[Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount

Craig Guy cguy at bigpond.net.au
Tue Aug 24 21:24:01 MST 2004


We use KVM for all our servers here.  Will try with nothing plugged in on
next reboot.

Craig
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Stingel" <scott at evtmedia.com>
To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount


> Hi Craig-
>
> I'm also interested in the other fellow's question:  do the newer DL 320's
> require the keyboard to be present to pass the power on test and boot up?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
> Scott M. Stingel
> President,
> Emerging Voice Technology, Inc.
> Palo Alto California & London England
> www.evtmedia.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Craig Guy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:07 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> We have just built an Asterisk 1U server using a HP DL320 and a TE410p
card.
> Is working well, however we were caught out when it arrived without the
> combo floppy/cdrom which is an expensive 'option'.  We ended up installing
> FC2 via PXE.  Is very very noisy, even with fans set to 'low'.  In fact
with
> fans on normal speed it is louder than the rest of the machines in the
> server room combined.
>
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Stingel" <scott at evtmedia.com>
> To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Dell PowerEdge 750 rackmount
>
>
> >
> > > Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com> wrote:
> >
> > > buying a 1u server is much better than building it as there are
> > > a lot of cooling problems to overcome
> >
> > You're right about that - I learned a lot about 1U cooling and
low-profile
> > fans in the last one I built.  It was fun, but now they want 10 boxes,
> > delivered fast!
> >
> > > The big thing to look into is what PCI busses the machine supports.
> > > We were very surprised with our Dell when it came with a PCIX slot
> > > and a 66mhz 64bit slot
> >
> > I noticed the PowerEdge 750 seems to have one of each: 32- and 64-bit
> PCI's,
> > both brought to the rear panel - nice.
> >
> > BUT, I can't get the Dell's fast enough for this customer, so now I'm
> > looking at the HP Proliant DL-320.
> >
> > Regards
> > Scott Stingel
> >
> >
> > Scott M. Stingel
> > President,
> > Emerging Voice Technology, Inc.
> > Palo Alto California & London England
> > www.evtmedia.com
> >
> >
> >
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