Compellent SC030 CT-SC030

[nicklebon]

I posted part of this is in the build forum but this may be the more appropriate place to ask my questions. I have a local source for one of these and a few concerns/questions.

1. Does presence of the removable rear window as indicated by two screws beneath the PWS indicate a 836B chassis variant?

2. The hard drive trays included with this box all have beige plastic dummy hard drives. They appear to be 05-SC82518-W100C001. Can these inserts be removed and replaced with hdd without buying new caddies?

3. The chassis has a direct attache backplane likely a 836TQ. I've got access to SAS2-836EL2 backplane assembly. Should be a able to do a swap with no issues yes?

4. How terrible are PWS-801-1R?


Thanks

 

[i386]

1. Looks like a pre "B" revision to me (compare with the pictures in this thread FS: Supermicro 836A-R1200B 16 Bay, Supermicro X8DTH-iF, 2x L5639)
   
2. yes
3. yes
4. That depends Do oyu have a dedicated server room or do you want to work in the same room?

 

[nicklebon]

Thanks for the reply. Should I have any concerns with a pre "B" chassis? The end game is to put a Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Xeon® Boards | X10SDV-7TP4F into the chassis. Also, yes I will be in same room as server with the long term plan of replacing the PWS with smaller 400W PWS. I was just curious as to how pressing that would be.

 

[i386]

Pre "B" chassis use gold certified psus (not sure if these are the psus with fans running all the time at full rpm, even when the server is not powered on), have older power distributions boards (no support for the Super Quiet psus) and no option for the hot swap bays in the back.

Also, yes I will be in same room as server

In that case the pws-801-1r is pretty terrible (loud!), replace the pdb and get sq psus.

 

[K D]

One screw on the mother board will not line up with the chassis but that should not be an issue. I am running a a 1518 version of this board without issues in 2 older revision chassis.

I wouldnt plan to be in the same room with any SM server not using an SQ PSU.

 

[nicklebon]

Thanks! Since I've got to take it all apart to replace the backplane anyway might as well do it all at once .... any thoughts on where to get a PDB reasonably priced?

 

[K D]

I would check if the PDB you have supports the SQ PSUs before replacing it. I havent had to replace the PDBs in any of mine. All of them are older revisions.

 

[nicklebon]

Thanks for the information! I picked up the chassis today and got the backplane swapped in. I can live with the noise for a while though long term I will try to quiet it down some. The fans seems much worse than the pws atm. I now need to track down a set of outer rails for the thing and work out a few other details.