C6005 Node Runs!

The C6005 node, runs outside of its chassis! A few pictures of what I’ve done.

Power supply connector with black, red and yellow wires on a cutting mat — I couldn’t find my pin extractor, so I used two staples. It took me a long time, but I only had to solder one wire.

Face of the 24-pin power connector showing its pin layout — Down the middle are the two “No Connection” pins, and the one in the outer corner is the brown line that I haven’t analyzed yet. The system runs fine without it for now.

Dell C6005 server node board with copper heatsinks on the workbench — All connected up

Server node on the bench booting, with the BIOS screen on a monitor — We have post!

Server node running on the bench with Ubuntu on the monitor — Ubuntu LiveCD with ServeTheHome.com up to test connectivity 🙂

This first node is going in a custom Backblaze-inspired chassis build. I ordered a bunch of parts from FrozenCPU for it and have laid out what I can in the chassis. Once I plan out how the hard drive cradles will work it’ll be time for playing with metal. So far though everything is fitting together even better than I could have hoped!

This will be the first part of my 1980’s inspired rack build. Hopefully it goes well since the others are counting on it.

C6005 Node Runs!

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