[Info-vax] Free BL860c i2 to a good home

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 2/27/2022 12:26 AM, gah4 wrote:
> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 6:18:18 AM UTC-8, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 2/26/2022 8:45 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry for the dumb question but I have no experience with HPE blades;
>>> does one have to already have a blade enclosure (c7000 or whatever) in
>>> order to run one of these things?
> 
>> Yeah, you'll need either a C7000 or a C3000 enclosure with relevant
>> other hardware (Onboard Administrator, power supplies, Virtual Connect
>> modules for ethernet and fibre channel).
> 
> It seems that you can get a C7000, I believe with power supplies, on eBay for $216.
> 
> Separate power supplies $20 or $25.
> 
> That is for a 2400W or so power supply,
> 
> I couldn't find an actual price on the HPE site, but could ask for a quote.

I picked up a C3000 near me in Dallas a couple years ago for around $600.  6 P/S, the Onboard Administrator and some I/O included.  The C3000 was more expensive than some C7000 on Ebay but I could only allow 6U in my 27U rack so the C7000's wouldn't fit.

I was poking around the HPE site yesterday and seem to remember the C3000 there being around $3500 for a bare chassis.  The C7000 wasn't listed.  IIRC these both are either close to EOL or are EOL with HPE moving on to something else in the blade area.

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John H. Reinhardt