We have been using a cobalt qube 3 as our email server for a number of years with few problems. The default software comes on a cd and when placed in a 2nd computer it boots up linux and sets up a dhcpboot server on the 2nd pc. So, my most recent hardware project has been obtaining and hacking a cobalt qube 2. Not sure if the comment sometimes even if you use the right version. I got interested in this little network appliance when i read this project that someone else did so, i bought myself one on ebay for usd200. This software package is required in order for your server appliance to function. How i installed debian on a cobalt qube 3 st john karp. Acdc power adapter for sun cobalt qube 3 mini web server power paylessac adapters manufactured with the highest quality materials and include safeguard features against incorrect voltage, short circuit, internal overheating. The sun cobalt qube 3 server appliance can also manage remote branch offices by integrating with the sun cobalt control station. This processor is a mips iv architecture with minor extensions.
Setting up suse linux enterprise serveropensuse server. The cobalt qube 3 also includes majordomo, a package for managing internet mailing lists. I performed the install process on the original 40gb drives and it worked fine. This is the third qube i have received free but it could not be more different from the other two. Please let us know if you are the owner of a cobalt machine, or the member of another cobalt users group qube 2700wg. The cobalt qube 3 is an entirely different beast from the first two models in this line. Remote users get a ray of sun with cobalt qube 3 it. And you may employ a cobalt qube 3 instead of a windows server on many simple lans. Sun open sources cobalt quberaq software ars technica. Qube 3 front the cobalt qube was a computer server appliance product line developed by cobalt networks, inc. Cobalt qube 3 restore cd the cobalt qube was a computer server appliance product line developed by cobalt networks, inc. Qube 2 and raq 2 use the rm5231 cpu which doubles the cache size over the rm5230 running at upto 250mhz. Sun offers cobalt qube 3 as allinone soho server macworld. Then you boot the qube, tell it to network boot, and its very straightforward from there.
Administrators can view the status of each appliance and direct software updates to any qube 3 server from the control station. Sun stopt met cobaltproducten it pro nieuws tweakers. Not long after the cobalt acquisition, sun terminated the cobalt product, announcing the cobalt. Netbsd cobalt restore cd howto this document attempts to explain how to create and use a netbsd restore cdusb for cobalt qube raq devices.
The qube was aweful for running gentoo linux on, in the days you started at stage 1 bootstrap because that mips cpu didnt have any l2 cache making it crawl at anything. Track users it needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Raqport cobalt qube 3 450mhz 256 mb 2x 40gb in raid1. To help you get connected, cobalt networks, a division of sun microsystems, offers the qube 3, an allinone server that lets you easily establish a live internet presence with loads of bells and. Performing disaster recovery of a sun cobalt qube 3 appliance with knox arkeia to perform a restore with the knox arkeia software, you must have backed up the appliance to an arkeia server. A purple cube, eight inches on each side, called the qube 3 from cobalt purchased by sun won the comparison. Userland on my qube was debian wheezy with a custom compiled 3. The qube 2 and raq 2 were my firewallrouter for a while. Sun bought cobalt to kill the qube and raq server appliances yes, you know its true. Strongbolt provides a linux distro with a new ui called bluequartz. Ive picked up a qube 3 off ebay on an impulse buy and am now wondering what exactly to do with it the strongbolt os on it seems to be. Cobalt defines the qube as a server appliance and the heart of an intranet or internet network. When they attempt to sync to the cobalt there is eventually a failure which prompts for a user name and password and the accout is not usable.
Cobalt qube 3 restore cdthe cobalt qube was a computer server appliance. Netbsd and a cobalt qube 2 introduction ever since i saw one of these devices about 10 years ago i had always wanted to own one, but were always out of the price point id pay for a 14 year old network appliance. This story, sun offers cobalt qube 3 as allinone soho server was originally published by pcworld. Help me set up sun open sources cobalt quberaq software. Cobalt qube 3 protocol 47 pptpvpn oracle community. I used the stylus from my oldskool palm iii, which i still use. The cobalt qube was a computer server appliance product line developed by cobalt networks. I previously wrote about my laborious experiences compiling a 2. Boot the qube while holding down the reset password button with a paperclip. It boots a minimal linux kernel from its own internal rom, which it. Ive picked up a qube 3 off ebay on an impulse buy and am now wondering what exactly to do with it.
