Detailed Cray information
This is additional information for the Cray listed on eBay. These pictures are of the actual system. I am for full disclosure on every aspect of the system and I will provide as much information as I can about any imperfections.

There are unfortunately some places where the gray paint was scraped during transit. These are almost all on the sides. For the systems that we are keeping, I'm planning to try to find a place that can color match the paint so I can get some touch up paint for ours. If and when I find the solution I will gladly help the buyer locate the paint. Some of the plugs for the screws that hold the sides on may be missing.

There are two racks. The CPU rack and the IO rack. The CPU rack is 6' deep whereas the IO rack is only 4' deep. The IO rack isn't a big deal as far as weight. It is heavy, but not like the CPU rack. The CPU rack is H E A V Y. Let me repeat, H E A V Y. The spec sheets say something like 1600 pounds. I didn't believe it, until we moved it. IT WEIGHS ALOT. Although two cabinets should be transportable using a Ryder, Penske or Uhaul. A lift gate would be a must. We do not have crates. We tried to prevent damage but they were so heavy at some point some of the 500 pound capacity ties broke.

Read through all of this if you considering buying the system or interested in the system. The pictures are 100% OF THE SYSTEM FORSALE. Don't fear them going away, we will be documenting the J932se system in heavier detail later.

As stated on the eBay page, there are no drives. It uses standard SCSI disks, and I can provide you with the model #. All mounting frames are included, just not the disks.

The Sparcstation 5 is included, and like the system it does not have the disks. Think atomic energy and US Govt.

Cray gave me a price of $8500 for the base OS, and something around $11,500 for the actual compilers. I do not have it. At this point I don't know where to get it. I'm going to try to continue to bug Cray to give it up under a geek license, since technically these systems do not have the type of lead they once did against other systems. These systems are a part of history, they are interesting, and they need to be kept in working condition.

Back of system, cabinets together

Back of system (IO cabinet on right, CPU left)

Back bottom, power cords
There are no power connectors but enough cable to easily terminate with twistlock 220volt, single phase connectors.

Back I/O connections on the IO rack
FDDI, Ethernet, and LOTS of HIPPI. This system has 8 HIPPI cards.

A dent in the cable management bar
I have not attempted to correct the bend, it should be an EASY fix.

Side of CPU / Back of IO
A bit of road rash is visible.

Bottom side of CPU / Back of IO
A bit of road rash is visible.

Top of right side of CPU
Again, road rash

Front lower portion of grill
The only damage to the front is where the metal mesh is pushed in here. On my systems I'm working to correct imperfections by gently working over areas with a rounded wooden dowell and a rubber mallet (after taking off the door). It should be fairly easy to fix this. I'm not going to touch it unless buyer would like me to try to correct it.

Front bottom right side

Console/Management Sparcstation 5
Type 5 keyboard, balled mouse, 17" monitor and workstation. Workstation has a 2nd ethernet port that hooks to the Cray for management. The metal plates under the keyboard cover the disk trays.

Front inside of CPU rack. 4 quad CPU cards, 4 memory cards.
Those are HIPPI cables coming from the IO rack.

Front inside of CPU rack, wider view

Front inside of IO rack.
Top to bottom: 2 disk racks, the VME IO rack, then 4 more disk racks. Each disk rack holds 4 5.25" form factor SCSI disks. All mounting frames and handles are included, but the disks were removed. They all side out on ball bearing slides.

Inside of a disk rack

Close up of disk mount. Thumbscrews for removal.

Action shot of the VME chassis

Inside VME chassis

Inside VME, closeup left

Inside VME, middle

VME Closeup, Right side

Nice VME chassis overview
It connects to the CPU chassis using 4 gigachannel cables.

VME rack, from up high

VME action shot, cover off

Back of IO, door open, VME out
Check out the cable management! Eat your heart out Compaq/Dell!

Far out IO rack back shot

Far out CPU rack back shot
Four gigachannel cables are visible laying in front of CPU/MEM cards. You can see the 8 backside HIPPI cables laying on top of the CPU rack inside.

Card closeup. Those are HIPPI ports.
A cabinet to cabinet bracket mountpoint
They have some damage, but are easy to flatten to fit in the cabinet to cabinet mount brackets. Others in the same condition hooked together fine. Brackets included.

Divorce?
Two cabinets being split apart. You can see the mounting brackets that hook the cabinets together.

Drive handles
These screw to the drives to make it easier to lift out the disk sleds.

HIPPI cables
With your system you will get some HIPPI cables too. Just in case you have a switch and some other HPC systems that are HIPPI equipped.



Thanks for taking the time to check out all the pictures. Do remember the terms and conditions on shipping and payment if you plan to bid.

Don't hesitate to email me at "telmnstr" @ "757.org" with any questions that are unanswered.