Supermicro SUPERSERVER 6018TR-T, User Manual

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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It
provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 6018TR-T/TF.
Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The SuperServer 6018TR-T/TF is a high-end server based on the SC808BTS-1K03BP
1U rackmount chassis and the dual processor X10DRT-L/LIBF serverboard. All
models have an IPMI LAN port and two serverboard nodes with two hot-swap 3.5"
SATA3 Hard Disk Drives (HDD) each per node.
Each of the various models of the SuperServer 6018TR-T/TF servers and their
associated serverboards for each of their unique options are listed in the table below:
SUPERSERVER 6018TR-T/TF Model Variations
Server
Model
X10DRT
Serverboard
Infi niBand
FDR Connector
6018TR-T X10DRT-L NO
6018TR-TF X10DRT-LIBF YES
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The fi rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the X10DRT-L/LIBF serverboard
and the SC808BTS-1K03BP chassis.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 6018TR-T/TF
into a rack and check out the server confi guration prior to powering up the system.
If your server was ordered without processor and memory components, this chapter
will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation.
Chapter 3: System Interface
Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and
information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs
located throughout the system.