40.8 Jonah Dell OptiPlex 7000
20231022
Jonah is a Dell OptiPlex 7000 with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 2TB HDD (encrypted), and an Intel i7 12th gen CPU with 12 cores and 20 threads. It can handle heavy workloads for AI and Video processing, serving storage to a local network, and a multimedia platform for a home entertainment system. The HDD was originally kept as NTFS so that it is accessible from both Linux 22.04 and Windows 11, but it seemed to lag, so replaced it with EXT4 for Linux only.
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Install Date | 2022-07-04 |
| Machine | Dell Inc. OptiPlex 7000/0F1HC1, BIOS 1.3.62 06/13/2022 |
| CPU | 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 x 12 cores = 20 threads 2022 Q1 |
| Performance | PassMark = 27,428, BogoMIPS = 4224 x 20 |
| Memory | 1 x 16GiB DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 3200 MHz (0.3 ns) 3 slots 128GB Max |
| Disk | M.2 2230 512GB PCIe NVMe Class 35 KBG50ZNS512G NVMe KIOXIA |
| Disk | 3.5 inch 2TB 7200rpm |
| Wireless | Intel WiFi-5 1x1 9462ac Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Card (wlp0s20f3) |
| Video | Intel Integrated VGA compatible controller 256M AlderLake-S GT1 (i915) |
| Audio | Intel Corporation Device 7ad0 |
| Boot | Grub2 |
| Kernel | 5.15.0-40-generic |
To install Ubuntu 22.04 turn off Secure Boot in the BIOS (to boot from USB) and turn Bitlocker off (to install side-by-side on the Windows boot disk) and resize the disk on logging into Windows 11. and After powering up the machine hold Fn-F12 for the boot menu and Fn-F2 for the BIOS. For a dual boot option installed on the Windows boot disk, in Windows the Bitlocker Drive Encryption needs to be turned off (https://help.ubuntu.com/bitlocker). Also in Windows shrink the C: drive to 100GB leaving a 400GB partition for Ubuntu. Through the boot menu boot from a Ubuntu 22.04 USB. If you see Operating System Loader signature found in SecureBoot exclusion database (“dbx”). All bootable devices failed Secure Boot verification. then turn Secure Boot off in the BIOS to then allow boot from USB. Follow the steps in Section 4.1 to set the server up.
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 20220701 | Firmware upgrade through BIOS |
| 20220702 | Install Ubuntu 22.04 from USB |
| 20230612 | Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20220612 | Upgrade Ubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20221022 | Upgrade Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 using do-release-upgrade -d |
| 20231030 | Firmware upgrade through fwupdmgr update |
| 20240525 | Upgrade Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20240804 | Firmware upgrade through fwupdmgr update |
| 20240906 | Firmware upgrade through fwupdmgr update System Firmware (1.17.0 to 1.23.0) |
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