Supero FatTwin F627R2-F73, 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 FatTwin™ F627R2-F73 server.
Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The FatTwin F627R2-F73 is a high-end server based on the F424BD-R1K28B 4U
rackmount chassis and a dual processor X9DRFF-7 serverboard. All models have
four serverboard nodes each with one IPMI LAN port and eight (8) hot-swap 2.5"
SAS or SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDD) each per node.
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 X9DRFF-7 serverboards and
the F424BD-R1K28B chassis.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the FatTwin F627R2-F73 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.
Chapter 4: Standardized Warning Statements for AC Systems
You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview
of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the
FatTwin F627R2-F73.
Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X9DRFF-7 serverboards, including
the locations and functions of connections, headers and jumpers. Refer to
this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when
reconfi guring the serverboard.