sonofdbn Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I'm thinking of getting a motherboard that has no IPMI and a CPU without integrated graphics. Can I boot the unRAID server using a graphics card to set up BIOS, etc. if necessary, and then start up a VM and assign the same graphics card to the VM? I just want to be able to monitor the unRAID startup when necessary, but don't want to waste a slot and graphics card just for that purpose, if possible. Quote Link to comment
SpaceInvaderOne Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yes you can use just one card. However when you start the vm with the passthrough you will loose the unraid console on the GPU until you reboot the server. It can be hard to passthrough an Nvidea GPU if it is the only GPU in the system although a few people on the forum have done this http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43644.msg452576#msg452576 Quote Link to comment
sonofdbn Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks for the point about Nvidia GPUs. OK, I understand that I lose the console, but I assume I can still at least get to the web-based GUI? And what is the console used for after unRAID has booted up successfully? Quote Link to comment
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