Its also quite popular around the modding community as theres modded bios out there for this box which allow you to directly mess around with the northbridge and increase the speed of the sata controller etc. Installing linux on a headless hp proliant microserver n40l. Sammelthread hp proliant n36ln40ln54l microserver seite. Hp proliant n54l bios modification guide allow hotplug sata and 5th. There are a couple of versions of this microserver out on the market at the moment. The offer information is here to help you compare against other offers. Does the hp micro server have hardware or software raid.
After the nluug presentation on freenas, i bit the bullet and bought the hp microserver n40l for experimentation. All i did was buying the imho extremly nice hp microserver n36l which came with 1gb ecc ram and 1x250gb hdd. Jan 11, 20 not knowing the original mac address would this stop it. I would much rather an inplace upgrade, if only to preserve my active directory. So i added 1x4gb ecc ram, a club 3d radeon hd6450 passive graphicscard, 2x2tb hdds, a bluray burner and an antec veris multimediastation ez irda receiver. I use the server for media streaming mainly to an xbmc box. If you were one of the avid members who picked up a bargain hp microserver this week like i did, or youre looking at getting one, you probably want to turn it into a nice. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 14 avforums. The card needs to be a low profile, single slot wide card, and the heatsink cannot protrude as the card fits into a tunnel underneath the psu and beside the disk cage. For the past 6 months or so, ive been using xbmc on a miniitx computer i. If you were one of the avid members who picked up a bargain hp microserver this week like. The nc107i is broadcom bcm5723 chipset, no jumbo frame support. Hp proliant microserver hp microserver hp proliant microserver.
Server was restarted following some microsoft updates and did not reboot. I plugged in the power cable, vga cable, keyboard and mouse and it just sat on the screen saying initializing usb controllers. Jul 24, 2012 if you only have 1gb installed you will need to upgrade to 2gb to install windows home server 2011 whs 2011, otherwise it will stall during installation to tell you your system does not meet minimum specifications. Good cheap server hp proliant microserver 4 bay owners. Plex, for example, recommends an i5 for transcoding 1080p material. For those of you kept in suspense since my last blog post i bought the mac. This shop is not currently part of our online partner program. Ive also upgraded the memory to 8gb but i dont think it makes that much of a difference. Lets suppose you have pictures on your windows pc, music in itunes on a mac, some ripped dvds on your linux file server, and a mix of files you have in the box account.
What specific model of hp microserver is it i have old hp n40l. Media center that lets you manage and play images and sounds. If it is to be used for simple video playing applications e. Had a few issues with the fat32 drive my media is stored on had to mount it as user plex so plex server could access it. Installing linux on a headless hp proliant microserver. Out of the box has 250 gb drive and 2 gb ram i connected a samsung syncmaster t240m monitor and a microsoft wired keyboard 600 usb keyboard. Introducing my hp microserver n36l n40l n54l using. Hi, im sure theres lots of threads about mac mini as a media center, but id like some buyers tips for me personally. My comments on an hp microserver n40l my tech notes. If you are having trouble with applying the coupon code, scroll down to bottom of post for more details. As soon as it is part of our program, we will have a direct link to the product page here. For my proliant n40l, i ordered kingston value ram equivalent to this. Aug 08, 2012 home labs adding and modding a dual port gigabit nic to the hp microserver n40l august 8, 2012 sean 12 comments i wanted to add more physical nics to my hp microserver n40l machine to use with vsphere. A small and quiet server, with 4 hdd slots that make for a nice nas setup.
N36l, n40l, n54l seem all to use the embedded nc107i pci express gigabit ethernet server adapter. Installing windows home server 2011 on hp proliant. Jan 11, 20 ive got this running on my n40l and it works great other than a couple of issues. Id get an nvidia gt520 due to better linux and xbmc. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 14. I need to update a server in a single server school and might use a micro server as a holding area for files and server rolls while i update the old server but would prefer it has hardware raid. Its also quite popular around the modding community as theres modded bios out there for this box which allow you to directly mess around with the northbridge and increase the speed of the. Managed to pick up a second hand mac mini from ebay on a second chance offer that was a bit of a steal. Expresscage in my n40l microserver part 1 duration. Successfully enabled port multiplier on esata hp microserver homeservershow forums.
