HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L 5th SATA

[Joe_Miner]

Is the 5th SATA of the N40L set to the same speed of the other SATA ports? I know on the N36L the 5th SATA was derated in speed -- I haven't seen any info on upgradint the speed of the N40L so was wondering if it wasn't necessary.

 

Thanks,

[diehard]

I believe that by default, no.

 

However some ambitious folks have come up with a BIOS upgrade that changes this. Check out http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-HP-Proliant-Microserver-AMI-BIOS-MOD

[Joe_Miner]

I believe that by default, no.

 

However some ambitious folks have come up with a BIOS upgrade that changes this. Check out http://www.bios-mods...er-AMI-BIOS-MOD

 

Reading their thread it's hard to tell what exactly they've come up with. They didn't discuss enabling AHCI for the 5th & 6th SATA ports.

 

I did find some interesting info at http://www.avforums.com/forums/networking-nas/1521657-hp-n36l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.html

 

There's some interesting information at http://andysworld.org.uk/tag/hp-proliant-microserver-n36l/ where "Andy" has 5 microservers running ESXi5.0 -- I'm finding his write-ups interesting too.

[diehard]

Ok, I did try the BIOS update a few weeks ago and I believe there was an option to change that port from 1.5gb to 3.0. But I can't confirm right now, my server is busy. I'll report later.

 

I'll also check out the Andy site.

[Joe_Miner]

Thanks, no rush -- my extra RAM isn't in yet. I'm still trying to understand the use for the USB port on the MB.

 

I've read where some have set the USB to contain their OS and boot from that leaving all their SATA drives for data.

 

I did downloaded BIOS from both sites -- I haven't opened the RAR's yet.

[ikon]

So you're RARing to go Sorry, couldn't resist it's a weakness

[diehard]

I installed the BIOS and changed the option for the Southbridge to disable IDE on port 4/5, after rebooting my PC, I got a message that it's adding new devices. Now under Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I get ATA Channel 0,1,2,3,4,5, Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller.

 

Not sure if this helps you.

[ikon]

I installed the BIOS and changed the option for the Southbridge to disable IDE on port 4/5, after rebooting my PC, I got a message that it's adding new devices. Now under Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I get ATA Channel 0,1,2,3,4,5, Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller.

 

Not sure if this helps you.

 

Sounds encouraging, no?

[Joe_Miner]

I installed the BIOS and changed the option for the Southbridge to disable IDE on port 4/5, after rebooting my PC, I got a message that it's adding new devices. Now under Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I get ATA Channel 0,1,2,3,4,5, Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller.

 

Not sure if this helps you.

 

Looking good!

 

Thanks Dieharder! Not sure if I'll get to it today we have company coming over and I'm under orders to clean up the man-cave before they get here

 

What did you think of "Andy's" site?

Edited January 28, 2012 by Joe_Miner