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how many decibels of noise will an Intel R1000BB generate?

I pulled up the datasheet but there's only "Acoustics Sound Power Measured" and I can't make any sense of it. It's got numbers like (page 15): Power in Watts: >= 300W Servers/Rack Mount BA: 7.0 I'm trying to figure out if we can realistically…
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Default password for hp c7000 blade servers

Has anybody worked on hp c7000 blade servers before. I have just ordered them and brought them on network. I tried logging in from web browser but I do not have the default password to log in. User guide says default password is provided with the…
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IBM BladeServer Chassis compatibility

I'm looking at buying a 3 year old blade server. My question is, if I buy it and want to insert a current model blade, will it fit? Also, if the chassis goes "POP" and I need to replace it, will the current model chassis fit 3 year old blades? What…
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Are blade servers noisier than regular rack servers?

Further to this question about Blade vs Rack servers I wanted to check some stories I have heard. Are Blade servers much noisier than regular rack servers? (or was that just when they first came out?) also, how much more cooling equipment do they…
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Graphics cards in a 1U server?

Is it possible to place a graphics card like the AMD HD6970 in a 1U blade server? I’m looking at either an HP or a Dell, including these two…
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What is S blade or Blade Server?

I heard a lot about S Blade or Blade Server and I have been googling about it. Below are my questions: What is S Blade or Blade Server? I heard that Blade server is like a multiple servers stacked inside it and each server is called S Blade? Is…
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what is 1u server?

what is actually meant by an 1u server? How can I check how many blade server does a chassis support?
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How to flash - Management Blade MMB S3 - Fujitsu

I have a BX600 and I need to know how to flash the MMB S3. I have no IP access to the device and I think that there has been an issue with the transfer using TFTPD32 to upgrade the MMB S3. I have checked the manual and there is nothing about…
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upgrading to blades from regular server

I wanted to know what do company do to their old tower or rack server when they upgrade to a blade server?
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Dell m610 server error The system board Current Latch current is outside of the allowable range

we have Dell m1000e blase system with 16x m610 servers, we have a frequent error with radom servers. The system board Current Latch current is outside of the allowable range. The system board fail-safe voltage is outside of the allowable range. once…
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Blade server processor

I need to know that if I have a blade server with 4 quad core processors, then is it possible to use each processor individually in a way that to install 4 OS on the same server (without using visualizing technologies, VM, HyperV, OVM etc), assign…
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Operating system in Blade server/Rack server?

I am trying to understand blade servers and rack servers, and how they work(and differ from desktop computers) I found one link for blade_server on hp's website. In the specification section, there is mention of processor, memory and storage, but…
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