Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: cheap Dell servers for next 4 days

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65: Re: cheap Dell servers for next 4 days (response to 44)
Posted by Kent Durand on 04/09/03 09:39 PM
I got our system a few days ago and it looks like a real nice server.  What I found out though is the "C8, SCSI ADD-IN, NO RAID, 533" is just a cable.  I thought there would be an onboard SCSI and an extra SCSI card but apparently not.  I spent an hour with Dell trying to get this part and all they sent me was a cable.  Did anyone else get something different?  My system information is the same as Don's except that I also have the "Controller Card, SCSI, 39160" added.
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66: Re: cheap Dell servers for next 4 days (response to 65)
Posted by Bart Teeuwisse on 04/09/03 11:02 PM
It came as a suprise to me as well that the PowerEdge 600SC doesn't come with an on board SCSI controller. The board is a plain IDE motherboard. I was fortunate enough to have ordered the SCSI controller with the (FREE!) secondary 73Gb SCSI drive.

I think that not only their customers were utterly confused but their own staff too. Or they would have never shipped such an expensive drive for free.

/Bart