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Picked up a surplus PowerEdge 2300 server, and looking it over brings a
couple of questions to mind. I downloaded the manuals from Dell, but didn't
really cover the topics.
1) The motherboard, near PCI slot 5, has text silkscreened on it "PCI5 is
RAID upgradeable" What the heck does THIS mean ??? I've heard of add-on
cards like the Adaptec RAIDPort that turn the onboard SCSI into RAID but as
I recall they go into special connectors that are slightly physically
different than regular PCI slots. Or was there a special version for this
Dell ? Or is the silkscreen talking about something completely different ?
2) On the back, between the keyboard/mouse and video connectors, are a
couple of odd ports that the manual calls "Server Management Bus" ports.
Okay, that tells me what they ARE but doesn't explain what they DO. What
sort of things would one typically do via these ports ?
TIA
- FM -
Picked up a surplus PowerEdge 2300 server, and looking it over brings a
couple of questions to mind. I downloaded the manuals from Dell, but didn't
really cover the topics.
1) The motherboard, near PCI slot 5, has text silkscreened on it "PCI5 is
RAID upgradeable" What the heck does THIS mean ??? I've heard of add-on
cards like the Adaptec RAIDPort that turn the onboard SCSI into RAID but as
I recall they go into special connectors that are slightly physically
different than regular PCI slots. Or was there a special version for this
Dell ? Or is the silkscreen talking about something completely different ?
2) On the back, between the keyboard/mouse and video connectors, are a
couple of odd ports that the manual calls "Server Management Bus" ports.
Okay, that tells me what they ARE but doesn't explain what they DO. What
sort of things would one typically do via these ports ?
TIA
- FM -