Supermicro 8042-6, User Manual

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The SuperServer 8042-8/8042-6 is a high-end, scaleable server platform
designed with today's most state-of-the-art features. The following is a
general outline of the main features of the SC862 server chassis.
System Power
The 8042-8/8042-6 features a triple redundant power supply consisting of
three hot-swappable 350 watt power modules, which supply 700 watts of
continuous power with a 350 watt backup. If any of the three modules fail,
you will be notified by an alarm and an LED and the remaining two modules
will take up the load. The alarm reset button located on the control panel
can be depressed to deactivate the power fail alarm.
SCSI Subsystem
The SCSI subsystem supports up to four 80-pin SCA Ultra320 (8042-8) or
Ultra160 SCSI (8042-6) hard drives. (Any standard 1" drives are sup-
ported. SCA = Single Connection Attachment.) The SCSI drives are con-
nected to an SCA backplane. The SCSI drives are hot-swap units. A RAID
controller card can be used with the SCA backplane to provide data secu-
rity.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the
hot-swap capability of the SCSI drives.
Front Control Panel
The control panel on the SuperServer 8042-8/8042-6 provides you with
system monitoring and control. LEDs indicate network activity, power sup-
ply failure, fan failure, SCSI drive activity and failure and SCA backplane
overheat conditions. A main power button, a system reset button and an
alarm reset switch are also included.
I/O Backplane
The SC862 is a 4U rackmount, WTX form factor chassis. The I/O backplane
provides seven expansion slots, one COM port, one VGA port, a parallel
port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and an Ethernet port.