Question Can someone tell me what i have ?

[Andres6991]

I did a couple trades with a friend and i ended up getting this server rack( or i believe is a server rack) but i dont know exactly what i have im my hands can someone please tell me what i have and how to get the best use of it

https://flic.kr/p/2qEnG9U

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qEnG9U

 

[USAFRet]

You're going to have to start taking it apart and seeing what parts are in there.

 

[Misgar]

Looking at the ports (PS/2 keyboard and mouse) 15-way D-sub VGA, RJ45 Ethernet, USB, etc.,I'd say you've probably got four PICMG industrial computer cards. Probably at least ten years old?

Connect a PS/2 keyboard and mouse plus VGA monitor to one of the boards and power on the system (assuming there's a PSU in the chassis). Whether or not there's a bootable drive attached to each card remains to be seen.

 

[Andres6991]

Looking at the ports (PS/2 keyboard and mouse) 15-way D-sub VGA, RJ45 Ethernet, USB, etc.,I'd say you've probably got four PICMG industrial computer cards. Probably at least ten years old?

Connect a PS/2 keyboard and mouse plus VGA monitor to one of the boards and power on the system (assuming there's a PSU in the chassis). Whether or not there's a bootable drive attached to each card remains to be seen.

There is power supply in there , inside i found 32gb of ram in each of those blades . They also have 1 psu each about 450w and it even looks like they have duo cpu . It honestly looks like a server to me but only 1 harddrive tray

 

[USAFRet]

And if it is a functioning "server rack", what plans do you have for it?

 

[kanewolf]

The chassis (sheet metal) looks Cisco.

 

[Andres6991]

You're going to have to start taking it apart and seeing what parts are in there.

https://flic.kr/p/2qEtHbN

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qEtHbN

https://flic.kr/p/2qEnXAv

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qEnXAv


This is the inside of a blade and the top the case

 

[Andres6991]

And if it is a functioning "server rack", what plans do you have for it?

If anything i could take it apart on a different case and turn get ubuntu server on it and make it into a homelab. I just dont want to let go of miss oportunity.

 

[kanewolf]

https://flic.kr/p/2qEtHbN

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qEtHbN

https://flic.kr/p/2qEnXAv

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qEnXAv


This is the inside of a blade and the top the case

based on the F-X43E15 part number visible on the one picture, that is a Flextron part That looks like an infiniband switch.
The second picture has a Mellanox Infiniband card (MHGA28-XTC) visible.
Just beside the RAM in your second picture the Intel Server S5000XALR is visible -- https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...el-server-board-s5000xalr/specifications.html
Since that was released as late as 2010, that is a 15 year old server motherboard -- worth about $40 (based on E-Bay sales.)

 

[Andres6991]

based on the F-X43E15 part number visible on the one picture, that is a Flextron part That looks like an infiniband switch.
The second picture has a Mellanox Infiniband card (MHGA28-XTC) visible.
Just beside the RAM in your second picture the Intel Server S5000XALR is visible -- https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...el-server-board-s5000xalr/specifications.html
Since that was released as late as 2010, that is a 15 year old server motherboard.

Thank you for your help 🙏 im guessing that probably setting them separately would be best

 

[kanewolf]

Thank you for your help 🙏 im guessing that probably setting them separately would be best

There are zero sales on E-bay, so the probability of someone wanting a 15 year old server is about ZERO, IMO. You got a fancy door stop.