Supermicro FatTwin F628G3-FT+, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Super I/O
The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Confi guration
and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power
management through an SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power
management to reduce power consumption.
1-3 Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the F424AG server chassis.
System Power
The F424AG chassis model includes four high-effi ciency 96%+ Titanium certifi ed
redundant 2000 Watt power supplies. In the unlikely event your power supply fails,
replacement is simple and can be accomplished without tools.
SATA Subsystem
Each node in F424AG chassis supports two (2) hot-swap 3.5" SATA drives in trays
for for a total of eight (8) drives in the system. These drives are hot-swappable units
and are connected to backplanes (that provides power and control).
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the
hot-swap capability of the drives. For more information, visit our Web site at:
http://www.supermicro.com .
I/O Ports
The F424AG is an proprietary form factor chassis designed to be used in a 4U
rackmount confi guration. The F424AG chassis provides two low-profi le add-on card
slots, a VGA port, two USB 3.0 ports, one IPMI Ethernet port and either two Gigabit
(F628G3-FT+) or 10-Gigabit (F628G3-FTPT+) Ethernet ports per node.
Cooling System
The F424AG chassis accepts eight (8) 8-cm system fans powered from either the
backpane or the serverboards. When one of the serverboard nodes is removed,
another serverboard will continue to operate the fans.