I'm crazy enough to be running an IBM BladeCenter in my house... Recently I managed to pick up a BladeCenter H chassis and a bunch of HS22 blades, so it's time to offload some stuff. This had no problem running vSphere 6 even though it's no longer on the HCL.
IBM BladeCenter E (8677) Chassis - $150!!!
Includes:
This is a muffler for the BladeCenter E chassis that works very well. While it seems pricey, thing is impossible to find and a savior for running this chassis at home. I paid almost $400 including shipping from Australia to get it!
IBM HS21 xm (7995) blades - $75/ea
Each includes:
Each includes:
I am open to negotiation (especially if buying in bulk) and trades, just ask!
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IBM BladeCenter E (8677) Chassis - $150!!!
Includes:
- 4x 200-240v 2000w PSUs
- 2x Fans
- 2x Cisco gigabit switches (in chassis)
- 2x Advanced Management modules
- 2x 4gb Fiber channel switches (which annoyingly require an old version of java to manage, consider them a freebee)
This is a muffler for the BladeCenter E chassis that works very well. While it seems pricey, thing is impossible to find and a savior for running this chassis at home. I paid almost $400 including shipping from Australia to get it!
IBM HS21 xm (7995) blades - $75/ea
Each includes:
- 2x Intel Xeon L5420 quad core low voltage CPUs (Quad core, 2.5ghz, 12MB, 50w) + Heatsink
- 8x 2GB (16GB) PC5300 PC2-5300F FB-DIMMS
- BONUS! I made tiny adapters for a secret USB pin header that let you use small thumb drives inside the blade to boot from, great for ESXi!
- Special hard drive mounting screws (blades have one empty drive bay)
- Qlogic 4gb Fiber channel CFFv card
Each includes:
- 2x Intel Xeon L5420 quad core low voltage CPUs (Quad core, 2.5ghz, 12MB, 50w) + Heatsink
- 4x 2GB (8GB) PC5300 PC2-5300F FB-DIMMS
- Special hard drive mounting screws (blades have two empty drive bays)
- Qlogic 4gb Fiber channel CFFv card
- 4x 4GB (16GB) PC5300 PC2-5300F FB-DIMMS $25/16GB set (Not selling individually at this time)
I am open to negotiation (especially if buying in bulk) and trades, just ask!
Edit: I'm new here so I figured it would be appropriate to post my feedback
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