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Server Accessories questions
Which Server Accessories brands does Memory Clearance carry?
The most listed brands in Server Accessories are HP, Dell, IBM, Sun, EMC and Fujitsu. Every listing names its manufacturer and part number, so you can search by either.
Are these Server Accessories products new or refurbished?
Both. Of the 12,225 listings, 6,599 state a condition: 6,383 are refurbished and 216 are new. The other 5,626 do not record one, so ask for it when you request a quote. The condition shown on a listing is the condition you receive.
How do I get a price on a Server Accessories part?
2,954 Server Accessories listings show a price you can order at. Items marked "Call for Price" have a Request for Quote button; send the part number and quantity and the sales team replies weekdays between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm PST.
How to choose server accessories
Server Accessories is the catch-all for the parts a server chassis needs to run but rarely ships with: backplane boards, riser cards, daughter cards, remote access controllers, drive cages, disk enclosures, rack-mountable chassis, and kits such as cable management arms and shock racks. The category holds 12,225 listings across 79 brands, with HP behind 4,762 of them and Dell behind 3,705. There is no single spec that spans all of it, so the buying decision is really an identification problem: find the exact part for your exact chassis, not the closest match on paper. Three narrower groups sit inside this category: Backplane Boards, Riser Cards, and Daughter Cards.
Read the chassis generation off the part before you order. A riser card such as the Dell 330-BBCL is listed as an "Internal Dual SD Module Riser Card for PowerEdge R730", and a backplane board such as the HP 879447-001 is listed as a "Power Backplane Board for ProLiant ML350 Gen10 Server": the listing title is naming the exact chassis the part came out of. These boards are cut and keyed for one chassis generation, and a part built for one generation does not carry over to the next just because the family name matches. Confirm fit against your system's documentation or an installed part number, not against the family name alone.
When the listing name is short, order by part number. The Dell 0K869T Enterprise Remote Access Controller for the PowerEdge R410 is one example: the listing title carries the part number and the function together, so search on either one. Reading an OEM part number correctly is the reliable way to confirm you have the right board when a title does not spell out every detail.
Where a listing carries a Compatibility field, it names the exact system, and that is a clearer fitment signal than the family name in the title. Nine listings pair PowerEdge R740 with R740XD, seven name PowerEdge R520, and six each name PowerEdge R630 and PowerEdge R910. Older storage platforms sit in this category too: kits like an MSA1000 or EVA5000 starter kit are accessories to systems well past their original release window; see keeping EOL and EOSL systems running if that is your situation.
Condition is mixed on this category: 216 listings are new and 6,383 are refurbished (what each grade means), and 3,276 of the 12,225 listings carry an online price. The rest carry a Request for Quote button. Before you order, list everything missing from the server, not just the one part you noticed, so you are not requesting a second quote mid-install.
Server accessories buying questions
What counts as a server accessory?
Backplane boards, riser cards, daughter cards, remote access controllers, drive cages, disk enclosures, rack-mountable chassis, and kits such as cable management arms, expansion cabinets and shock racks all fall in this category. It is the group of parts a server needs to be usable that a bare or used chassis does not include.
How do I know a riser card or backplane will fit my server?
Match the chassis generation named on the listing against your system, then confirm with the exact OEM part number, either from your documentation or from a part already installed. A family name alone, such as ProLiant or PowerEdge, is not specific enough; the generation and part number are.
Is a refurbished backplane or riser card safe to buy?
A listing states its condition where the catalogue has it on record; where it does not, the catalogue does not record one. This category holds both new and refurbished accessories: 216 new, 6,383 refurbished. Check the stated condition and the part number before ordering; see condition grades for what each term means here.
Why does this listing not show a price?
Not every accessory in this category carries an online price; less common or higher-value parts are quoted on request. Use the Request for Quote button on the listing, or send the part number through the quote form. Quotes are answered weekdays 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PST on (800) 733-1169.