Supermicro 7044H-82, User Manual

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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC techni-
cians. It provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer
7044H-82R/7044H-X8R/7044H-82. Installation and maintainance should be
performed by experienced technicians only.
The SuperServer 7044H-82R/7044H-X8R/7044H-82 is a high-end, dual pro-
cessor server based on the SC743S1-R760/SC743S1-650 4U tower/
rackmount chassis and the X6DH8-G2/X6DH8-XG2, a dual processor
serverboard that supports single or dual Intel
®
Xeon
TM
processors at a
Front Side (System) Bus speed of 800 MHz.
The 7044H-82R+ is an upgrade model to the 7044H-82R to support dual-
core (Paxville) processors.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with
the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER X6DH8-
G2/X6DH8-XG2 serverboard and the SC743S1-R760/SC743S1-650 chassis,
which comprise the SuperServer 7044H-82R/7044H-X8R/7044H-82.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the system into a rack
and check out the server configuration 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.