Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Am 01.07.2013 um 20:39 schrieb John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>: > >> On 7/1/2013 11:30 AM, Nathan Duehr wrote: >>> The significant problem we ran into was someone at an upstream vendor >>> orders HP stuff via individual part numbers in a specific configuration >>> for us, so we get a server, some disks, whatever... and assemble them >>> on-site. They didn't know (bad vendor, no donut) about the change or >>> spaced it... and didn't send licenses... so you're sitting there with >>> disks in a new server, all ready to load the OS as usual... and the OS >>> can't find any disks. >> >> that sounds like a VAR problem. if I'm buying from a VAR, I expect the >> system to arrive as ordered and configured. >> >> As we buy direct from HP (big corp), I *ALWAYS* go through the entire >> 'quickspec' page on any HP gear, carefully studying the options and >> SKU's, any such licenses should be clear there. For example, I >> *always* get the full ILO license. > > Somebody correct me, but the B320 controller only comes in the "e"-type > models of DL3x0 servers, right? > We only order the "p" models and we generally don't need to enter licenses > to access hard-drives, unless we want to create a RAID6… And we like Dell, a lot. When we get a server with a PERC 6xx or 7xx, it *works*, we don't need special licenses or whatever to activate it. <snip> > I'm not 100% sure, but I believe, with SuperMicro Servers, I'd have to > have a much larger (and better organized) inventory of spares that might > only fit into specific age-group of servers… Um, yes. We've got a ton of servers from Penguin, and in the last year, we've decided we don't want any more, and will try to convince our folks to not get them. They're *all* Supermicro, and over the years we've had a) servers with hot-swap bays where one or more of the four *does* *not* *work* (or the ones I've had to use a pencil to push wires that were hanging down into the bay, preventing the drive from seating, which *is* Penguin's fault); b) of the new 48 core and 64 core systems, we've sent a significant percentage back for repair, mostly new m/bs. I don't trust Supermicro's alleged "quality control", when we're buying high-end servers and we have this problem. mark "wouldn't buy a SM m/b at home, either"