[CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fri Apr 11 14:46:30 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
>> Again, you could hit eBay for a power supply. But all the servers,
>> including blades, that I ever worked with were 120v or 220V (ok, this is
>> the US). Is the psu in the box dead?
>>
>
> There's no PSU in the box. I've got the enclosure as well! It's one of
> these
> http://www.harddrivesdirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=142183
>
> In the back all the blades are connected to an interconnect power
> regulator
> board that goes to two large round prongs the kind used in
> 20 AMP 220/240 V AC plugs. But right now I'm 99% sure right now that this
> works with 48VDC. The blades have tiny power regulator boards next to the
> (proprietary?) blade power connector...  and on the internal side of such
> connector the markings say "48V" for the white wire and "0V" for the black
> wire.
>
<mark googles 380625-B22 Blade Serve manual, and the first useful hit is:
<http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c00375484-3%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.tpst=ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01&ac.admitted=1397227350520.876444892.199480143>

Hope that helps....

        mark