Very much seems correct. The form factor seems the same, but the connector situation, and potentially mount points turned me off of the idea.RibBlock - regarding the SM motherboard compatibility. I considered this idea and here is what I found:
The older C6100 - the XS23-SB, which used LGA-771 sockets for X54xx series Xeons - was indeed built using off-the-shelf parts from SuperMicro. The motherboard in those chassis was a SM X7DWT. SM does have several other MBs with similar form factors to that one that might fit (though there seem to be some subtle differences in total size that might not permit it to work, and you'd want to really double check the placement of the mount points, etc).
The newer one - the XS23-TY3 - is the one Vista stocks and others here have been discussing. For this model Dell brought their in-house board designers to the table and the design is uniquely Dell. The mount-points, power distribution, connectors to the Fan Control Board (connecting fan speed data to the MBs and temp sensor data back to the FCB) are all completely proprietary. Fitting a SM motherboard would require quite a significant mod - probably not worth the effort.
Sorry, should have been more specific.We stock close to $2 million in Dell hardware. I couldn't possibly list what we have.
This server takes the Intel 5500/5600 series CPUs. If I don't have it in stock, I can get one. Takes both 8500 and 10600 memory. Since I have both 2.5" and 3.5" chassis options, the drives range from 73GB to 3TB options.
I'm sorry if this doesn't help. If you have a specific configuration you like to see, let me know and I can quote it out.
RibBlock - regarding the SM motherboard compatibility. I considered this idea and here is what I found:
The older C6100 - the XS23-SB, which used LGA-771 sockets for X54xx series Xeons - was indeed built using off-the-shelf parts from SuperMicro. The motherboard in those chassis was a SM X7DWT. SM does have several other MBs with similar form factors to that one that might fit (though there seem to be some subtle differences in total size that might not permit it to work, and you'd want to really double check the placement of the mount points, etc).
The newer one - the XS23-TY3 - is the one Vista stocks and others here have been discussing. For this model Dell brought their in-house board designers to the table and the design is uniquely Dell. The mount-points, power distribution, connectors to the Fan Control Board (connecting fan speed data to the MBs and temp sensor data back to the FCB) are all completely proprietary. Fitting a SM motherboard would require quite a significant mod - probably not worth the effort.
Thanks for the info guys. Shame they didn't stick with the Supermicro boards.Very much seems correct. The form factor seems the same, but the connector situation, and potentially mount points turned me off of the idea.
Do you have a site we can look at listing what you do have?We stock close to $2 million in Dell hardware. I couldn't possibly list what we have.
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I'm sorry if this doesn't help. If you have a specific configuration you like to see, let me know and I can quote it out.
Still waiting for a reply to emails & PMs sent weeks ago. Went ahead & bought my C6100 elsewhere.Hey! Sorry about the inbox. I've deleted some messages, so I should be good now.
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