Supermicro SuperBlade SBA-4119S-C2N, User Manual

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SuperServer SBA-4119S-(C/T)2N User's Manual
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................7
Eligible Enclosures ..............................................................................................................7
1.2 System Features ..................................................................................................................8
1.3 Control Panel ........................................................................................................................ 9
1.4 Front View ..........................................................................................................................10
1.5 Components .......................................................................................................................11
1.6 System Block Diagram .......................................................................................................13
Chapter 2 Installation and Setup
2.1 Unpacking the System ....................................................................................................... 14
2.2 Installing or Removing the Blade Unit ................................................................................ 15
Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure ......................................................................... 15
Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure .....................................................................16
Removing or Replacing the Blade Cover .........................................................................16
2.3 Powering Up or Down ........................................................................................................17
Powering Up a Blade Unit .................................................................................................17
Powering Down a Blade Unit ............................................................................................17
2.4 Installing the Processor and Heatsink ..............................................................................18
2.5 Memory ............................................................................................................................. 26
Memory Support .............................................................................................................. 26
DIMM Module Population .................................................................................................. 26
Installing Memory .............................................................................................................. 28
2.6 Storage Drives .................................................................................................................... 29
Drive Carrier Indicators ..................................................................................................... 29
Hot-Swap for NVMe Drives ............................................................................................... 32
Checking the Temperature of an NVMe Drive ..................................................................33
M.2 Solid State Drives ..................................................................................................... 34
2.7 Installing the Mezzanine Card ............................................................................................36
2.8 Driver Installation ................................................................................................................37
2.9 Installing the Operating System ..........................................................................................38
Linux Installation with Two Storage Drives—Note ............................................................38
2.10 Configuring RAID ..............................................................................................................38