[CentOS] a hardware question

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Tue May 17 20:32:29 UTC 2011


Robert Heller wrote:
> At Tue, 17 May 2011 16:06:09 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> wrote:
>> Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
>> > centos-bounces at centos.org wrote:
>> >> We need to replace several servers, quickly - four of our
>> >> Dell PE 1950's
>> >> died in one week. (!!!) So, we're looking around, and I was checking
>> >> out IBM. I customized to what we want, and hit 'continue', and
>> >> suddenly there's another $800 for a "system common planar" that's
>> >> "required". Googling only finds specs with it - does anyone know what
>> >> it is? I mean, it's not like it's the motherboard, right?
>> >
>> >>From a fast & furious google-fu workout, I conclude that the "System
>> > Common Planar" is in fact the motherboard.
>> > Look at your configuration options ... Do you see another motherboard
>> > item there?
>>
>> Nooooo... but I was assuming the chassis, along with the embedded slots,
>> NIC, etc, were all one item with the base price.
>>
>> If they're charging for a m/b in addition, I'm appalled.
>
> Are these 'blade' servers?  If so, this 'motherboard' could be the

No, just an ordinary 1U server.

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