Cheeky request - HP Server drive blanking plates

mrbios · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:17

Hi Everyone,

Anyone with HP servers do any of you have any drive blanking plates for HP Proliant servers in both small and normal size formats you'd be able to give away to a needy school? I need quite a few so every little helps!

Making all our VMware servers driveless and implementing vMotion this summer so i need to replace all the drive caddies with blanking plates

Thanks for any help

mrbios · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:49

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mrbios · 17 Jun 2011 at 14:54

beast_gts said:
Should have some from our SAN. I'll go have a look.

(Do you just want your servers to look pretty or has someone raised it as a H&S issue?)

Well as we're removing all the mechanical drives from them it's easier to tell which servers have drives in and which don't if the ones that don't have blanking plates ratherthan empty caddies.

For the most part though we'll be running vmware off an internal pen drive

Wouldn't want to mistake one for another and rip a drive out during operation though

mrbios · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:10

So long as they fit in the front of the proliant server they'd be perfect

Anyone who has any to give away email me to trust

mrbios · 18 Jun 2011 at 17:53

K.C. Leblanc said:
I think I might have some like that, but I'll have to have a look down in the catacombes.

EDIT: Email me on monday, or I'll forget.

I'm not in work next week but i'll try and remember to email you anyway, handy if you have some though as we can just drive over to pick them up