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Re: gotchas for old Proliants

From: Jason Dixon (jasondixongroup.net)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 18:46:06 CST


On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

> Hello again.
>
> In my search for low-MHz machines, at least on eBay, I find lots of
> old
> Compaq Proliants (all around the $300 mark by the way). E.g:
>
> 4500R: P-133, 1 GB ram, no drives, $249.
>
> HP doesn't have on their website the owner's manuals for these old
> boxes, but they do have the service manuals.
>
> Googling around doesn't tell me anything about using OpenBSD on
> them. I
> don't know right now which e.g. smart array they use.
>
> Is anyone aware of any Gotchas for these old boxes?

Sounds like cac(4).

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliant4500r/pl4500r_fe.html

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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net