Server Quality Control
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Server Quality Control Checklist
- Check the motherboard for blown caps,
- Confirm that the battery (CMOS) is at least 3 volts,
- Confirm that it boots without keyboard,
- Confirm that the server can boot from the local disk(s),
- Remove SATA (but not IDE or SCSI) drives,
- Check that it boots from CD,
- Check that it automatically boots after power loss,
- Test any USB ports (front and back),
- Test the video ports (front and back),
- Run printme:
- Boot from network,
- Select fat client (printme),
- Log in as guest,
- Open a terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T),
- Run printme,
- Record whether it's Tower or Rackmount and its size (1U, 2U, 3U, etc.), the RAM size and speed, and anything else noteworthy.
- Ensure server specs label contains accurate information:
- Put System ID on server specs sticker,
- Processor speed (GHz) and type (Xeon, Opteron),
- Number of physical processors and number of cores per processor,
- Number and type (DDR, DDR2) of ram slots,
- Number, size (MB or GB), and type (i.e. PC2100 ECC Registered) of individual ram sticks,
- Total ram included (i.e. 6GB),
- Number of hard drive bays,
- types of hard drive ports (IDE, SATA, SCSI).