> I recently got some IBM Xseries 335 servers 2nd hand, and noticed they > don't have any graphics card. Some google searched indicate they only > have an uplink port, which you could connect to another (other model) > IBM server and use that as the head node. But, I don't have one > available. That'd be the C2T (Cable Chaining) technology they were using back then. It's essentially a KVM switch system built into the server, the idea being that if you have a rack of 42 of them you can hookup up a single monitor/keyboard/mouse to the stack and with the press of a button switch between the servers. All you need to get access to the console on these units is a C2T Breakout cable. It looks like a custom KVM cable with PS2/VGA ports on one end and a DVI port on the other. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie