Supermicro SuperBlade SBI-7125W-S6, User Manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The SBI-7125W-S6 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-7125W-S6 blade module can hold ten blade units.
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 and “blade
enclosure” is the chassis that the blades, power supplies and modules are housed in.
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/ ).
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components
Your blade module ships with its 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.
Aside from the blade module unit itself, the following optional add-on cards may be
ordered for your blade module:
• Blade IPMI Add-on Card: AOC-SIMPL
• Mezzanine Cards (with Infiniband Switch): AOC-IBH-001, AOC-IBH-002 or
AOC-IBH-003
See the Supermicro website and the SuperBlade Network Modules User’s Manual on
your SuperBlade system’s CD-ROM for more details on these add-on cards.