2U dual-socket rack server (x86)
2U双路机架式服务器 · IT hardware
Most 2U chassis are dual-purpose: GPU-capable but shipped empty. Ask whether risers/GPU cages are included, as that changes end-use screening.
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No category-specific question set yet — only the universal commercial terms below.
这批货是全新原封、官翻、拆机件还是工程样片(ES/QS)？请在形式发票上写明状态。如果是拆机件，来源和使用时长是多少？
报价是EXW、FOB还是CIF？指定口岸是哪里？报价里不含哪些费用(出口报关、内陆运输、保险、目的港费用)？
外箱尺寸多少？每箱装几台、毛重多少公斤？每托盘几箱？整单总体积多少立方米？是木托还是纸托、是否需要熏蒸证明？
请给出阶梯报价：1台、10台、50台、100台各是什么价格？每个型号的起订量是多少？价格有效期多久？
出口报关准备用哪个HS编码？报价是含税价还是不含税价？该编码的出口退税率是多少、退税是否已经体现在报价里？
整机原产地写哪里？能否出具原产地证(一般CO还是Form E/RCEP优惠证)？货物是从中国直接出口，还是经香港、新加坡或越南转运？
质保多少个月？DOA(到货即损)申报期限是几天？返修是寄回中国还是有海外备件？是否提供先行换货？返修运费谁承担？
这个托架/导轨/面板是原厂件还是兼容件？上面有没有原厂LOGO或型号标识？能否书面保证不侵犯第三方商标和专利，并承担相关责任？
整机和关键部件(CPU、加速卡、网卡)的原产地分别是哪里？产品里有没有使用美国原产的芯片、软件或技术？大概占多少比例？能不能配合签署最终用户和最终用途声明、承诺不转运？这个型号以前出口过哪些国家？
合同和发票的签约主体全称是什么？统一社会信用代码是多少？工厂是自有还是代工？母公司或控股股东是谁、持股比例多少？有没有国资或上市公司背景？
请提供公司全称、统一社会信用代码和营业执照复印件。贵司是生产工厂、原厂授权代理还是贸易商？如为工厂，工厂地址在哪里、可否安排验厂或视频验厂？开票主体与收款主体是否为同一家公司？
最小起订量是多少？请给出阶梯报价（如100/500/1000/5000片）。报价有效期多少天？NAND和HDD价格波动时如何调价？是否接受锁价？
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How buyers get burned here
Category-specific, from research rather than generic advice
- NEARLINE HDD: there is no such thing as a Chinese nearline HDD manufacturer. The world has exactly three producers — Seagate, Western Digital and Toshiba. Seagate's Wuxi plant is the only foreign HDD assembly site in China and it is Seagate's own. Any PRC counterparty presenting itself as an HDD 'factory' is a distributor, a broker or a relabeller. Buy through the three producers' authorised channel and reconcile every serial number against the producer's own warranty database.
- REFURBISHED AND RECERTIFIED DRIVES SOLD AS NEW. The dominant HDD fraud in the Shenzhen channel is OEM-pull or recertified drives with SMART power-on-hours reset and relabelled cases. Require SMART attribute dumps (power-on hours, power cycles, reallocated sectors) at incoming inspection on a sampled basis, plus original sealed anti-static packaging and matching carton lot codes.
- LTO TAPE IS THE SECOND NO-PRC-MANUFACTURER POSITION. Tape drive mechanisms come from IBM; media from Fujifilm and Sony. A Chinese 'tape library manufacturer' is an integrator. Apply the same reasoning as HDD.
- 'ARM SERVER' AMBIGUITY. A Chinese quote for an ARM server very often means Kunpeng (Huawei HiSilicon) or Phytium — both Entity Listed — not Ampere. Force the exact CPU part number into the RFQ and reject quotes that describe the CPU only as 'domestic ARM' or 'ARM 64-core'.
- 'BARE SWITCH CHASSIS' MEANS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. Sometimes it means a complete, ASIC-populated whitebox switch shipped with ONIE and no network OS — still a switch for HS and for encryption purposes. Sometimes it means an empty sheet-metal enclosure with PSU and fan bays and no switching board — a part. The price gap is roughly an order of magnitude and the customs treatment differs. Never accept the phrase without a BOM.
- REBADGING ACROSS THE ENTITY LIST BOUNDARY. Machines built by listed vendors circulate under unlisted third-party brands, and unlisted brands sometimes subcontract to listed manufacturers. Require the manufacturer's legal entity name and factory address on the commercial invoice and the certificate of origin, not just a brand.
- NAND PROVENANCE INSIDE ENTERPRISE SSD. A PRC-built enterprise SSD may be assembled by an unlisted company using YMTC NAND, and YMTC has been Entity Listed since December 2022. Ask for the NAND die vendor and the controller vendor by name for every SSD SKU.
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