[01:33] <Sky_Pod> 	Hey, I really need some layman's terms help. I tried installing Ubuntu alongside windows and it wound up screwing with my boot sequence. My monitor will not turn on until it defaults booting to Windows. I also can't access my BIOS now
[01:50] <DarwinSurvivor> darn, missed that one
[01:50] <DarwinSurvivor> hope he went to #ubuntu
[16:57] <genii-around> Hey guys. The Free-Net got a bunch of decomissioned servers and NAS boxes donated to us which we are trying to sell to raise some money. These are all 19" rackmount. Mostly there are a crapload of Dell 1650 with Seagate Barracuda/Cheetah 36 or 73G drives. The NAS are mostly 3U which hold 16 SATA/SAS or 1U holding 3 SCSI
[16:57] <genii-around> I'll probably post this to the mailing list as well.
[16:59] <genii-around> There's also a bunch of misc stuff like old Cisco switches, loose SCSI U320 drives, PCI-X mixed-mode fibre cards with SC connectors, etc
[20:01] <DarwinSurvivor> genii-around: I'm interrested in server cases and networking gear.
[20:01] <DarwinSurvivor> I don't think I'm on the mailing list, will the details be posted anywhere else?
[20:10] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor:  I can give you a brief rundown here if you like
[20:21] <DarwinSurvivor> alright
[20:21] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: For networking gear, there is one fibre switch (Compaq StorageWorks SanSwitch 2/16 EL) , 4 x Cisco 2950, 1 x Cisco 3500 XL, 1 x Cisco RPS 300, 1 x Cisco 2950T, 2x Dell PowerConnect 2024
[20:22] <genii-around> We have about 8-10 fibre cards ( multimode SC connectors, PCI-X ) also a crapload of cables. Some of the SAN are fibre as well ( 3x JetStor 516F )
[20:24] <DarwinSurvivor> is the rps 300 a UPS?
[20:26] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: Yes, for the 2950 and the 2950T
[20:27] <DarwinSurvivor> ah, ok
[20:29] <DarwinSurvivor> what kind of prices are you looking to sell them for?
[20:33] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: About 10-15% off of current market value
[20:33] <genii-around> We will also take a payment plan.
[20:33] <DarwinSurvivor> ok, cool
[20:33] <DarwinSurvivor> I'll need to look into them and see what my budget is like
[20:34] <DarwinSurvivor> Is the 2950's the 12 or 24 port models?
[20:35] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: All the 2950 are 24 port
[20:35] <genii-around> ( well, the 2950T has the additional 2 Gb ports)
[20:36] <DarwinSurvivor> cool
[20:36] <DarwinSurvivor> yeah, I noticed that
[20:36] <DarwinSurvivor> I think they usually use those 2 for the uplinks, which is handy
[20:37] <DarwinSurvivor> is the 3500 XL the 8-port Gb version? (I can only find docs for the 3508G XL)
[20:37] <genii-around> Yes, they were previously used to aggregate 3 groups of 8 100Mb ports up to another switch with both Gb and fibre connectors
[20:38] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: The 3500 has 48 ports
[20:38] <DarwinSurvivor> 10/100 or gigabit?
[20:38] <genii-around> One sec I'll go look
[20:38] <DarwinSurvivor> thanks
[20:39] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: I can't tell. They have 3 LED per port however.
[20:39] <DarwinSurvivor> that's ok
[20:40] <DarwinSurvivor> thanks for the info
[20:40] <genii-around> OK
[20:40] <DarwinSurvivor> I'll do some more research tonight when I get home :)
[20:40] <DarwinSurvivor> oh, are there any empty rack or san boxes? I have an ITX board with harddrives already but all stuffed into an ancient box
[20:40] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: We have a lot of these JetStor 3U NAS boxes as well
[20:41] <DarwinSurvivor> just the boxes, or mobo's included?
[20:42] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: they are embedded devices already. Some are full of drives, some are half empty, some are completely empty.
[20:42] <DarwinSurvivor> ok
[20:42] <DarwinSurvivor> They're sata right
[20:43] <genii-around> The older ones take like 8 SCSI drives, then there are some which take 16 SCSI or 16 SATA/SAS o
[20:44] <DarwinSurvivor> ok, Might look into the 16xSATA ones, but I'll have to check some things first
[20:44] <genii-around> The JetStor 516F take 16 SATA and have fibre out in back. The JetStor 416S takes 16 SCSI, has dual LVD SCSI out on back
[20:44] <DarwinSurvivor> cool
[20:45] <DarwinSurvivor> do they also have ethernet?
[20:45] <genii-around> They are all 3U , and 22" deep
[20:45] <DarwinSurvivor> I'm not really set up for fiber at the moment :(
[20:45] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: No ethernet on those... we have some others though, let me go look at the backs
[20:45] <DarwinSurvivor> k
[20:49] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: The other units we have are 1U high and take 3 SCSI ( most already have 36 or 73 GB Seagate Cheeta in them ) ... those have 4 ethernet ports on the back
[20:49] <DarwinSurvivor> hmm, darn
[20:49] <genii-around> All the 3U which take 16 drives only have either fibre or SCSI at rear
[20:49] <DarwinSurvivor> I was looking for something that took SATA with an ethernet (or even e-sata) on the back :(
[20:50] <genii-around> Well, you could get one of the 16 bay with fibre, and then a second 1U with a SCSI card and multiple nic, hook them up that way
[20:50] <DarwinSurvivor> actually, you mentioned fibre cards before. are those pci-e by any chance?
[20:51] <genii-around> Sorry, with a fibre card, not a SCSI card....
[20:51] <DarwinSurvivor> unfortunately my server only has 1 pci-e port on it
[20:51] <DarwinSurvivor> if it's pci-e, i might be able to hook it up that way
[20:51] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: All the ones I've yanked out so far have been 64 bit PCI-X
[20:51] <DarwinSurvivor> ah
[20:52] <DarwinSurvivor> well, I'll look into the switches at least
[20:52] <genii-around> I've seen PCI-E fibre cards for sale before though, they are not that expensive ( like, $50 )
[20:52] <DarwinSurvivor> hmmm, might be worth looking into then....
[20:52] <DarwinSurvivor> well, I gotta go, but I'll get back to you tonight
[20:53] <genii-around> DarwinSurvivor: Cool. I'll be online here for another hour
[20:53] <genii-around> If not tonight then I'll be around tomorrow again all day anyways
[20:54] <DarwinSurvivor> ok, I'm home all day tomorrow, so that should work
[20:54] <genii-around> Cool.