New Dell R630 Setup

[scooterintx]

Couldn't find any details about this specific setup but I am still shopping...
Dell R630 with H730 PCI:

Option 1: Install NVME drive and use it for Proxmox. 4+ drives installed with RAID for VMs
Option 2: Install Proxmox on the installed RAID drives.

With either option, how do I setup the raid controller so that Proxmox sees the drives? Looking for some good advice. These will be dev VMs and nothing critical at all

 

[sb-jw]

Option 1: Install NVME drive and use it for Proxmox. 4+ drives installed with RAID for VMs

The R630 can't really do NVMe natively. Only the 10 bay chassis with special controllers and cables can do this and only on 4 bays.

You should use two independent disks for Proxmox and dedicated ones for the datastore.

With either option, how do I setup the raid controller so that Proxmox sees the drives?

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...-disk-through-the-system-setup-on-14g-servers

 

[scooterintx]

The R630 can't really do NVMe natively. Only the 10 bay chassis with special controllers and cables can do this and only on 4 bays.

You should use two independent disks for Proxmox and dedicated ones for the datastore.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...-disk-through-the-system-setup-on-14g-servers

Cheers! Just save me the hassle of a return! I just assumed it did.