So if you're interested in seeing some more of this RaQ hardware with some late 90s trivia, check out my youtube video doing a quick demo of these two RaQ units:
The ribbon cable is for the front PCB which runs LEDs (7x including the "C" logo one) + the LCD + 6 button controls. I'll pull the PCB out this weekend to dig into it further.
Funny thing related to airflow - on a rackmount server you would expect to see air inlet on the front of device, but...
I recently became the new owner of two Cobalt RaQ 3 servers. These are neat boxes, and I briefly used some back in the day when hosting websites was a new thing. The RaQ was a website hosting server appliance - custom hardware bundled with Cobalt's modified RedHat Linux and web UI. It was...
Thanks for posting, here's how to quickly do this on Ubuntu:
1. sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386
2. download java8 jdk-8u333-linux-i586.tar.gz from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase8u211-later-archive-downloads.html
3. tar xvfz jdk-8*
4. jdk1.8.0_333/bin/javaws...
The PowerEdge C series was targeted to HPC and hyperscale market [source]. The C series servers were not available for purchase by "normal" users. The hyperscale market does not care about individual server reliability, the most important factors are price, power efficiency and density...
I saw this really interesting article about Chinese backdoor chips implanted on some Supermicro motherboards:
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
If anyone comes across technical details for how this worked, what to look for, that would be neat to see and discuss.
Just in case someone else lands on this thread from a google search - I had a X9DRW system that was stuck in reboot loop. This supermicro KB entry was the answer: FAQ Entry | Online Support | Support - Super Micro Computer, Inc.
After removing jumper on JPB1, system booted normally. I was...
Xsigo model: F-X430083
DDR Infiniband
24x ports (CX4 connector)
2x AC power inputs (100-240 volt)
it looks like there is also 1x ethernet management port
has scratches, but is working fine.
Not sure what these are selling for, will take $400 OBO
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