if i buy a motherboard with ipmi, i don't need to get a GPU, right? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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Sorry, I'm not very used with server stuff, if I buy an Intel CPU without an integrated GPU like most Xeon, then I wouldn't have enough pcie lanes for a GPU because all is taken for nvme drives

Specifically, the motherboard ipmi is powered by aspeed ast2500

If I understood right, that chip will act as a 2d basic graphics card that's enough to see what happens that day the server is unresponsive

I don't plan to connect a monitor, it's just that I'm scared if I break truenas and I can't connect via ssh, then I could still see the local screen from the management Page on the browser

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Install the boot drive in a different machine and then pass it though to a VM. Once in the VM install truenas to the disk.

After that's completed you are good to go. Just boot up the physical machine and point your browser to Truenas.local

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

It doesn't break anything doing this? Especially networking settings?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

It shouldn't

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