asterisk users - May 2008 - 3U server chassis & Digium TE405P?

Gentlemen,

First let me say it's great to be back on the Asterisk mailing lists. 
Those of you who have been around for a while will remember me as 
Rushowr. I look forward to answering questions and whatnot in the 
future, but for the moment I have a minor question that I cannot find a 
definitive answer for online.

I am in possession of a Digium TE405P card which I _know_ will fit in a 
4U chassis, but we are building a new server and cannot get a 4U from 
the supplier that my current client wants to use. However, we can get a 
3U chassis. My question is, will this card fit? Does anyone out there 
have a 405 out there that they have installed in a 3U?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered,
Sherwood McGowan
VoIP / Telecom Solutions Consultant

I'm not sure if a full-height card would fit (vertically) in a 3U chassis...
but I would probably also assume that if it would not, that the chassis/mobo
would have a PCI/PCI-Express riser card that would mount the cards horizontally.

Might want to check that out with the manufacturer of the chassis.

--
Matt

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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:29 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] 3U server chassis & Digium TE405P?

Gentlemen,

First let me say it's great to be back on the Asterisk mailing lists.
Those of you who have been around for a while will remember me as
Rushowr. I look forward to answering questions and whatnot in the
future, but for the moment I have a minor question that I cannot find a
definitive answer for online.

I am in possession of a Digium TE405P card which I _know_ will fit in a
4U chassis, but we are building a new server and cannot get a 4U from
the supplier that my current client wants to use. However, we can get a
3U chassis. My question is, will this card fit? Does anyone out there
have a 405 out there that they have installed in a 3U?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered,
Sherwood McGowan
VoIP / Telecom Solutions Consultant

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A quality 3U chassis will mount the cards parallel to the mainboard
with the use of a riser card, just as a 1U chassis does.

If you are intent on sourcing the components yourself may I suggest a
Tyan or Supermicro "barebones" server? I think that is the best
solution for integration in these sort of specialized systems. I know
they've saved me many headaches.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Sherwood McGowan
<sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
>  First let me say it's great to be back on the Asterisk mailing lists.
>  Those of you who have been around for a while will remember me as
>  Rushowr. I look forward to answering questions and whatnot in the
>  future, but for the moment I have a minor question that I cannot find a
>  definitive answer for online.
>
>  I am in possession of a Digium TE405P card which I _know_ will fit in a
>  4U chassis, but we are building a new server and cannot get a 4U from
>  the supplier that my current client wants to use. However, we can get a
>  3U chassis. My question is, will this card fit? Does anyone out there
>  have a 405 out there that they have installed in a 3U?
>
>  Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered,
>  Sherwood McGowan
>  VoIP / Telecom Solutions Consultant
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
>
>  asterisk-users mailing list
>  To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>