Hp proliant microserver n54l page 7 nas whirlpool forums. Onkyo htr380 q acoustics 2010s q acoustics 2000c harmony one revo 3610 xbmc hp microserver n40l. Looking for recomendations for my hp proliant n40l sabnzbd. Install windows on a microserver, howto geek forums. The n40l as well as the n54l and the other models from hp microserver line fit very good with omv. Make sure you also upgrade to the latest bios before installing to ensure you have the bios that read more installing windows home server 2011 on hp proliant microserver n36l. I have a proliant hp microserver n40l and i want to install windows xp, but i dont have optical drive, so ive tried booting xp. Use utorrent as it has a nice remote app on my phone so i can download while im away from home.
Server has a p210256 smart array controller with three 500 gb drives in a raid 5 config. Building your nas with a hp microserver n40l liam gladdy. I just recently picked up an hp proliant n40l microserver in replacement of my failing synology ds210j and im currently looking for some advice. Aug 31, 2012 10 comments on building your nas with a hp microserver n40l. The nfsshares show up in xbmc and on my windows machine, but. Freenas on hp proliant microserver n40l after the nluug presentation on freenas, i bit the bullet and bought the hp microserver n40l for experimentation. When my ds210j was running perfectly it was running sabnzbd and sickbeard on it as well as serving up content tp my xbmc and openelec machines. However, if n40l is only used as a htpc, the onboard n40l turion cpu. It took me a while to decide to make the switch from xbmc as i really. I read that i have to change mac, flash bios blablabla.
When i turn on the power all i get is the monitor stays in sleep mode blinking power led on monitor. Feb 16, 2012 ive been playing with an hp microserver n40l for a few weeks now. Mac time machine, xbmc or just media library so movies, tv shows and processed photos mostly 3mpix. Change the mac adress buy editing nf located on the usb drive. This will stop the ping sequence and go ahead shutting down cleanly all the servers and devices. Install windows on a microserver, 11 posts started 7 years ago by maniia.
Only advice i can give is to check that hardware acceleration is working by checking settings for that in xbmc, and checking what your cpu is doing when playing hd video. Htpc configuration with xbmc backup and sync configuration with rsync. The sapphire hd7750 card will not fit in an n40l microserver. If you only have 1gb installed you will need to upgrade to 2gb to install windows home server 2011 whs 2011, otherwise it will stall during installation to tell you your system does not meet minimum specifications. Solved hp proliant n40l microserver native support dsm. I plan to use this machine as a file and media server, so im exploring a few options out there to give me the most flexibility and allow me to do what i want. Its mainly going to be used as a file server, but ill probably run xbmc on it so i can use it as an htpc too as its likely to be on all the time. What im planning to do is to buy 3tb drive and use 1tb as a backup one.
Having the os drive in a hotswap bay is pointless, but it kept the case neat. Xbmc faqs xbmc addons installing xbmc xbmc for windows xbmc for mac xbmc for linux xbmc for android xbmc for raspberry pi xbmc for apple tv 1 xbmc for apple tv 2 xbmc for ipad xbmc for iphone configuring xbmc adding movies to xbmc adding tv shows to xbmc adding fusion to xbmc adding 1channel to xbmc 1channel fix for xbmc adding navix to. It is quiet, not as silent as a mac mini, but still very quiet. Solved hp proliant n40l microserver native support page. Hey peeps, i am keen to get my hands on an hp microserver but struggling to find one.
First thing i did was to add 2x4gb of ram and after putting it all back together. Hp proliant microserver n40l is a great nas or router. Cybernatics seem to be the only people that carry these. Plex media player replaces plex home theatre, looks awesome. Ive had my microserver from day one got a 210 nvidia in there passive, the one i ordered should have had a fan, not had any issues and only run max 720p anyway, initially i ran ubuntu 10. I am no expert in setting up servers so not sure if this would do it for me.
Crashingrestarting hp microserver whs2011 x64 diagnostics attached. Its a pity that im going to have to wipe and install. Customer has a 250 gb seagate freeagent go connected via usb that is used for backup. Just received my new hp proliant microserver n40l today. Yesterday i mentioned some software that help you to play music on your mac, some of them play movies aswell.
