Barebone server / bare chassis (no CPU, memory or drives)
服务器准系统 / 裸机箱 · IT hardware
What Qing asks
One dense message. Five is the whole budget per supplier reply, so the questions that decide comparability go first.
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这批货现在是不是在贵司自己仓库？现货还是期货？如果是现货，能不能今天拍一段视频，视频里点一下我发的这个数字，货和数字一起入镜？
Is this stock physically in your own warehouse right now — 现货 or 期货? If in stock, can you send a video today showing the goods together with a number we specify, filmed in one shot?
THE most decisive field in this channel and completely absent from the report. Most Huaqiangbei quotes are for goods the seller does not hold. The nonce-in-video trick defeats recycled stock footage and costs the buyer nothing.
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付款方式怎么走？能不能做 30% 定金、验货后付 70%？支持支付宝担保或阿里国际站信保吗？还是必须 100% 电汇预付？
What payment structure — 30% deposit with 70% after inspection? Alipay escrow or Alibaba Trade Assurance? Or 100% TT in advance only?
On grey stock this decides the winning quote more often than price. A 100%-TT-only seller is pricing you a risk they will not share. No payment field exists anywhere in the report.
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发货前我们能不能派人或找第三方（SGS/华南本地验货公司）到贵司仓库开箱抽检？抽检比例可以定多少？验货不合格怎么处理？
Before shipment, may we or a third-party inspector open and sample-check at your warehouse? What sampling rate, and what happens if it fails?
Cheaper than any lab test and the refusal itself is the signal. Converts every technical claim in the quote from assertion to verifiable.
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出口走一般贸易正规报关，还是包税渠道？能开正规出口发票和提供报关单吗？申报货值按实际成交价还是低报？
Formal customs declaration (一般贸易) or a duty-inclusive grey channel (包税)? Can you issue a proper export invoice and customs declaration, and is the declared value the real transaction value?
Determines whether the buyer ever has origin documents, resale traceability or a customs-defensible position. Under-declaration transfers real liability to the importer. Entirely missing from the report.
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这个价格能锁几天？下单后到发货前如果市场价涨了，会不会要求加价？定金付了之后价格是否固定？
How many days does this price hold? If the market rises between order and shipment, will you ask for more? Does a deposit fix the price?
The report has a validity sub-question buried inside its MOQ field. In a volatile DRAM market the lock MECHANISM — not just the window — is what makes two quotes comparable, and sellers routinely reprice after deposit.
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包装是否符合ANSI/ESD S20.20与IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033？是否使用防静电屏蔽袋、防潮铝箔袋、干燥剂与湿度指示卡？请提供包装实拍与规格说明。
Does packing comply with ANSI/ESD S20.20 and IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033? Are static-shielding bags, moisture-barrier bags, desiccant and humidity indicator cards used? Send photos and the packing spec.
ANSI/ESD S20.20 and IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033 are the citable standards; moisture-barrier bags need desiccant and a humidity indicator card.
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硬盘固件是硬盘厂原厂通用固件，还是某整机品牌定制固件？标签上是否有整机品牌LOGO或品牌料号？能否用硬盘厂通用工具刷写固件？请提供标签照片与固件版本号。
Is the drive firmware the drive maker's generic build or a system-brand customised build? Does the label carry a system brand logo or brand part number? Can it be updated with the drive maker's generic tool? Send label photos and the firmware revision.
OEM-branded (Dell/HPE/Lenovo-keyed) drives may be refused, throttled or flagged as unsupported in another vendor's controller, and cannot be firmware-updated from the drive maker's generic tools.
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该硬盘是否支持自加密(TCG Opal 2.0 / Enterprise SSC)？是否支持NVMe Sanitize或ATA Sanitize指令？是否支持PSID Revert？如宣称FIPS认证，请提供证书编号。
Does the drive support self-encryption (TCG Opal 2.0 / Enterprise SSC)? Does it support NVMe Sanitize or ATA Sanitize? Does it support PSID revert? If FIPS validation is claimed, give the certificate number.
Decides whether you can ever securely retire the drive, and whether a locked drive is recoverable. Also the field that makes NIST SP 800-88 Rev.2 enforceable rather than aspirational.
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发货怎么包装？CPU 是原厂托盘还是单颗塑料盒？内存是防静电托盘（每盘多少条）还是散装防静电袋？外箱有没有防震？
How is it packed — original trays or individual clamshells for CPUs; anti-static trays (how many per tray) or loose ESD bags for memory? Is the outer carton shock-protected?
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是否接受我方从大货中随机抽取约定数量的样品进行破坏性拆解与检测（如开盖查看颗粒、主控、PCB丝印）？检测不合格的整批退货，合格则样品损耗由我方承担。
Will you accept that we randomly draw an agreed number of units from the lot for destructive teardown and analysis (opening to inspect die, controller and PCB markings)? If they fail, the lot is rejected; if they pass, we bear the cost of the sacrificed samples.
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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