Supero FatTwin F627R3-R72B+, 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 F627R3-RTB+/R72B+.
Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The FatTwin™ F627R3-RTB+/R72B+ is a high-end server based on the
SCF424AS-R1K28B 4U rackmount chassis and the dual processor X9DRFR
serverboard. All models have an IPMI LAN port and four serverboard nodes with
eight hot-swap 3.5" SAS or SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDD) each per node.
The difference between the FatTwin F627R3-RTB+ and FatTwin F627R3-R72B+
is that the F627R3-R72B+ has SAS2 capability and the F627R3-RTB+ does not.
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 X9DRFR serverboard and
the SCF424AS-R1K28B chassis.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the FatTwin F627R3-RTB+/R72B+
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: System Safety
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 F627R3-RTB+/R72B+.
Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X9DRFR serverboard, 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.