Supermicro Supero A+ SERVER 1042G-TF, User Manual

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Table of Contents
2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup .................................................................. 2-10
2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup .......................................................................2-11
Chapter 3 System Interface
3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons ..................................................................................... 3-1
Reset ............................................................................................................... 3-1
Power .............................................................................................................. 3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2
NIC2 ................................................................................................................ 3-2
NIC1 ................................................................................................................ 3-2
HDD ................................................................................................................. 3-2
Power .............................................................................................................. 3-2
3-4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs ................................................................................ 3-3
Chapter 4 System Safety
4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions .......................................................................... 4-1
4-2 General Safety Precautions ............................................................................ 4-2
4-3 ESD Precautions ............................................................................................. 4-3
4-4 Operating Precautions .................................................................................... 4-4
Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Serverboard ............................................................................... 5-1
Precautions ..................................................................................................... 5-1
Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 5-2
5-2 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections ........................................................ 5-2
Front Control Panel ......................................................................................... 5-3
5-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................ 5-3
Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 5-6
Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 5-6
5-4 Installing Memory ............................................................................................ 5-7
DIMM Module Population Confi guration .................................................... 5-9
5-5 PCI Expansion Cards .................................................................................... 5-10
5-6 Serverboard Details .......................................................................................5-11
H8QGi+-F Quick Reference .......................................................................... 5-12
5-7 Connector Defi nitions ................................................................................... 5-13
5-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 5-19
Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 5-19
5-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 5-21
5-10 SAS and SATA Drive Connections ............................................................... 5-22
5-11 Enabling SATA RAID ..................................................................................... 5-23