Supermicro SBI-7147R-S4X, User Manual

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Preface
About this Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators, Information Technology
professionals, service personnel and technicians. It provides information for the
installation and use of the Supermicro SuperBlade
®
system’s SBI-7147R-S4X blade
module. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced
professionals only.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with
SBI-7147R-S4X blade module and describes their main features.
Chapter 2: System Safety
You should familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety
precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing SBI-7147R-S4X blade
module.
Chapter 3: Setup and Installation
Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI-7147R-S4X blade module into the
SuperBlade chassis. Other sections cover the installation and placement of memory
modules and the installation of hard disk drives into the blade module.
Chapter 4: Blade Module Features
This chapter coves features and component information about SBI-7147R-S4X blade
module. Included here are descriptions and information for mainboard components,
connectors, LEDs and other features of the blade module.
Chapter 5: BIOS
BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for SBI-7147R-S4X blade module.
Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes
BIOS POST Codes for SBI-7147R-S4X blade module are explained in this appendix.