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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
This user’s manual covers the SBI-7228R-T2F blade module. This blade module is a
compact self-contained server that connects into a pre-cabled enclosure that provides
power, cooling, management and networking functions. One enclosure for the
SBI-7228R-T2F blade module can hold ten blade units. Each blade module has two
nodes for a total of twenty nodes.
In this manual, “blade system” refers to the entire system (including the enclosure and
blades units), “blade” or “blade unit” refers to a single blade module, “Node” refers to a
single node in each blade module (two per module) and “blade enclosure” is the chassis
that the blades, power supplies and modules are housed within.
Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been
certified for use with the SuperBlade (
www.supermicro.com/products/superblade/ ).
Note: For your system to work properly, please follow the links below to download all
necessary drivers/utilities and the user’s manual for your server.
• Supermicro product manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/
• Product drivers and utilities: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com
• Product safety information: http://super-dev/about/policies/safety_information.cfm
• If you have any questions, please contact our support team at:
support@supermicor.com
Note: A complete list of safety warnings is provided on the Supermicro web site at
http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/safety_information.cfm .
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components
Your blade module ships with its B10DRT-TP mainboard already installed in its chassis.
Memory, hard disk drives and the CPU must all be installed by the user after shipment.
See
Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1 for details on installation of these
components.
The blade module’s serverboard includes an InfiniBand chip (one per node) for your
blade module, which allows you to use InfiniBand communication for your blade module.