Bull Cedoc NovaScale R423, Installation And User Manual

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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It
provides information for the installation and use of the NovaScale R423. Installation
and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The NovaScale R423 is a high-end server based on a rackmount chassis and the
NovaScale R423 serverboard, a dual processor serverboard that supports dual Intel ®
Xeon TM LGA 771 processors at a Front Side (System) Bus speed of 1600/1333/1066
MHz and up to 128 GB of registered FBD ECC DDR2-800/667/533 SDRAM.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The fi rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the NovaScale R423 serverboard
and the chassis, which comprise the NovaScale R423.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the NovaScale R423 into a
rack and check out the server confi guration prior to powering up the system. If your
server was ordered without processor and memory components, this chapter will
refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation.
Chapter 3: System Interface
Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and
information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs
located throughout the system.
Chapter 4: System Safety
You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview
of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the
NovaScale R423.