[Beowulf] help with cables

[Jonathan Engwall]

"If you feel like painting it, sure do whatever you want down here." the
Landlord said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD52i8V4Us4

On Nov 25, 2017 12:12 PM, "Lux, Jim (337K)" <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov>
wrote:

> a long bamboo skewer also works, and conveniently it’s an insulator, and
> available in packs of 50.
>
> {These too, can be used to encourage good behavior on the part of your
> user base, much like the dental probe, but without the need to drill a hole
> first. And they’re biodegradable!, and you can carry them through the TSA
> checkpoint}
>
>
> James Lux, P.E.
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> From: Beowulf <beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org> on behalf of "
> beowulf at beowulf.org" <beowulf at beowulf.org>
> Reply-To: John Hearns <hearnsj at googlemail.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 3:25 AM
> To: "beowulf at beowulf.org" <beowulf at beowulf.org>
> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] help with cables
>
> My experience - go to your local pharmacy and purchase a dental probe. You
> use it to threaten the switches as in Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man.
>
> Seriously, the dental probe is used for releasing the latches on those
> cables in tight spaces.
>
> On 23 November 2017 at 00:24, Jonathan Engwall <
> engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have ordered two flextronic 8 port switches and five topspin dual port
>> HCA's. Most of these decisions were a combination of cost limitations (it
>> sits on my coffee table) and careful scrutiny of photos on eBay.
>> Right now I have a great price on an HP SmartArray with controllers.
>> My first concern is that it will require a 1U machine to manage RAID and
>> my next concern is that the controllers will need adapters for the 4x SDR
>> cables which I believe will connect to the TopSpins and Flextronics.
>> Anyone with hands on experience with this '08 gear, please help me out.
>> Jonathan Engwall
>>
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