I assembled the rack-mount server that will long-term replace c1auxex, so we can return the borrowed unit to Larry.

SUPERMICRO SYS-5017A-EP Specs:

• Intel Atom N2800 (2 cores, 1.8GHz, 1MB, 64-bit)
• 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 RAM
• 128 GB SSD

I installed a standard Debian Jessie distribution, with option LXDE for minimal resource usage. Steps taken after fresh install

1. Give controls sudo permission: usermod -aG sudo controls
2. mkdir /cvs/cds
3. apt-get install nfs-common
4. Added line "chiara:/home/cds              /cvs/cds        nfs     rw,bg,nfsvers=3" to end of /etc/fstab
5. Configured network adapter in /etc/network/interfaces
           iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.113.48
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.113.2
        dns-nameservers 192.168.113.104 131.215.125.1 131.215.139.100
        dns-search martian
   I first assigned the IP 192.168.113.59 of the original c1auxex, but for some reason my ssh connections kept failing mid-session. After I switched to a different IP the disruption no longer happened.
6. Add lines "search martian" and "nameserver 192.168.113.104" to /etc/resolv.conf
7. apt-get install openssh-server
   At this point the unit was ready for remote connections on the martian network, and I moved it to the XEND.
8. Added lines to /home/controls/.bashrc to set paths and environment variables:
   export PATH=/cvs/cds/rtapps/epics-3.14.12.2_long/base/bin/linux-x86_64:/cvs/cds/rtapps/epics-3.14.12.2_long/extensions/bin/linux-x86_64:$PATH
export HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64
export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64
export RPN_DEFNS=~/.defns.rpn
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/cvs/cds/rtapps/epics-3.14.12.2_long/base/lib/linux-x86_64:/cvs/cds/rtapps/epics-3.14.12.2_long/modules/modbus/lib/linux-x86_64/:/cvs/cds/rtapps/epics-3.14.12.2_long/modules/asyn/lib/linux-x86_64
9. apt-get install libmotif-common libmotif4 libxp6 (required to run burtwb utility)

The server is ready to take over for c1auxex2 and does not need any local epics compiled, since it can run the 3.14.12.2_long binaries in /cvs/cds.