March 3, 200620 yr Is there any way to use a Dell PowerEdge 400SC as an Unraid server? Will the motherboard support Unraid and how could I add more than 4 drives to the case? Thanks, Joe M.
March 7, 200620 yr Hi Joe, Sorry, in the UnRaid s/w current form, won't support that system's m/b because it isn't GigE (Intel or Marvell).
March 7, 200620 yr Author One thing about that PowerEdge is that it appears to have only a 10/100Mbit ethernet connection. Actually, this is fine for many purposes - so if you want to try it, tell me what motherboard model is in there & I'll make a system build with support for that chip. [/Quote] The Poweredge does support 1000Mbit ethernet so that is not a problem. As for the motherboard, It closely resembles the Intel D875PBZ. Unfortunately, it's not your standard ATX board and the screws are in the wrong place to attach properly to a stacker case. Maybe I could jury rig something-maybe even glue it into the case rather than screw it down? I'll post this in the Unraid forum and PM you as well. What does everyone else think?
March 8, 200620 yr If you can find a document which identifies the Ethernet chip used, I can look into adding the driver for that. Also, the Stacker case has quite a few locations where you can install stand-offs in order to mount the motherboard - I'd be really surprised if you couldn't find the right combination that would work.
March 10, 200620 yr Author I looked at the motherboard and it uses the Intel 82450EM Gigabit LAN chip. Joe
March 13, 200620 yr I think you meant it has an 82540EM chip, which is in the PRO/1000 family and should work fine with the current UnRaid s/w. http://www.intel.com/design/network/products/lan/controllers/82540.htm
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