Pictures, as promised. The boxes these arrived in are huge and heavy. I put a disk on the box to show how large they are.
Box opened. Packaging is well done.
The only thing that was "damaged" (I wouldn't call it that, but I lack a better word) was the fake inserts for the blank hard drives. They don't sit perfectly straight. But who cares, they are blanks.
Light Path pop out diagnostics panel.
I'm mainly impressed with how easy this server is to assemble/disassemble. I had the whole thing torn apart in minutes and it was just smooth. This is the single latch to open the case.
Pop it up and slide the top off.
Internal shot.
This is fully loaded on Delta fans, which I'm glad to see.
I'm disappointed to see the RAM are 1gb sticks. This means to upgrade, I have to replace them all.
Back shot with the PCIe riser card removed. You can also clearly see the hooks for the heatsinks. Removing them is incredibly simply. Just pull the slider bar out and it is off. This has a total of
four PCIe 8x slots; two on the riser card and two on the motherboard directly.
The entire fan assembly removes with two tabs.
Board with the fans removed.
This is the back of the hotswap SAS bay, right where the fans normally sit.
This is directly in front of the processors, facing forward, where the fans sit.
Power supplies removed.
The only thing I need to do is inspect the other server and verify both are in working condition. I'm also going to be renaming my current servers, but I don't know what theme to go with.