Hi there!
Server newbie here. I'm hoping someone might be kind enough to give me some advice, as I feel like I jumped in the deep end a little. I have built desktop systems before but I know nothing really about the intricacies of servers.
So, I bought an ML350 G6 tower on craigslist, really just to run BOINC projects so nothing crucial. It has two 750W PSUs, 18GB RAM, one E5520 processor and about 500GB of SAS drives and I think is running Ubuntu 14.04, which I think the seller installed because he wanted to keep his copy of the original OS. I don't see any HP server software on it.
The server runs fine and I got my BOINC software installed and everything is good. The problem is I want to add another processor. The hardware part doesn't look too difficult - I got a heatsink and have ordered a large redundant baffle and some more fans (it came with only one) used off ebay - but having read the thread about adding RAM to a DL 380 and some other stuff it seems that it might be more complex than I thought software and firmware-wise. I don't have, and probably can't afford, an HP support subscription so I'm hoping someone might please advise me what steps I should take to do this upgrade properly and point me to any good web resources for learning more about my server? I was going to use half the RAM that's already installed for the second processor since I don't really need 18 GB for the existing one.
Thanks in advance,
Chris