[ubuntu-za] how to install Linux on an IBM xserver 335 server without graphics card?

[Michael]

Hi

  I have the same X335 - beautiful little beast so if yo want to part
with yours .. :)

Kidding (kind of)

  You get a compound cable plugs into the "uplink" port that has all
the necessaries on the end (ps2 KBD, MSE & VGA).  I paid about R200
for mine.

  The uplink is basicaly a daisy chain port so you can share a single
KBD, MSE & Screen between multiple X335, almost like a built in KVM,
ingenious but it never really caught on unfortunately.

  Most places that stock IBM kit (Tarsus & Pinnacle come to mind) will
be able to source the cable for you

The numbers on my cable :
IBM P/N: 00N6954
IBM EC NO : H21255E
FRU No : 00N7004  (I think this is the one you need)
Made by Molex

 If you really struggle to source one, let me know - I may be able to
get hold of person in IBM (no promises) to find one.

R e g a r d s
M i c h a e l  L  G r i f f i n
michael at griffin.co.za
http://www.griffin.za.net
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Cell : +27 83 462 0462
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On 19 December 2010 12:58, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I recently got some IBM Xseries 335 servers 2nd hand, and noticed they
> don't have any graphics card. Some google searched indicate they only
> have an uplink port, which you could connect to another (other model)
> IBM server and use that as the head node. But, I don't have one
> available.
>
> It has 2x GB NIC's, and what looks like a management port, but I can't
> figure out how to use it. SSH & HTTP connections to it was futile. OR,
> it was assigned a dedicated IP, on a different subnet than ours but
> it's not written down anywhere so I don't know what IP to connect to.
>
> Does anyone know how to get Linux installed onto these devices? We
> have a PXE server in the office which I generally use for this setting
> up servers over the LAN, but they always have a VGA port.
>
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