As background, i am running xpenology under esxi on an n40l, just to see. So i wanted a cheap esxi environment to practice on. This guide explains how you can get a xbmccompatible version of smb running on mac os x 10. Building my own virtual lab with hp microserver n40l. A recent tech buy was an hp proliant n40l microserver, which serves. Home labs adding and modding a dual port gigabit nic to the hp microserver n40l. Got it fully up and running using synergy and a kvm switch, but thats another blog for another day latest purchase is the new amazon kindle. Jul 18, 20 im running xpeneology on my hp microserver n40l. The hp microserver seems to be quite popular for a simple lab setup. Hp proliant microserver maintenance and service guide part number 615714007 seventh edition december 2012. Send youtube videos from chrome to xbmc send youtube videos from your pc to. I got an hp n40l microserver which was recently on sale and have just used that to build an allinone xbmcraidsab system based on ubuntu 12. Id say its a graphics card problem as its fine with the onboard vga output.
Proliant ml 110 g6 boot device order wont stick hewlett. I got an hp n40l microserver which was recently on sale and have just used. After installing nighthawks modules i lost the ability to see my usb printer that is connected to my n40l worked fine before that. Nas, a pi, docker, macos, and of course windows, it is still a barricade to. Microserver gen 10 microserver gen10 plus microserver gen 8. Installed nighthawks modules to get my usb ups working, still cant see that. Buy hp proliant g7 n54l microserver server system amd turion ii model neo n54l 2gb. Hi all, for the past few weeks ive been looking at options to set up a nas and also getting a 2nd device to run xmbc on my tv. Proliant ml 110 g6 boot device order wont stick new ml110 g6 server just installed for client. Its getting more and more common to have a multimedia. If you have managed to find any good pci express nics for the hp n40l microserver, or have any advice or experiences with mods for hardware and the microserver, please post in the comments section. Having the os drive continue reading the n40l nas with the icy dock duoswap. The n40l also accepts discrete low profile graphics cards only those with a low profile bracket. Xbmc media center on a g4 power pc mac mini youtube.
Added the mac no, and ip address to an ipad app called mwol and it booted. Installing linux on a headless hp proliant microserver n40l ubuntu 12. Vlc its a full function app and if you have already installed it, you know what im talking about. System in question is an n40l hp microserver standard build except for the addition of 4gb extra ram and 4 storage drives for media 2x3tb wd red, 2x1tb samsung f3 all sata 7200rpm. Hp proliant g7 n54l microserver server system amd turion ii.
Plex is making a big change to its desktop strategy. Home labs adding and modding a dual port gigabit nic to the. Solved hp proliant n40l microserver native support. I am only using this server for xbmc, and file sharing and possibly home security down the line. Solved hp proliant n40l microserver native support sign in to follow this. Hp n36ln40ln54l microserver updated ahci bios support. Have a look at this posting which shows the fitting of a graphics card into an n40l. Do you require hp printer setup for your mac operating system. Xbmc with gpu acceleration, any nvidia g210 or ati hd5450 or better card will suffice. Upnp stands for universal plug and play and is a set of standards that helps networked devices just like the ones in your home find each other and communicate.
The method to add all these sources to your xbmc installation is largely the same, with the exception of one screen. I plan to use this machine as a file and media server, so im exploring a. At some point it may also host an xbmc database, so to handle these. Make sure you also upgrade to the latest bios before installing to ensure you have the bios that read more. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 28 avforums. Using it as a home server to stream to devices mainly for xbmc i need to. With media browser version 3 still in beta, you have a serverclient similar to plex, and i install the server and client on to the microserver and just the client on the mac mini. It autoboots into xbmc like any htpc would and all the sabrelated services run in the background. I have a proliant hp microserver n40l and i want to install. It now sits in the bedroom and the microserver is out in the lounge. The software has arrived, the ssd is here with adaptor cable. Looking for recomendations for my hp proliant n40l. Building a nas using a hp microserver, freenas and zfs. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 28.
But im going to have to do it bit by bit hdds are so expensive at the moment. The n40l nas with the icy dock duoswap mathew inkson. The latter one for me is on purpose otherwise it seems xbmc cannot. Home labs adding and modding a dual port gigabit nic to.
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