Supermicro drive trays

[Whattteva]

Greetings!

I'm on the cusp of getting my hands on a used 4U Supermicro X11DPG-OT, but it comes with no drive trays at all.
I looked up X11DPG-OT but it just seems to be a motherboard and not the chassis. The listing doesn't mention anything about the chassis information other than it being a 4U.

My question is, can I just buy any 3.5" Supermicro drive caddies on eBay and put it in the chassis or do I have to match the models/part numbers etc.?

Here's how it looks like from the front.

 

[nabsltd]

I have plenty of 4U SuperMicro chassis with 3.5" bays, and none of them have the horizontal "split" like in your picture. Your picture looks like this chassis, which has 2.5" drive bays, not 3.5" bays.

 

[Whattteva]

I have plenty of 4U SuperMicro chassis with 3.5" bays, and none of them have the horizontal "split" like in your picture. Your picture looks like this chassis, which has 2.5" drive bays, not 3.5" bays.

Aww that sucks... I guess it's good I ended up losing the auction lol. Thanks for spotting that. I'm not too familiar with Supermicro chassis.

 

[danb35]

More broadly speaking, my experience has been that Supermicro 3.5" caddies are mechanically compatible across the line, even if there may be cosmetic differences. I'd imagine the same is true of 2.5" caddies as well, but I haven't worked with those.

 

[Whattteva]

More broadly speaking, my experience has been that Supermicro 3.5" caddies are mechanically compatible across the line, even if there may be cosmetic differences. I'd imagine the same is true of 2.5" caddies as well, but I haven't worked with those.

Ah good to know. So it sounds like they're universal. Kinda' bummed that it's 2.5" as the price was really attractive, but I guess I'll make do with smaller drives.

 

[Whattteva]

Quick question to you all.

Say I want to use 3.5" drives. Is it possible to just pluck the X11DPG-OT motherboard out and stick it in an ATX/E-ATX chassis and use it?

 

[danb35]

I don't find a Supermicro motherboard that exactly matches X11DPG-OT--the closest I find is X11DPG-OT-CPU, which is a proprietary form factor. Supermicro sells it as part of four SuperServer systems:

4029GP-TRT | 4U | SuperServer | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.

The SYS-4029GP-TRT GPU system is optimized for AI, deep learning, and/or HPC applications with support of the latest GPU interconnect technologies including NVIDIA® NVLink™.

www.supermicro.com

4029GP-TRT2 | 4U | SuperServer | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.

The SYS-4029GP-TRT2 GPU system is optimized for AI, deep learning, and/or HPC applications with support of the latest GPU interconnect technologies including NVIDIA® NVLink™.

www.supermicro.com

4029GP-TRT3 | 4U | SuperServer | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.

The SYS-4029GP-TRT3 GPU system is optimized for AI, deep learning, and/or HPC applications with support of the latest GPU interconnect technologies including NVIDIA® NVLink™.

www.supermicro.com

6049GP-TRT | 4U | SuperServer | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.

The SYS-6049GP-TRT GPU system is optimized for AI, deep learning, and/or HPC applications with support of the latest GPU interconnect technologies including NVIDIA® NVLink™.

www.supermicro.com

Only the last one takes 3.5" drives. But you'd probably be better off finding a more-compatible motherboard.