Posts Tagged ‘Home Server’

Home server rack update added cheap gigabit ethernet a Samsung LED TV UN46D6300 and pfsense router

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Just a short update on the new parts added to my Home Server Rack and Home Theater system.

Added 2 Very Cheap gigabit Ethernet switches

Trendnet TEG-S80G- Data Rate:Ethernet: 10Mbps/20Mbps (half/full-duplex),Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps/200Mbps (half/full-duplex), Gigabit Ethernet: 2000Mbps (full-duplex), Switch Fabric: 16Gbps forwarding capacity, Ports 8 x RJ45

gigabit ethernet switch Trendnet TEG-S80G 8 port switch

 

 

1 Tenda G1008D – 8 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ45 ports, Consumption 6W, Output Voltage Range 9V 1200mA (This is connected on the inside of the house next to the Samsung TV)

 

Cisco 3700 router    I stopped using the Cisco 3700 series router and now use a IBM x300 server with pfsense installed. pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. The network seems to work fine and very good speed improvements with the switch from 10/100 to Gigabit Ethernet. So far the only thing installed with pfsense is the country and ip blocker packages blocking China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Level 1 blocking.

IBM X300 specs:

Processor – Pentium III 1 GHz
Processors Qty. – 1
Installed Memory – 768MB (SDRAM)

 

This is a Pic of my KVM setup. I have 4 computer monitors one plugged into a 8 port Tripp Lite KVM, one plugged into just the wifi box, one into the sound recording server and one plugged into the home media server as a duel monitor.

 

kvm in home server

7 – IBM x300 servers

1 Running a Quake 3 server

1 Running a Spare PFsense router

1 Running Ubuntu 11

1 Running sound recording software with a soundcard hooked up to a behringer usb mixing desk

1 Running Windows Xp (just a spare pc)

1 Used as a wifi tester running backtrack 5

 

Here are some picks of the back of the server rack.

Cisco router 3700 back portsIBM netvista in server rack

The Media Center PC  or Server is a AMD 3500+ (2 gig ram, 2 – 1.5 tb drives and 1 – 70 gig os drive). Software installed (Tivo server software, Samsung AllShare server and iTunes for downloading HD video podcasts and print server).

amd media server in server rack

The home server rack is hooked up via a cat5e 150 feet run to the gigabit 8 port ethernet switch inside the house. From the switch to 1 hp computer, 1 IBM netvista running as a boxee box for my kids movies in a different room and cat5 into the Samsung un46d6300 led tv.

Samsung un46d6300 led tv    samsung allshare from media server

 

 

 

Changing Bad Capacitors on IBM X300 server motherboard

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Over a year ago I was given a lot of IBM x300  8672-8AX servers, 13 in all. They all had the same problem, bad capacitors on the motherboards. I went online and bought all the MS-6388 motherboards I could find and fixed 6 of the servers replacing the motherboards and now have them all running in my home server rack. Now a year later and there are no MS-6388 motherboards to be found online for sale so I bought new 4700uf capacitors to see if I could get the board to fire up. The MS-6388 motherboard has 6 – 4700uF 6.3v capacitors next to the CPU, as you can see in the pic the capacitors are bubbling, bulging  or popping up.

imb x300 server motherboard bad Capacitors

Pictures of the 4700uF 6.3v capacitors after I took them out of the MS-6388 motherboard.

The new 4700uF capacitors are 10v.

new 4700uF 10v Capacitors

The solder points on the MS-6388 under the motherboard and the new 4700uF 10v capacitors in place.

imb x300 server motherboard new 4700uF Capacitors

After all the new 4700uF 10v capacitors were installed I put the motherboard in put everything back and it all worked fine.

Here is where i bought some of my caps at Buy New Capacitors here

I also bought my capacitors at Badcaps.net they are great and fast shipping.

Changing IBM x300 server motherboard

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

I have a few IBM x300 servers with bad motherboards so here is a short post.

As you can see the capacitors are bad.

New IBM x300 motherboard ms-6388

New IBM x300 motherboard with everything plugged in and ram installed.

Now installing the OS from a Backup

Quake 3 Server with Excessive Mod on an old IBM X300 server Win XP

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

15% CPU usage and 1% Network Usage on the IBM X300
IBM eServer xSeries 300 8672 rack server

MPN 8672
Key Features
Form Factor -Rack-Mountable

Processor – Pentium III 1 GHz
Processors Qty. – 1
Installed Memory – 512 MB (SDRAM)
Platform – PC
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type -Pentium III
Processor Speed – 1 GHz
Installed Qty – 1
Max Supported Qty 1
Processor Upgradability – Upgradable

Memory
Installed RAM – 512 MB
RAM Technology – SDRAM
Maximum RAM – 1.5 GB
Hard Drive – 40 GB SCSI 10,000 RPM
2nd Storage Controller IDE / EIDE
Networking – Yes
Networking Type – 2 10/100 ports
Network Adapter
Data Link Protocol – Ethernet • Fast Ethernet
Motherboard – MS-6388
Installed L2 Cache Memory – 256 KB
Video Output Interface – PCI
CD / DVD
CD / DVD Type CD-ROM
Read Speed – 24x (CD)
Floppy Type 3.5″ 1.44 MB floppy
Audio – on-board
Max. Video Resolution 1600 x 1200
Installed Video Memory 8 MB
Dimensions
Width 17.34 in.
Depth 25.73 in.
Height 1.73 in.
Weight 28 lb.

Home Server Rack New Cat5 and KVM cables, took out LCD

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Sun Micro 42RU Server Rack

Cisco 3745 Router

Form Factor 19” and 23” Rack
Mount (2 and 4 RU)
DRAM (default) 256 MB
DRAM (maximum) Up to 512 MB (3745)
Flash (default) 32 MB
Flash (maximum) 128 MB
Onboard DSP Slot 0 Up to 4
Onboard AIM Slot 2 2
Support for High Speed WICs (HWICs)
or Enhanced Network Modules No
LAN Ports 2 10/100
Integrated Hardware-based Encryption Optional
Integrated Inline Power/PoE Support Yes (No PoE)
USB Ports (v1.1) No
Console Port (Up to 115.2 Kbps) 1
Auxiliary Port (Up to 115.2 Kbps) 1

HP  LCD L1706

HP dc5100 PC

Opti-UPS Enhanced Series 1500c

1 Linksys WRT54GS for wifi

IBM Netvista pc

SMC EtherEZ Hub 16 port model 3616TC (not used)

Cisco Systems Catalyst 2950 series 24 port switch.

Cisco Systems IAD2400  (not used)

6 – IBM eServer xSeries 300 8672 rack servers.

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