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Fixed the issue: Drives were detected as "foreign" so clearing foreign configuration set all the drives to "ready" which then allowed me to switch to HBA mode

I'm trying to setup this T430 I got to be a TrueNAS server. It has 8 hot swapable drives in the front connected to a PERC H730. My problem is, when I go to switch to HBA mode, it says "The requested operation is not possible at this time". I've tried clearing all configuration and resetting to default and I get the same error. Is there a reason for this?

So there is a synology 5 bay DAS at my work in the ewaste pile, seems to work fine, just need to buy an eSATA PCIe card that supports port multiplication. Is it still dodgy even though its through synology?

I forget the optiplex model but it has one of those weird MOBOs that is both front and back IO so it doesnt fit the standard. Also still a bit confused what you mean by "SATA Expander". The Listing just says "eSATA". Even on one of the listings it has the "frequently bought together" with one of the cards i sent as seen below.

Both of those controllers look like they are internal and not external. Also what "wider SATA controller capability" do you mean? the two listed below are listed as plug and play I was looking at these two https://www.amazon.com/eSATA3-0-SATA3-0-Non-Raid-Controller-Support/dp/B09Y1PHD9P https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Port-Express-eSATA-Controller/dp/B00952N2DQ

Yeah I have 1 spot left in the optiplex that i can put an eSATA PCIe card in. That should work?

Not entirely sure how to check if its UASP compatable. They just have USB 3.0 and eSATA Also would it be considered USB drives if i pass them through to truenas? wouldn't it just detect it as a regular hard drive?

So I want to make a NAS on my proxmox VM but since its a dell optiplex pc being reused, it doesn't have the internal space for the drives so I have to go external. I want to know if TrueNAS Core supports external drive bays like this one and this one. I just want to put the drives in, plug in my drives and run the TrueNAS os through a VM. Would that work or is there more to it? Would proxmox or truenas detect all drives through one cable?

So my home server is currently just an old Optiplex 7040 or something with an i7 6700 and 16GB of ram. I want to run a NAS off of it as I have this Buffalo Terastation with 4x 2TB drives running raid 5. The problem with the Terastation is that it doesn't have a cache drive so transfer speeds top out at 3.5 MBps and it only supports SMB 1. My original plan was just to buy some SATA to usb connectors and 3d Print the enclosure (which i can still do) but the problem is that there are 4 different power cables I need to plugin for each drive. Was wondering if there is some sort of PCB or storage bay that doesnt have a raid controller on it so I can plug it in through USB and do software raid through truenas or something.

So I'm setting up a new home network soon. I have my pfSense router, 1 16 port gigabit unmanaged switch and a 5 port unmanaged switch (will not need all ports, its just what I have), and 3 Engenius EAP1300 WAPs. I want to setup my network so that there are 2 networks. 1 for all home devices and 1 for IoT/guest but the IoT/guest will be WiFi only on a seperate SSID. The WAPs I have, have an option for it to be a guest network and setup its own DHCP server for the guest network but I want to have the pfSense router controlling everything and not the WAPs. I want the DHCP server and firewall rules going through the pfSense router. I was wondering how I could create a second subnet for the IoT/guest network and how to manage it all through the router. I would usually just do vlans but these are unmanaged switches. Am I asking too much and should I just go with the WAPs to do all the work?

Update to problem: Used the beautiful cisco switch i salvaged to find out the ip address, regardless of all documentstion, was 192.168.200.4. Ive once again tried resetting the hardware, lights flickered and everything. Still on 192.168.200.4. Cant login to panel, admin/admin wont work

So like my last post about the MS225-48-HW Cisco switch I found from ewaste piles, I found 3 EnGenius EAP1300 indoor APs, now obviously they were in the ewaste meaning they could work or could not. I plugged them in with the right adapters and an ethernet connection, tried doing the way they instruct by plugging it into a PC ethernet cable and setting the ip address so you can connect to the AP on its default ip 192.168.1.1. I've tried that over and over again, even resetting back to default settings multiple times, and I still cannot connect to its ip address. I've tried plugging it into my router and seeing if it gets an ip address from DHCP, never does. Power light is on, lan connection light is on, 2.4ghz and 5ghz lights are on as well. Everything seems to be functional, I just cannot access its web panel. Don't know what else to do at this point, I've run advanced ip scanner as well to see if its on a different IP and it isnt listed.

I created an account on meraki's website and found out it was unclaimed so I just claimed it and was able to use it. Not a bad find

So I work for an MSP, we have a basically dead ewaste pile. I pulled a Cisco Meraki MS225-48-HW from the pile to see if it worked. I plugged it in when I got home, LED light is white meaning it can connect to the meraki cloud and all ethernet ports work. I'm trying to get to some sort of dashboard but am completely confused. I have a console to USB cable that I know works because I've used it on other switches before and when connecting it to the management port, there are no lights and I can't connect to it through putty. I tried accessing its web client via ip which is currently 192.168.8.106, still nothing. I've used nmap to scan all ports, only one there is is 52 and that is closed. I'm just at a loss right now on how to access this switch. I don't even know how to check if its claimed or not and I even reset to factory settings.

Was looking into getting a new mouse and saw the deathadder v2, its a $40 cheap mouse that seems good and has optical switches. Was wondering if the optical switches double click or not? I've heard people say their deathadder doubleclicks but dont specify if its the optical switches or the other regular mechanical switches for the side and middle mouse buttons