The cobalt qube 2700 microserver could very well fill the need for a solid, easytomanage, easytouse web server that could be colocated in our data center or placed at a customer location and tied directly to either the internet or the lan. Since the box is a cube, it is not suitable for most data centers. You shouldnt bother with one now, except as art, as the software is. In the past year or so some users have statred using blackberry devices while in the field. The qube 3 is a squareish computer designed as an easily. Sun cobalt qube 3 by coolhunt 11 years ago we have a qube 3 on our network which acts as our gateway and mail server and i hear it has been in use for about 10 years. Everybody has outlook 2003 installed on there machines and recently we have been repeatedly gettingg problems with people getting the message sysperm unable to process from lines envelopes, change recognition modes or check for. What is a cobalt quberaq and what is a restore cdusb. It was originally written by alex pelts and posted to the port cobalt mailinglist, then updated by izumi tsutsui for the newer 5. The case we chose belongs to a qube 3, released in 2002, used an amd k62 cpu at either 300 mhz or 450 mhz and was the last product in the qube line. This document covers only mips based server appliances. The cobalt qube was a computer server appliance made in between 1998 to 2002 by cobalt networks.
This procedure replaces the cobalt distro by booting redhat off an nfs. Those steps took me as far as debian wheezy, but official support has now ended for that release and the latest debian wont run on an i586 processor. Cobalt qube and cobalt raq were equipped with rm5230 processors running at 150mhz. The raq 550 was the final appliance from the cobalt division. Cobalt rom cobaltromdevel qube 3 memory limitations. But i cant figure out why it doesnt work with index.
The sun cobalt os is the base software for the sun cobalt qube 3 appliance. Others have indicated that cobalt qube 2 friendly memory can be found at these places, too. Software is available as a free downloadable upgrade to existing cobalt qube users. The sun cobalt qube 3 server appliance is designed to be a complete inte rnet and intranet server in a box. To keep within the spirit of the cobalt stack with its nonthreatening gui based management, it rent webmin on top of debian 7. Get yourself a serialtousb null modem cable and plug it into the serial port at the back of the qube. Updated the qube 3 to lenny without any problems or the need to upgrade the kernel. It should also be said that it was a distribution that we were quite happy with but we moved to distribute cobalt qube 3 server appliances with a rhbased linux distribution and interbase preinstalled and after that i have used mostly ubuntu debian based. The key difference between a standard server and the qube is what the qube doesnt have.
This is the first world wide users group page by people who loves cobalt microserver. However, the cobalt cube isnt your fathers network server. Users can share files, a single local usb printer, and several network printers. And im thinking about giving it to the local trash bin, but before i do i should find out what this thing can do. Any of the following should work netbsd, freebsd, linux, cygwin etc. Cobalt qube3 prof 4501282x40gb2xeth overview and full product specs on cnet. The cobalt qube 2s bottom vents and fan opening are provided for ventilation and reliable operation of the product, and to protect it from overheating. It added java support to the raq 4 payload, and was the first raq to use only the sausalito ui originated in the qube 3. Sun also has improved the cobalt qube 3s windows networking support.
After that, you get some more instructions and you cant quit the program that shows. To put it simply, they are just computers without keyboard and monitor and without the ability to attach one. There are several versions of qubes and raqs in existence, older mips based and newer amdk6 based. Remote users get a ray of sun with cobalt qube 3 ryan b. This product should not be placed in a builtin installation unless proper ventilation is provided. Qube 3 integrates with the sun cobalt control station, enabling system administrators in the main office to manage qube 3 server appliances at remote sites and branch offices.
Bleedingedge hardware types may be a little disappointed in the devices lowspeed processor and 32mb of ram, but as it runs linux, its more than. I set up a new dns server and took down the cobalt. The qube 3, released in 2002, used an amd k62 cpu at either 300 mhz or 450 mhz and was the last product in the qube line. Ive known for a while now that some engineers at sun were working on open sourcing the software behind my beloved qube 3, a product that ive often. Hello, i have a question about the sun cobalt qube 3 it runs linux 2. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. A qube 3 and a raq 3 device both have a strange bootup sequence, and a. Preparing for disaster recovery prepare your sun cobalt qube 3 appliance for disaster recovery by performing the following steps. The company says that the sun cobalt qub e 3 server appliance can be quickly set up to connect pcs and macintosh com puters in a local area network, thereby enabling small business systems to share files and documents and take advantage. Now in terms of software, the cobalt quberaq series except the xtr all use a linux kernel based boot rom and does not have any. In the future ill probably wind up compiling more of my own software to keep it up to date. At the moment, linuxmips will run in 64bit mode on these machines, but support is very.
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