Help with Enterprise Server

Judahnator · April 3, 2013

I recently went to the surplus sale at a local college, and i got a "Enterprise 6500" server chassis I found that it still had the server in it (Sunsoft Solaris 2.5.1 i think), and i thought i could at least use it to run my website.

My problem is i can't figure out how to interface with it. I can see the keyboard/mouse port, but i cant see a video out port. So i don't think i can interface with it that way.

I also cannot see any RJ45 ports, so i'm not sure i can telnet to it.

Has anyone worked with this kind of stuff? I don't want to throw it out just because i can't figure out how to use it.

Thanks

Crion · April 3, 2013

Can you upload a picture? We need to see it if we're to be of any help.

azeotrope · April 4, 2013

If you don't see an ethernet port then it's most likely using fibre channel. It probably also uses a serial port for terminal conection. This isn't the kind of hardware that most people have laying around, so if you want access to it, my guess is that you'll most likely need to get at least a fibre channel router or a fibre host adapter.

Judahnator · April 7, 2013

Needing to use a fibre channel would make sense there are a ton of GBIC connections. Connecting via fibre wouldn't be a problem, i have a "Cisco 3500XL" switch, and that has GBIC ports.

I also found two Ethernet ports, i cannot believe i missed that. So maybe telnet interface?

I found several manuals online, but i think they are assuming the reader knows a little more about enterprise servers then i do.