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Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the F424BD server chassis.
The F424BD chassis is available in a variety of confi gurations. For more information,
visit our Web site at www.supermicro.com.
System Power
Each F424BD chassis model includes four high-effi ciency 95%+ Platinum Level
power suppies, rated at 1280 Watts. In the unlikely event your power supply fails,
replacement is simple and can be accomplished without tools.
Note: The power supplies are both redundant and hot-plug.
SAS/SATA Subsystem
The F424BD supports up to eight (8) hot-swap 2.5" SAS/SATA drives in trays for
each node for a total of thirty-two (32) drives. These drives are hot-swappable units
and are connected to the chassis and serverboard for power and control.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the
hot-swap capability of the drives. For more information, visit our Web site at:
http://www.supermicro.com.
Front Control Panel
Each node of the F424BD-R1k28BP chassis includes front I/O with a power button
LED and a UID indicator, with additional LED indicators directly on the serverboard
which provides you with system monitoring and control for one server node.
I/O Ports
The F424BD is an proprietary form factor chassis designed to be used in a 4U
rackmount confi guration. The F424BD chassis provides a low-profi le add-on card
slot, a VGA port, two USB 3.0 ports, one IPMI Ethernet port and two gigabit Ethernet
ports per node.
Cooling System
The F424BD chassis includes eight (8) 8-cm cooling fans for the chassis and its
four serverboard nodes so that when one of the serverboard drawers is removed,
the other serverboards will continue running its fans.
Note: The fans in this system are redundant and hot-plug.
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