Installation - Hardware Preparation

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Introduction

So far, we have the configurations for major equipment. Before we can power on our server, exterior components like power cables or server rack need to be considered as well.

This section contains four parts: A list of server parts, a list of storage devices, a list of network devices, and miscellaneous.

List of Server Parts

Type Model Spec Number
Server DELL R740 8 * 2.5 Drive Bay 3
Server DELL R630 6 * 2.5 Drive Bay 3
Server HP DL380G9 8 * 2.5 Drive Bay 3
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8269CY 26C52T @ 2.5G - 3.8G 6
CPU Intel Xeon E5-2650V4 12C24T @ 2.2G - 2.9G 12
CPU Intel Xeon E5-2640V4 10C20T @ 2.4G - 3.4G 2
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8269CY 2.5 - 3.8G 6
Server Front Panel DELL R630 3
Server Front Panel DELL R740 3
Memory Samsung DDR4 RECC 16G @2133Mhz 14
Memory Samsung DDR4 RECC 32G @2133Mhz 30
box of ddr4 memory

List of Storage Devices

Type Model Purpose Capacity Number
SSD Micron 5200 ECO Mixed Read/Write 480G 27
SSD Intel S3610 Mixed Read/Write 800G 19
HDD WD HC320 Storage 8TB 50
Tape Fujifilm LTO6 Cold Data Storage 2.25TB(After Compression) 50
Tape HP Cleaning Tape Tape Driver Cleaning N/A 2
Tape Driver C0H28A Tape Read/Write N/A 1
Tape Library HP MSL2024 Tape Library N/A 1
HBA Card LPE12002 Tape Driver Connection N/A 1
10 boxes of fujifile lto6 tapes

List of Network Devices

Type Model Spec Length Number Usage Notes
Tranceiver Finisar QSFP-40G-SR4 N/A 26 End Point N/A
Tranceiver Finisar SFP 1G N/A 1 Tape Library Connection N/A
Fiber LC-LC N/A 3M 1 Tape Library Connection N/A
Fiber MPO OM4 12 Core Male-Male 3M 17 Server Connection N/A
Fiber MPO OM4 12 Core Female-Male 3M 7 Fiber Extension N/A
Fiber MPO OM4 MPO - 4LC-LC 1M 2 Fiber Splitter N/A
Fiber Coupler MPO N/A N/A 10 Fiber Extension N/A
Network Cable RJ45 CAT5e Yellow 3M 13 IPMI Connection N/A
Network Cable RJ45 CAT6a Gray 500M 2 General Network Connection N/A
Network Cable RJ45 Head CAT6a N/A 100 General Network Connection N/A
Network Coupler RJ45 CAT5e N/A 10 Network Cable Extension N/A
Switch Arista 7050QX-32 N/A 1 Core Switch N/A
Switch H3C S25000 N/A 1 Switch N/A
Gateway x86 OpenWRT N/A 1 Internet & Firewall N/A
NIC Mellanox MCX354A N/A 11 Server Connection N/A
NIC LPE12002 8G HBA N/A 1 Tape Library Connection N/A
finisar transceivers

Miscellaneous

Type Model Spec Number Usage Notes
Rack 32U 100(W) * 1200(L) 1 Server Hosting N/A
Rack 22U 100(W) * 1200(L) 1 Server Hosting N/A
PDU 8 Ports 16A 2 Electricity N/A
Thermal Paste Shin-Etsu 7868 10G 4 CPU Cooling N/A
Screw HDD Screw Pack of 1000 1 HDD Mounting N/A
Screw SSD Screw Pack of 1000 1 SSD Mounting N/A
Disk Converter 3.5 - 2.5 N/A 5 SSD Mounting N/A
KVM KVM 8 Ports 1 Server Management N/A
Cable Management Cable Tie Pack of 1000 1 Cable management N/A
Cable Power Cable 10A 15 Electricity N/A
miscellaneous

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