So, I recently came into possession of a Dell PowerProtect DD9400. The main issue with the unit is that, I am told, it cannot be licensed with Dell, rendered ineligible for an unknown reason, but probably because it was an DEMO or RMA unit. It is an otherwise impressive machine with essentially identical hardware to an R740xd, and it seems to work fine, although I haven't booted into an OS yet. Since it seems that the end users that would want to use it for its intended purpose are not interested in an unlicensable machine, I am wondering what issues would one run into trying to repurpose it for something like Hyper-V/ESXi, as if it were a normal R740. Does anyone know if there is anything about the way these DD systems work that would make that difficult or impossible?
I appreciate any thoughts!
I appreciate any thoughts!