1 Apr
2007
1 Apr
'07
8:35 a.m.
Missing cards?
They just might be empty, unused slots in the
backplane.
That sounds like you've got the basic compliment. As I recall from my
days
running a network of them, the base DN10K has four cards (Network,
video,
CPU and memory). Extra slots were available for an FPU, more memory
(and
maybe a disk controller?). The CPU should be easy to identify by the
presence of a MC68010 chip.
The DN10K's typically did not have their own disk drives; instead they
booted (and paged!) off of a "partner" server node having the disk.
The
network adapters (in a plastic box that screwed onto the back) were
spectacularly flaky on those machines.