux knowledge... Unraid uses eth0 so you have to change the order in network settings. or enable bothing with both 1gb and 10gb. Then disconnect the 1gb now 10g should be active link.
February 5, 20233 yr Author 12 minutes ago, SimonF said: Unraid uses eth0 so you have to change the order in network settings. or enable bothing with both 1gb and 10gb. Then disconnect the 1gb now 10g should be active link. So 1GBe built-in card can become eth0 even though it's not connected by cable?
February 5, 20233 yr Community Expert 3 minutes ago, netager said: So 1GBe built-in card can become eth0 even though it's not connected by cable? Yes, because of the order the nics are discovered at boot
February 5, 20233 yr Author 28 minutes ago, SimonF said: Yes, because of the order the nics are discovered at boot That worked! Thank you so much. I disabled all 4 built-in NICs and 10Gbe got an IP.
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