[asterisk-users] 3U server chassis & Digium TE405P?

[Steve Totaro]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Sherwood McGowan
<sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Matt Watson wrote:
>  > I'm not sure if a full-height card would fit (vertically) in a 3U chassis... but I would probably also assume that if it would not, that the chassis/mobo would have a PCI/PCI-Express riser card that would mount the cards horizontally.
>  >
>  > Might want to check that out with the manufacturer of the chassis.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Matt
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Sherwood McGowan
>  > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:29 AM
>  > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>  > Subject: [asterisk-users] 3U server chassis & Digium TE405P?
>  >
>  > Gentlemen,
>  >
>  > First let me say it's great to be back on the Asterisk mailing lists.
>  > Those of you who have been around for a while will remember me as
>  > Rushowr. I look forward to answering questions and whatnot in the
>  > future, but for the moment I have a minor question that I cannot find a
>  > definitive answer for online.
>  >
>  > I am in possession of a Digium TE405P card which I _know_ will fit in a
>  > 4U chassis, but we are building a new server and cannot get a 4U from
>  > the supplier that my current client wants to use. However, we can get a
>  > 3U chassis. My question is, will this card fit? Does anyone out there
>  > have a 405 out there that they have installed in a 3U?
>  >
>  > Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered,
>  > Sherwood McGowan
>  > VoIP / Telecom Solutions Consultant
>  >
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>  Thanks for the heads up, I've found full height capable 3U chassis. The
>  worst thing about this whole ordeal was that I assumed (very bad idea,
>  of course, stupid stupid stupid) that the 2u server had a riser card,
>  which it did not.... :( Ah well, live and learn...
>
>  Sherwood McGowan
>
>

Riser cards are dirt cheap.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=riser+card&category0=

You can put a TE405 in a 1 server (horizontally of course).

Thanks,
Steve Totaro