EU ebay: Supermicro X10SLE-F (Micro-Cloud node) usually under 10 Euro

DanAnd · Jun 23, 2019

Hi,
A seller on Ebay Germany is currently auctioning single nodes of a Supermicro Micro-Cloud cluster. The Mainboard ( Supermicro X10SLE-F ) can be used with E3-1200 CPUs (V3-V4) and 4x DDR3 Memory.
It includes 2x 1GB Ethernet and 5x SATA Ports.

Specs: X10SLE-F | Motherboards | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.

I got one for awesome 1 Euro (they usually go for around 1-6 Euros).

I will try to run one of theses without the micro-cloud chassis as the control pinout from the Chassis to the single mainboard are basically near to nothing (Power-Supply + 6 control cables).

With 5 SATA ports, this little boards sounds perfect for a remote-controllable E3-1220L CPU Mini-NAS.

Have a look at:
Artikel zum Verkauf von unitedcolo | eBay

PS: Yes, the seller also sells the whole package (Chassis + 16 Nodes). Since the single node are so bad in the pricing (in the Sellers perspective) I sniff huge reduction if you ask the whole thing.

PPS: May be the following direct links to the auctions help:
Barebone nodes:
drive bay SuperMicro mit X10SLE-F Motherboard- LGA1150 / Intel / DDR3 / | eBay
drive bay SuperMicro mit X10SLE-F Motherboard-LGA1150 / Intel C224 / DDR3 / | eBay
drive bay SuperMicro mit X10SLE-F Motherboard-LGA1150 / Intel C224 / DDR3 / | eBay

Whole Server-Chassis with 12 barebone Nodes:
19" 3U super Micro SuperServer 939-16| 5038ML-H12TRF|16*SM X10SLE-F|Lüfter | eBay

T_Minus · Jun 23, 2019

Says 0 items for sale by that seller.

DavidRa · Jun 23, 2019

Nothing in the "HardwareLager" store either that matches this?

Rand__ · Jun 23, 2019

I think thats due to your location, I see some.
Had the same with US sellers before

T_Minus · Jun 23, 2019

Rand__ said:
I think thats due to your location, I see some.
Had the same with US sellers before

I used the .DE site not-logged in and the .COM site logged in, neither had any products listed... that's odd normally they say "WIll not ship to your location" or something along those lines, I haven't seen items hidden ? Especially not when Logged out... very strange! But good to know this behavior exists.

Rand__ · Jun 23, 2019

How about that direct link?
SuperMicro X10SLE-F Motherboard-LGA1150 / Intel C224 / DDR3 / SATA3 / USB3 | eBay

T_Minus · Jun 23, 2019

Update:
On desktop I see 0.
On mobile they're all there.

Very odd

T_Minus · Jun 23, 2019

Rand__ said:
How about that direct link?
SuperMicro X10SLE-F Motherboard-LGA1150 / Intel C224 / DDR3 / SATA3 / USB3 | eBay

Works perfect on desktop, logged in, and does not ship to USA...

Very odd that they're not even listed, maybe a new ebay filter\setting based on location as you mentioned.

DanAnd · Jun 23, 2019

I had simlar effects with US-ebay sellers. Check out if you are still on "ebay.de" instead of "ebay.com". The seller will probably just send it to customers in Europe.

Rand__ · Jun 23, 2019

Possibly. Very weird though that it only hits some articles and then only some browsers.
IPs on mobile and desktop both should be of regional pools ...

RedX1 · Jun 23, 2019

Hi

You might find this link more appealing.

drive bay SuperMicro mit X10SLE-F Motherboard-LGA1150 / Intel C224 / DDR3 / | eBay

Good luck with finding out how to power it up!

Have fun.

RedX1

TedB · Jun 23, 2019

Placed an offer for two chassis with boards, waiting for decision

DanAnd · Jun 24, 2019

RedX1 said:
Good luck with finding out how to power it up!

Thanks!
It doesn't look too complicated, but I have to wait for the E3-1220 order arrival first.

Yarik Dot · Jun 24, 2019

TedB said:
Placed an offer for two chassis with boards, waiting for decision

Seems like your offer has been accepted.

Conratz!

Rand__ · Jun 24, 2019

So how much did they want?

Guillem · Jun 27, 2019

interesting find. based on the pictures i'd say it will mostly just be 12V coming from the backplane as well as a standby rail or similar. What looks tricky is the fact that you've got that thin cable, which is clearly for signaling of some sort. According to SM manual, it is a connection to the PDB (power distribution board), but that board is again connected to the backplane, so I bet there is some i2c going on between the boards and the chassis. it may also just be fans, but i would be surprised. In any case, definitely an interesting project. Keep us posted on your findings if you try to power one of those directly.

