Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question Can you recommend any (preferably open-source) software for server racks visualization? Ideally it should be able to draw cable links between pieces of … Read more
I have a HP Rackmountable 2U Server (HP ProLiant SE326M1). This Server has a P410i Raid Card with a hdd cage for 25x 2.5″ SAS HDDs. Since 2.5″ SAS HDDs are pretty expansive, I want to replace the cage with a cage for 3.5″ HDDs. I tried searching on google and ebay for another cage, … Read more
So I have several of these machines, however rather than physically labeling them (which I’d rather not do because there is really no place to do it, I would like to have the computer name displayed on the LCD screen on the front of it, is there a way to do this in the BIOS? … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question We recently acquired a very cheap 2nd-hand server (HP ProLiant DL380 G7). We have a number of 3.5″ SAS drives, however the server … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question For rack PCs, with nVidia (or similar) graphics cards (so, 1060s etc), we use normal 4u rack mounted PCs. So if you have … Read more
I am looking to buy an old server to do some generic coding/storage, some virtualization, and some deep learning. I think X99 servers mostly suit my needs, and the 2U rackmounts (since they’re common) are cheaper on the second-hand market (much cheaper than a 4U or tower one, or building my own). However, the only … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question I’m building a home lab and I’m wondering what equipment is necessary to rackmount a couple HP ProLiant servers. I have a DL160 … Read more
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I rack console with mouse, keyboard and monitor. It’s only output port is a vga connection. My KVM switch has USB Mouse, USB Keyboard, PS2 Keyboard, PS2 Mouse and VGA. The cables I bought have VGA on one end and VGA and 1 USB on the other. The keyboard and mouse for the console don’t … Read more
I have HP 11842 racks (H6J69A) for networking equipment. Does anyone use those in their datacenters? Some advice for cable management inside the rack would be highly useful. Photos from existing installations welcome! Currently I’m investigating what are the best practices for cable management. The idea is to mount networking equipment with ports to the … Read more
