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    Server Setup

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by NissanSupraGTR, Aug 31, 2006.

  1. NissanSupraGTR

    NissanSupraGTR Notebook Evangelist

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    A section of my dad's office closed down, and he was able to pick up a server. It's a flat box with 4 hds and has 240 gb of space (I know you can get 300 gb hds for a little over $50, but this is a lot of space for me). All it has is an ethernet port, and I have no idea how to set it up. I don't have any software for it. And before you start jumping to any conclusions, no, I didn't steal it.There's an ip address on the inside along with the server name, but I don't know how reliable that is. how do I start?
     
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  2. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Well first you need to find out what hardware you need. Second youll need to find out what os it has/or you plan to run. When you setup and install all the nessary h/w and s/w configure it like you would a new pc. Now if you have a server OS then go ahead and configure a domain if you so choose. The IP is not going to be yours (unless its a private one already assigned, which in that case you can keep it or assign another one). The name also can change or stay.

    Check out all this and see whats working and what is not; then worry about configurations. For all you know the server may have an OS you have never seen before.
     
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  3. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It would help if you would post what/who made it, Model, and software if know.

    You may have a NAS with 4 drives running RAID5. Since it only has a ethernet port with a IP posted.

    Flat boxes sounds line Dell 705N or SnapAppliance NAS's
     
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    You should just send me the server ;)
    Hehe. It sounds like it's a rackmount server. There's no VGA or console port at all on the machine? Only ethernet and power? Of course there aren't any optical drives, so you might consider checking into booting from a network server (PXE boot or whatnot)
     
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