Editing Intel NUC (section)

== Known Issues and Solutions ==
The following is a list of known issues with the Intel NUC as a homelab:
* NUC models without the 2.5" SATA bays have a tendency to run hotter than those with them. As such under load the likelihood of the very annoying high speed fans spinning up is higher.
** The temperature of the non SATA models can be reduced by running them on their sides, as detailed in the following article: [http://tekhead.it/blog/2014/11/nanolab-part-6-keeping-your-nucs-cool-quick-tip/ NanoLab – Part 6 – Keeping Your NUCs Cool]
* As the NUCs release significant amounts of heat via their case, this can get quite hot, which in turn passes heat into any attached USB devices, specifically flash drives which are often used as a boot device for hypervisors such as [[VMware vSphere]] ESXi. As the flash drives then run much hotter than usual, a higher than expected rate of failure of them has been experienced.
** A simple and cheap workaround for keeping flash drives cool is detailed in the following article: [http://tekhead.it/blog/2015/11/nanolab-part-10-your-nucs-are-nice-and-cool-but-what-about-your-stick/ NanoLab – Part 10 – Your NUCs are nice and cool, but what about your stick?]
* Firmware update issues have been experienced.
** It is possible to get around these via a BIOS recovery and jumper configuration as detailed in the following article: [http://tekhead.it/blog/2014/10/nanolab-part-5-intel-nuc-bios-update-issues-fwupdatefullbuffer/ NanoLab – Part 5 – Intel NUC BIOS Update Issues FwUpdateFullBuffer]
* Black remote console when using vPro and headless NUC
** Can be resolved by adding a dummy HDMI connector as described in the following article: [http://www.vfrank.org/2015/04/28/running-the-intel-nuc-headless-with-vmware-esxi/ Running the Intel NUC headless with VMware ESXi]
* ESXi 6.0 installation will fail on Intel NUC6I7KYK, without specific reconfiguration of the BIOS
** [[Intel NUC6I7KYK BIOS Configuration|Follow the BIOS configuration here to enable installation of used ESXi 6.0 Update 2.]]

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