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User Manual SKY-6200 2U Rackmount Dual Intel® Xeon® Scalable GPU server, Supporting 4 x PCIe x16 double- deck FH/FL card + 1 x PCIe x8 single-deck card or 9 x PCIe x8 single-deck card...
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No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. How- ever, Advantech Co., Ltd.
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Whether your new Advantech equipment is destined for the labo- ratory or the factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the reliability and ease of operation for which the name Advantech has come to be known.
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There are no user serviceable components inside. (2) Do not operate controls, make adjustments, or perform procedures to the laser device other than those specified herein. (3) Allow only authorized service technicians to repair the laser device. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Repair of the device may only be carried out by trained service personnel. Advantech recommends that a service contract be obtained with Advantech Service and that all repairs also be carried out by them. Otherwise the correct functioning of the device may be compromised.
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CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equip- ment. Contact information: Advantech Co., Ltd. Website: www.advantech.com.tw Address: No.1, Alley 20, Lane 26, Rueiguang Road Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan 114, R.O.C. TEL: +886-2792-7818 SKY-6200 User Manual...
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You must become familiar with the safety information in this guide before you install, operate, or service Advantech products. Machine Room Environment ...
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Advantech, your authorized Advantech partner, or their agents. Equipment Modifications Do not make mechanical modifications to the system. Advantech is not respon- sible for the regulatory compliance of Advantech equipment that has been mod- ified. Equipment Repairs and Servicing ...
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Tesla P4 8GB PCI-E x16 HS SKY-TESL-P40-PE nVidia Tesla P40 24GB PCI-E x16 HS SKY-TESL-V100-P nVidia Tesla V100 16GB PCI-E x16 HS Note! SKY-6200 system MUST use the SSD or enterprise level SATA HDD or SAS HDD. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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It should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt. When unpacking the SKY-6200, check it for signs of shipping damage. (For example, damaged box, scratches, dents, etc.) If it is dam- aged or it fails to meet the specifications, notify our service department or local sales representative immediately.
Save & Exit ................. 70 Chapter Chipset Software Installation Utility Before You Begin ..................72 Introduction ..................... 72 Windows OS Driver Setup ..............73 Chapter VGA Setup ..........75 Introduction ..................... 76 Windows Series Driver Setup ..............76 xiii SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Watchdog Timer Overview..............82 Programming the Watchdog Timer ............82 Appendix B Riser DIP Switch Setting for PCIe ... 85 UR Riser Card default setting ..............86 UL Riser Card default setting..............87 Appendix C RoHS Declaration......89 SKY-6200 User Manual...
4 x PCIe x16 slots support up to 4 x double- deck expansion cards or 8* single-deck expansion cards. SKY-6200 uses the Intel C622 chipset and offers a variety of features such as 8 x SATA III interfaces (via Mini-SAS HD connector), Intel RSTe (Rapid Storage Technol- ogy Enterprise), RAID 0,1,10,5 (Windows only*), 1 x M.2 2280 SATA device for OS...
1000 W @ 100 ~ 127 V 2000 W @ 200 ~ 240 V Power Cable for Expansion card 8 x 6-pin to 6+2pin PCIE type + 4 x 8-pin to 8-pin CPU type power Cable Type cable. Expansion Slots SKY-6200 User Manual...
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RoHS Compliant Operating Temperature: 0 to 35° C Non-operating Temperature: -20 to 60° C Operating Relative Humidity: 10~85% @ 40° C (non-condens- Environmental Spec. ing) Non-operating Relative Humidity: 10~95% @ 40° C (non-con- densing) SKY-6200 User Manual...
Connectors on the SKY-6200 are linked to external devices such as hard disk drives. In addition, SKY-6200 has a jumper that are used to clean CMOS for BIOS. The tables below list the functions of each jumper and connector. Later sections in this chapter give instructions for setting jumpers.
State Color Description Green System power on 5V LED1 Power off Green System power on, in sleep mode or in soft-off mode 5VSB LED1 No AC power input BMC LED1 Blinking Green BMC Controller is working normally SKY-6200 User Manual...
Channel A DIMM2 of CPU0 DIMM B1 Channel B DIMM1 of CPU0 DIMM B2 Channel B DIMM2 of CPU0 DIMM C1 Channel C DIMM1 of CPU0 DIMM C2 Channel C DIMM2 of CPU0 DIMM D1 Channel D DIMM1 of CPU0 SKY-6200 User Manual...
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DIMM L2 Channel L DIMM2 of CPU1 ATXPWR1 Connect to ATXPWR1 of SKY-6200 PDB for system power Connect to ATXPWR2 of SKY-6200 PDB for CPU0 & CPU1 ATXPWR2 12V power Connect to ATXPWR3 of SKY-6200 PDB for CPU0 & CPU1...
Block Diagram System Memory SKY-6200 has twenty-four 288-pin memory slots for DDR4 2133/2400/2666 MHz memory modules with maximum capacity of 1536 GB (Maximum 64 GB for each DIMM). SKY-6200 supports registered DIMMs ONLY. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Components and electronic circuit boards can be damaged by discharges of static electricity. Working on a system that is connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow the guidelines below to avoid damage to SKY-6200 or injury to yourself.
