Problem getting hardware up and running (again)

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Hi all,

My hardware is as follows:
Asrock EP2C602-4L/D16 with 2 x Intel Xeon e5-2670 CPUs
128GB quad ECC DDR3 Ram
6 x 3Tb WD Red in RAIDZ2 (storage)
1 x 120GB Kingston V400 SSD (boot)

running (well, supposed to be running) FreeNAS 11.3 (yeah I know).

I hadn’t booted up my system in a long time and now that I have - many problems!

  1. RAM error - removed and refitted several sticks - FIXED.
  2. Hardware experiencing periodic uncommanded reboots (unsure how to sort that out)
  3. When I do get the 11 option menu and select 1 to set up a network interface, how do I know which (em0, em1, em2, em3) belongs to which LAN port on my mobo? (Mobo has 4 LAN ports numbered 1-4, plus a separate IPMI.)

I’d really appreciate advice around these issues so I can get back up and running!

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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  1. Do you see anything in IPMI health logs?
  2. Just connect one and see which does get a IP from DHCP
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Sorry but you will need to assume I know nothing about this - my networking knowledge is very low.

item 3.

I have a LAN cable from my router to the NAS mobo (currently it is plugged into the LAN2 socket, but I’ve tried several)

When I tried to set a network interface I select ipv4 - is that correct? I tried to set it to 192.168.8.108/24 (in this instance) I hope that’s correct? The other devices on my router are all 192.168.8.x

After I did so I said that is my IP for the GUI but it also says ‘restrat network failed’ and trying to access 192.168.8.108 from my PC’s browser (connected to same router) gives me a “This site can’t be reached 192.168.1.108 took too long to respond” error.

item 2.

I have no idea how to access/check IPMI health logs and I do not have the IPMI port plugged into anything.

How would I “see which does get a IP from DHCP” please?

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Looks like flaky hardware somewhere. Check PSU, UPS, RAM again…
I had these on one of my NAS, which I eventually pinned down to the ageing UPS—so it was NOT the server.

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Sorry, I can’t explain all that to you, you have to do some digging for yourself.

Hopefully this will nudge you in the right direction.

  1. Your mobo has Integrated IPMI 2.0 with KVM and Dedicated LAN (RTL8211E)
    read the manual of your mobo. This is a dedicated NIC for that IPMI. IPMI have a webGUI. Go to the webGUI and see if there are errors.

  2. Every single router comes with DHCP enabled by default. Clients will ask the router for an IPv4 unless they have a static IPv4 set. But by default, clients should also be in DHCP mode aka “asking the router for an IP”.

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Thanks, ive removed the UPS from the equation so its something in the server.

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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :+1:

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aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh now it’s boot looping so can’t access anything.

Good thing it’s not annoying at all… :smiley: