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Connect monitor and keyboar to ReadyNas RN3138
Sirs, good morning
Usually we booted ReadyNas 2304 with a display and monitor, using the rear Display Port.
Model RN3138 don't have any video port exposed, how to boot with a monitor and keyboard ?
Tks, E!
My only suggestion is that you just buy a generic rack-mount PC instead of a dedicated NAS if you have no intention of running the NAS OS. I'm preferential to SuperMicro myself, but I buy used and not new, so can't recommend a new model. If you want somethiong more compatible with the ReadyNAS line, then go with Chenbro. It's obvious that the current ReadyNAS rack-mount line is OEM from them.
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You can't. There is a 3.3V serial console port, but it's not something I recommend using on a regular basis.
Not even an internal video port in motherboard? So if the RN3138 have an issue is dead for good?
Tks, E!
Some of them have locations for a connector and driver components on the motherboard, but I don't remember if the 3138 is one of them. But you really don't want to go start messing with that, anyway. Most ReadyNAS do not have a video port and there are ways to do recovery of many issues without it. What do you think you might want to do that would require a console connection?
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