I’ve jumped through so many hoops now installing truenas scale bare metal to a virtual disk on an r730. Wildly different experience compared to the ease of standing up a powerstore. Had to flash perc just to get it to recognize boot virt disk for TN. Now I’ve run into another stopping point, connecting to the web ui while truenas is on a different vlan.
Udmp has all rules in place and i can access idrac which is on the same switch as TN host but on different vlan with no problem. Absolutely nothing I’ve tried will allow me access to truenas webui while on a different vlan. Default vlan 1 on PC port can access vlan 202 for idrac no issue. Same device -cannot- access truenas webui on 200. Same rules for both vlans. Can access tn webui from same vlan -only-.
Changing TN ip to vlan 202 and setting vlan to interface still does not pull webui. I can set any other device in network to vlan 200 (pis, pfsense, even controller units) and connect without issue from same pc on default vlan 1. Not a complicated network/homelab by any stretch of the imagination. Any tips would be immensely appreciated. Udmp → 8port lite → r730(tn scale).
Ive had this same r730 set on this same vlan with other bare metal installs of various application and I’ve never had issue connecting to webui for any other installs.
No other server or host has given me issue at all, TN scale has been an atrocious uphill battle every. Single. step of the way for seemingly -no- reason whatsoever. /frustration 
Your post is difficult to follow and I don’t see a question, but if you’re looking for tips then it would be helpful if you were to give detailed network information, in a structured manner.
Without that information I will fall back on general advice.
- Verify that TrueNAS is up using iDRAC or an external screen to view the console output. Double-check the systems’ IP, if it’s set using DHCP, is it getting a sane IP? If it’s set statically, is it set correctly?
- Verify that your inter-VLAN routing is actually properly configured for that particular mix of VLANs, and then verify it again. You should be able to ping. Also remember to check the firewall settings in pfsense.
Finally, “installing truenas scale bare metal to a virtual disk” is a curious statement, are you using hardware raid? It might not matter as much with TrueNAS’ boot-pool, but it’s strongly recommended NOT to do that with any storage pools.
Thanks a million, TrueNAS is up and installed after flashing perc to allow boot to the install from virt disk, it shows the ip I’ve set for the static webui ip as expected (ip designated in scope of VLAN 200). So current home lab network is pared down for troubleshooting and running as follows:
UDMP to a 16 port ubiquiti switch
Ubiquiti 16 port to a ubiquiti 8 port poe lite
PC (default vlan 1) to 16 port ubiquiti switch
r820 running bare metal esxi (various virtual servers. vmug advantage idrac vlan 202 virtuals on vlan 201)
r730 trueNAS scale (latest version, vlan 200 webui vlan 202 idrac)
VLANS:
Default (1) allowed any/any
Lab (200) allowed any/any
VDI (201) allowed any/any
idrac (202) allowed any/any
These are allowed any/any to try and access webui of TrueNAS Scale (r730) from outside vlan 200.
PC on default vlan 1 can access idrac on vlan 202 and virtual machines on vlan 201 without issue. When adding a Raspberry pi (pi hole, nas cluster, etc) to vlan 200, pi is accessible from PC on default vlan 1. When adding idrac of r820 or r730 to vlan 200 both idrac are accessible from PC on default vlan 1.
Web UI for TrueNAS Scale on vlan 200 is not accessible from -any- vlan other than 200.
The r730 has a full front bay of 2tb sas ssds. I’ve created hardware raid 0 (its a home lab so redundancy isn’t very important at the moment) virtual disks for the TrueNAS install, main vdk datastore, and ISO/vca repo. Powerstore works in this way without issue with front bay being hot swappable incase drive failure. OS install varies depending on use case but virtual disk install is not uncommon.
If virtual disk isn’t recommended for storage pools I’m curious about how trueNAS accesses front bay storage without being separate 1 for 1 storage disks? I’d like to have separate pools as listed but more importantly I’d like to understand the how/why I cannot access the webui currently despite any other server on the same vlan not having any issues being accessed. I appreciate any help and if there’s more concrete info needed I can provide no problem thanks again!