RedX1 · Jun 28, 2019

Hi

The connector on the small daughterboard looks very similar to some other proprietary SM motherboards.

Some time ago I had a lot of fun getting the information required to power a single motherboard node from a Fat-Twin unit. Specifically a X9DRFF. I posted a thread about it

It looks to me like the connector is very similar and I think you might have some luck with this approach using a SM Mid-Plane PDB, these have some logic and will power fans etc.

I used the SM BPN-PDB-F418.

This will provide power to 4 blade units. It can also be to power peripheral devices with the use of additional add-on units such as the BPN ADP F418.

I hope this helps and good luck.

RedX1

DanAnd · Jun 30, 2019

Finally, I got my CPU. I had a Heatsink and Memory at home, so I can give it a try.

On these auctions you have the AOM-PDB-MC12 included.

Based on the colors and common sense I expected these boards just need 3x 12V and 4x GND lines, as well as +5V Standby.
So I used an ATX extender cable, cutted and rewired these cables and connected PS_ON to GND on the ATX power supply to power it up.

The LED5 is going solid green and after a while it starts blinking green.

I checked out the MAC address of the IPMI LAN, connected an ethernet cable and checked out what I can see on the line:

Code:

root@danielpc:~# tcpdump -vv ether host 00:25:90:f0:88:5b
tcpdump: listening on enp4s0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
13:54:51.541757 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Reply 146.0.33.34 is-at 00:25:90:f0:88:5b (oui Unknown), length 46
13:54:52.047896 IP6 (hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 16) fe80::225:90ff:fef0:885b > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 16
      source link-address option (1), length 8 (1): 00:25:90:f0:88:5b
        0x0000:  0025 90f0 885b
13:54:52.352702 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 0.0.0.0 (Broadcast) tell 146.0.33.34, length 46
13:54:53.358659 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 0.0.0.0 (Broadcast) tell 146.0.33.34, length 46
13:54:56.047886 IP6 (hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 16) fe80::225:90ff:fef0:885b > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 16
      source link-address option (1), length 8 (1): 00:25:90:f0:88:5b
        0x0000:  0025 90f0 885b
13:54:56.207861 IP6 (hlim 1, next-header Options (0) payload length: 36) fe80::225:90ff:fef0:885b > ff02::16: HBH (rtalert: 0x0000) (padn) [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, multicast listener report v2, 1 group record(s) [gaddr ff02::1:fff0:885b to_ex { }]
13:55:00.047942 IP6 (hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 16) fe80::225:90ff:fef0:885b > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 16
      source link-address option (1), length 8 (1): 00:25:90:f0:88:5b
        0x0000:  0025 90f0 885b
^C
7 packets captured
7 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel
root@danielpc:~#

Looks good! So I just added that IP-Range to my ethernet card on my PC and give it a try:

Code:

root@danielpc:~# ifconfig enp4s0:1 146.0.33.1
root@danielpc:~# ifconfig enp4s0:1
enp4s0:1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 146.0.33.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 146.0.255.255
        ether 2c:56:dc:74:80:ea  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

root@danielpc:~# ping 146.0.33.34
PING 146.0.33.34 (146.0.33.34) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 146.0.33.34: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.800 ms
64 bytes from 146.0.33.34: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.347 ms
^C
--- 146.0.33.34 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 19ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.347/0.573/0.800/0.227 ms
root@danielpc:~#

Great! So I tried ADMIN/ADMIN on http://146.0.33.34:

... but sadly the username/password is wrong.

I tried out Factory-Resets on the mainboard as well as adding a fully installed drive which will run an SSH-Server on every ethernet device it will find, to get on the IPMI locally. However, that didn't work so far.

Since I have no VGA/Console-Cable for it, I am currently out of ideas. If someone has another idea what I can do on this headless unit, let me know.

I will hunt for such a cable (CBL-0218L, mentioned at Supermicro | Products | SuperServer | MicroCloud | 5038ML-H12TRF ) and will try again.

TL;DR: I see some live-signs, IPMI user/pass is not factory. Will figure out more soon.

Cheers

Daniel

Guillem · Jul 1, 2019

That cable looks almost exactly like the ones for HP blades. P/N is 409496-001. Can't say 100% sure it will work, but it definitely looks very very similar, and I bet its much easier to source than the Supermicro one.

Aestr · Jul 1, 2019

Looks like the Supermicro cable is pretty easy to source, so there isn't much reason to try anything other than the qualified solution. A quick search find an ebay listing that will ship globally. It'll still cost you more than the nodes, but that's more a product of their ultra low cost rather than a pricey cable.

*NEW* Supermicro CBL-0218L 11.5CM KVM / SUVI 36 PIN TO 9 PIN/ 15 PIN 2 USB Cable 672042015177 | eBay

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