Preface; About This Manual; Manual Organization - Supero 7043M-6 User Manual

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 7043M-8/
7043M-6. Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced
technicians only.
The SuperServer 7043M-8/7043M-6 is a high-end, dual processor 4U tower/
rackmountable server based on the SC742S-450 4U rackmount server chassis
and the X5DMS-8GM/X5DMS-6GM, a dual processor motherboard that supports
single or dual Intel Xeon
Bus speed of 533/400 MHz and up to 12 GB DDR266 (PC2100) SDRAM main
memory.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the SUPER X5DMS-8GM/
X5DMS-6GM mainboard and the SC742S-450 chassis, which comprise the
SuperServer 7043M-8/7043M-6.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 7043M-8/
7043M-6 into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up
the system. If your server was ordered without processor and memory compo-
nents, 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.

Preface

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processors up to 3.20 GHz at a Front Side (System)
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Preface