Hello everyone,
So I was watching an ebay auction for a while for a SuperMicro CSE-848XA-R3240B Barebone Server. it appears the chassis was originally meant for this system using a proprietary form factor X10QBi motherboard. I was mainly interested in the SAS3 backplane. So I got both of them and they indeed both had the BPN-SAS3-846EL1 backplanes inside along with 2x CBL-SAST-0531 cables in each.
The PDB in each are massive. PDB-PT418-B6824. I thought perhaps it would be two seperate PDBs and maybe I could use one in my current CSE-846 chassis but instead this thing is way bigger In retrospec it's listed right on the product page. The chassis each came with 4x PWS-1K62P-1R power supplies. These PDBs have a massive number of power connections on them, seems like I could use them for almost anything.
It also contains a FPUSB8813 board which is next to the 4x PSUs. It has a cable that looks like it runs to a USB header.
One thing I didn't realize is how much longer this chassis would end up being compared to the CSE-846. In retrospect it says it right on the product page. 32.1" depth vs the CSE-846 depth of 26".
With all that out of the way- what do you all think I could potentially use these chassis for? The mount points inside I assume are for the X10QBI motherboard. They can be moved around though and there appears to be a decent number of other positions.
Does it look like an ATX board could be dropped in here somewhere? No normal place for I/O though. I suppose even if it's silly given it's size I could try to drop in a JBOD controller and use it as such? Not sure if I could use the exisiting PDB unit with smaller PSUs perhaps.
What do ya'll think could be the best use here? Here's a picture with the backplane and PDB removed for now.
So I was watching an ebay auction for a while for a SuperMicro CSE-848XA-R3240B Barebone Server. it appears the chassis was originally meant for this system using a proprietary form factor X10QBi motherboard. I was mainly interested in the SAS3 backplane. So I got both of them and they indeed both had the BPN-SAS3-846EL1 backplanes inside along with 2x CBL-SAST-0531 cables in each.
The PDB in each are massive. PDB-PT418-B6824. I thought perhaps it would be two seperate PDBs and maybe I could use one in my current CSE-846 chassis but instead this thing is way bigger In retrospec it's listed right on the product page. The chassis each came with 4x PWS-1K62P-1R power supplies. These PDBs have a massive number of power connections on them, seems like I could use them for almost anything.
It also contains a FPUSB8813 board which is next to the 4x PSUs. It has a cable that looks like it runs to a USB header.
One thing I didn't realize is how much longer this chassis would end up being compared to the CSE-846. In retrospect it says it right on the product page. 32.1" depth vs the CSE-846 depth of 26".
With all that out of the way- what do you all think I could potentially use these chassis for? The mount points inside I assume are for the X10QBI motherboard. They can be moved around though and there appears to be a decent number of other positions.
Does it look like an ATX board could be dropped in here somewhere? No normal place for I/O though. I suppose even if it's silly given it's size I could try to drop in a JBOD controller and use it as such? Not sure if I could use the exisiting PDB unit with smaller PSUs perhaps.
What do ya'll think could be the best use here? Here's a picture with the backplane and PDB removed for now.
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