Intel server has a pull out information card in the back.
On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Jeremy Poff <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On 2/08/2011, at 3:46 AM, Tubbiola Tom wrote:
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>> The 1st generation Intel Xserve also had a Firewire port on the front.
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>> Tom Tubbiola
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>> On 8/1/11 8:38 AM, "John Buell" <email@hidden>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> On 1 aug 2011, at 17:17, Kent Sorensen wrote:
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>>>> I'll be attending an auction for a printing house that has closed. They
>>> have a number of Xserves mounted in racks. There won't be a chance to
>>> investigate them in detail or log into them. Details are scarce.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way you can tell a G5 Xserve apart from the Intel ones, just
>>> by looking at the front ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Kent
>>> In my believe all xserve with a Fireport on the front is a G5. If it is an
>>> USB port it is an intel.
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>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Ronald
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>>> Taking a quick look at images posted on ebay, that seems to be right.
>>> PowerPC-based XServes, including the Cluster Nodes, have Firewire ports in
>>> front, and the Intel-based models have a USB port in front.
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> The "Late 2006" Intel Xserve has a Firewire port on the front.
> I would suggest sliding the serial plastic tab out at the back and doing a quick lookup on the
> selfsolve.apple.com/ webpage, where you can enter the serial and obtain the model name of the computer.
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> Another suggestion would be using MacTracker to see if they point out any cosmetic differences.
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> Or, looking at the serial, the 3rd character is the last digit of the year manufactured, and the 4th & 5th are the week of manufacture. The first two are factory. The last three tend to differentiate any model changes, but I have never seen a chart translating this, and there is no apparent logical sequence to the characters, which can be letters or numbers. However, if you have a model(s) you would be happy to duplicate, then note down the last three characters of the serial and see if the auctioned devices are a match.
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> Hope this helps,
> Jeremy
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