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Asked: 2011-03-05 10:47:39 +0800 CST

Can Cisco MCS 7845 I2 K9 server be repurposed for Ubuntu Cloud?

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This may be a stupid question but you never know with proprietary equipment.

We trying to build an internal development Ubuntu Cloud and looking for cheap hardware to use. It looks like there are some cheap refurbished Cisco MCS 7845 I2 K9 servers on ebay. If we get them can they be repurposed and loaded with Ubuntu 10.4? According to the specs on the Cisco site, it's just a server, I don't see any proprietary hardware on it, but I might be wrong.

So did anyone have any experience with a situation like this?

Thank you

hardware ubuntu cisco cloud-computing hp-proliant

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    Those servers are just rebadged HP ProLiant DL-series systems (or in some cases, IBM). Please see:

    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/pcd/ucpcd.html#wp40540

    And match the Cisco model up with the relevant original manufacturer. Either way, these are all standard servers and Ubuntu or any modern OS shouldn't have driver issues.

    Edit: Looking at your link, these are ProLiant DL380 G5 systems. The full hardware specifications and options are available here: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12477_na/12477_na.html

    The full Ubuntu 10.4 support packages with drivers and monitoring agents for HP are here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3288134&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1121516&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4092

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