I’ve spent 2 weeks learning the ins and outs of the PowerEdge R730xd and all I can say is I’m tired.
I have a ton of notes, maybe I’ll write an article about it.
no idea what’s happening here but I hope these guys and gals succeed.
The future needs to look like the future.
Homelab note about yesterday:
“Borrowed” an old wired keyboard from work so I can navigate the boot up screens of the R730xd. I learned old keyboards work best for old servers.
With that, I was finally able to reset system settings and configure iDRAC so I can access the server remotely while on my local network.
Confirmed hardware specs (shoutout to the seller for being honest and accurate), and began installing firmware and driver updates.
- Dell’s support page is very nice to navigate.
- The observed energy consumption during this mundane process has me nervous for when I really push this thing to its limits
- The noise is actually absurd. Not sure if I can keep it in the office long term.
