Long story short, I got one of these barebones (Supermicro | Products | SuperServers | 1U | 5018D8-AR12L) and I thought about an extra Xeon-D motherboard I could use for this project.
The goal was to fit AsrockRack D1541D4U-2O8R into the chassis
(ASRock Rack > D1541D4U-2O8R)
The AsrockRack board is an uATX board where as the bundled board is a flexATX board which is quite a bit shorter so the cable, especially power routing is a bit easier and not as cramped. I ended up buying the Molex 24-pin ATX connector and cutting + crimping all 23 power wires.
Next, I had to map out the front panel connector and ended up with this:
Finally, I wanted to make an IO plate compatible with the chassis and the motherboard so I started with the original plate and made a hybrid plate for the AsrockRack motherboard. The ultimate plan is to get the galvanized steel cut to my final 3D printed model.
Some more shots of my new storage server:
Oh BTW, thanks @Patrick !
The goal was to fit AsrockRack D1541D4U-2O8R into the chassis
(ASRock Rack > D1541D4U-2O8R)
The AsrockRack board is an uATX board where as the bundled board is a flexATX board which is quite a bit shorter so the cable, especially power routing is a bit easier and not as cramped. I ended up buying the Molex 24-pin ATX connector and cutting + crimping all 23 power wires.
Next, I had to map out the front panel connector and ended up with this:
Finally, I wanted to make an IO plate compatible with the chassis and the motherboard so I started with the original plate and made a hybrid plate for the AsrockRack motherboard. The ultimate plan is to get the galvanized steel cut to my final 3D printed model.
Some more shots of my new storage server:
Oh BTW, thanks @Patrick !
