From 3fbe84d91e8eb1c40c964d8d8db0c1ec71d96fde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Garrett Allen <98648590+Gerrrt@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:09:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs(hardware): the boot disk is fitted, and the BIOS names it (#413) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The optical drive came out on 2026-09-16 and the S3520 took its place. BIOS reports `SATA Drive 5 Hard Disk INTEL SSDSC2BB240G7`, and the G7 suffix is the S3520 generation — so the drive is the part the listing described, on the port the DVD vacated, with both cables inherited rather than found. That is the third listing claim on this machine to survive contact with the machine. Two assumptions this document was carrying are now facts. The bracket really is a 5.25"-to-2.5" adapter and really does fit both the drive and the bay; that was written as a thing to check and is now a thing that happened. And the bay turns out to be a cage with its own fan on the board's AUX1_FAN header, which the entry now records as not optional — it is the airflow over the drive bays, and two 7200 rpm Exos under a scrub will want it. It was unplugged to get the cage out and is reconnected, reading Aux Fan: Operating. What is still owed on the drive has not moved and is called out as needing smartctl rather than the BIOS: the serial, Power_On_Hours and Percentage_Used. The entry says to read them before TrueNAS is written to the disk rather than after, and names the installer's shell as where that happens — one menu choice ahead of the install that would otherwise make the check moot. A data-centre SSD at high wear is a return, and the BIOS summary cannot tell you. The bracket and the tape are still unnamed. That was previously deferred because nothing is recorded before it is in hand; they are in hand and now fitted, so the entry says plainly that the naming is owed rather than waited on. Refs #413 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 --- docs/hardware.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/hardware.md b/docs/hardware.md index 6c4f3e79..3d7fa99b 100644 --- a/docs/hardware.md +++ b/docs/hardware.md @@ -187,12 +187,14 @@ revisions of this repository treated `shiva` as the hypervisor itself. [#418](https://github.com/Gerrrt/HomeLab/issues/418) is the cautionary tale for, and `CSM [Disabled]`, so it boots UEFI as TrueNAS wants. Two 3.5" trays, both empty — exactly the mirror and no spare. - **The 5.25" bay is not empty**: a PLDS `DVD-RW DU8AESH` answers on SATA5. + **The 5.25" bay was not empty**: a PLDS `DVD-RW DU8AESH` answered on SATA5. A photograph of the open case had been read here as an empty cage and was - wrong; the BIOS summary is what caught it. Pulling the optical drive frees - the bay for the boot disk, frees the port, and leaves power and data already - run to it — so the bracket inherits a cable that would otherwise have had to - be found. + wrong; the BIOS summary is what caught it. The optical drive came out on + 2026-09-16 and the boot disk took its place, its port and both its cables. + The bay is a cage carrying its own fan on the board's `AUX1_FAN` header, and + that fan is **not optional**: it is the airflow over the drive bays, and two + 7200 rpm Exos under a scrub will want it. Reconnected after the swap and + reading `Aux Fan: Operating`. - 2× Seagate Exos X20 18 TB (`ST18000NM003D`), 3.5" SATA — bought 2026-09-11, in transit. `smaug`'s ZFS mirror ([ADR-0016](adr/0016-open-casabonita-inward-and-keep-it-terminal-outward.md), @@ -216,15 +218,20 @@ revisions of this repository treated `shiva` as the hypervisor itself. that is merely fast. The TS150's optical bay is 5.25" and this is a 2.5" drive, so it cannot be fitted bare: **a bracket for the bay and double-sided tape to mount it were bought 2026-09-11**, alongside the drive, - and both landed with it on 2026-09-15. Neither is named here yet — that was - deferred because nothing is recorded before it is in hand, and they now are, - so it is a naming this document owes rather than one it is waiting on. - **Checked on arrival, not assumed:** the drive's model, part number and - serial, and `smartctl -a` read back **before** the install rather than after - — the same caution the Exos pair below is bought under, and for the same - reason: a listing's hours are a claim. That the bracket is a 5.25"-to-2.5" - adapter and not the 3.5" version, which would fit neither the drive nor the - bay, goes here with them. + and both landed with it on 2026-09-15. The bracket is a 5.25"-to-2.5" adapter + and does fit both the drive and the bay — an assumption until it was fitted. + It and the tape are still unnamed here, which is a naming this document owes + rather than one it is waiting on. + **Fitted 2026-09-16 and detected:** the BIOS summary reads + `SATA Drive 5 Hard Disk INTEL SSDSC2BB240G7`, and the `G7` suffix is the + S3520 generation — so the part is what the listing said, on the port the + optical drive vacated, with both its cables inherited rather than found. + **Still owed, and needing `smartctl` rather than the BIOS:** the serial, + `Power_On_Hours` and `Percentage_Used`, read **before** TrueNAS is written to + it rather than after — the same caution the Exos pair below is bought under, + and for the same reason: a listing's hours are a claim. The installer's shell + is where that happens, one menu choice ahead of the install that would + otherwise make it moot. - 2× Samsung SM863a 960 GB (`MZ-7KM960N`), 2.5" SATA 6 Gb/s enterprise SSDs with power-loss protection[^SM863a] — purchased 2026-09-09, in transit, for the ProLiant's SFF bays. Bought against the number every sizing