Bull R425-E2, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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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 NovaScale R425-E2.
Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians
only.
The NovaScale R425-E2 is a high-end server based on 4U rackmount or tower
chassis and the NovaScale R425-E2 motherboard, a dual processor serverboard
that supports two full-width Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) @ 6.4GT/s with a
total of up to 51.2 GB/s Data Transfer Rate (6.4 GB/s per direction) and up to 18
(144 GB) 240-pin DIMM of DDR3 Reg. 1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the ser-
ver system and describes the main features of the NovaScale R425-E2 serverboard
and the chassis, which comprise the NovaScale R425-E2.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the NovaScale R425-E2 into
a rack and check out the server configuration 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.