This section describes how to install components on to the mainboard, including CPUs, memory modules and add on cards. 2.2.1 Removing the Chassis Cover and CPU Duct Follow these instructions to remove SKY-6200 chassis cover. Unscrew the top cover as shown. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Remove CPU air duct. 2.2.2 Installing the CPU and Heatsink Follow the steps below to install CPUs and CPU heatsinks. Locate the CPU sockets - you must install in the CPU0 socket first. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Assemble the CPU with CPU clip and align the triangle mark on both CPU and the clip, make sure both notch A and B on the CPU is carefully aligned with CPU clip. Assemble the heatsink and the sub assembly as in the previous step. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Use a T30 Torx screwdriver for tighten the screws in the order of 1,2 -> 3,4 with a torque of 12lbf. When removing CPU and heatsink, use a T30 Trox screwdriver to loosen the screws in the order of 4,3 -> 2,1, then lift the CPU and heatsink up. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Align the memory module with the slot. When inserted properly, the memory slot locking levers lock automatically onto the indentations at the ends of the mod- ule. Follow the recommended memory population table to install the other mem- ory modules. SKY-6200 User Manual...
2.2.4 Installing Hard Drives The SKY-6200 supports eight 2.5” hard drives. Follow these instructions to install a hard drive. Press the locking lever latch and pull the locking lever open, then slide the HDD tray out. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Place a hard drive into the drive tray and use the screws to secure the HDD, then insert the HDD tray into the chassis and press the locking lever to secure the tray. 2.2.5 Installing UR/UL/UM Riser Card Cage For all riser card cages (UR/UL/UM) removal, refer to instructions below. NOTE: SKY-6200 User Manual...
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When installing expansion cards (e.g.:TESLA P100), use CPU(8P) cables. When installing expansion cards (e.g.:TESLA K40), use PCIe (6+2P) cable for ONLY UL card cage can support GTX series expansion card (card length up to 280mm) SKY-6200 User Manual...
Please note: don't forget to re-install the GPU fan module back in the origi- nal place. Rack Mounting After installing the necessary components, SKY-6200 can be mounted in a rack using the optional rack mounting kit. We strongly recommend that the minimum depth of cabinet is 1100mm.
Follow these instructions to mount the SKY-6200 onto the rackmount kit. 2.3.2 Slide Rail installation Please read prior to installation. The server slides are developed for 1U or 2U aplica- tions of which system load does not exceed 75lbs. The slide length is 1041±3.0mm. The rear bracket is extendable to a max/min post to post distance of 670-1042 mm.
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Mount the cabinet member to the posts. Align the positioning pin to the desired complete U location, and pull the bracket forwards to lock it to the post. The bracket is locked to the post after you hear a “click” sound. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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It might cause damage to the slides if the ball retainer is not on the front position. After the inner member goes in, push up/ down the disconnect lever to unlock the slides and keep pushing the chassis to the fully closed position. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Screw the system in the cabinet. M5 Screw SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Tips. For EIA square hole diecasting Press the latch to transfer from square to cylinder (for EIA 7.5 round hole) Uninstall the bracket Remove the inner member SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Fiabilité de la mise - Fiable mise à la terre de l'équipement monté en rack doit être maintenue. Une attention particulière devrait être accordée à fournir connexions autres que les connexions directes sur le circuit de branche (par exemple l'utilisation de multiprises). SKY-6200 User Manual...
The Setup program uses a number of menus for making changes and turning the special features on or off. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the SKY-6200 setup screens. AMI's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format. The time must be entered in HH:MM:SS format. SKY-6200 User Manual...
3.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the SKY-6200 setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
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3.2.2.1 Apache Pass Driver Health Driver Health Provides health status for the driver/controller 3.2.2.2 Trusted Computing SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Security Device Support Enables or disables BIOS support for security devices. Note! Purchase Advantech LPC TPM module to enable TPM function. P/N: PCATPM-00A1E. 3.2.2.3 ACPI Settings Enable Hibernation Enable or Disable Hibernation. Lock Legacy Resources Enable or Disable Lock Legacy Resources.
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3.2.2.4 ITE8528 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 0 Configuration – Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port 0. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Change Settings To select an optimal setting for serial port 0. Serial Port 1 Configuration – Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port 1. – Change Settings To select an optimal setting for Serial Port 1. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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ACPI OS to pro- tect the system from overheat damage. CPU Warning Temperature Set the CPU warning temperature threshold. When the system reaches the warning temperature, the speaker will beep. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Fan Configuration There are three fan zones in SKY-6200 – Zone 0 for CPU & memory & UM card cooling. – Zone 1 for UL card cage cooling – Zone 2 for UR card cage cooling When set to manual mode, fan duty setting can be changed; the range is from 10%~100%, default setting is 100%.
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3.2.2.6 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection Enable or Disable console redirection feature. Console Redirection Settings SKY-6200 User Manual...
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'stop' signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a 'start' signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Hard- ware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Redirection After BIOS Post 3.2.2.7 PCI Subsystem Settings Above 4G Decoding Enable or disable 64-bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address space. This setting is available only if system supports 64-bit decoding. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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3.2.2.8 Network Stack Network stack Enable or disable UEFI Network Stack for Network access under BIOS setup. 3.2.2.9 CSM Configuration CSM Support Enable or disable CSM support SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Selects the USB transfer time-out value. [1,5,10,20sec] Device Reset Time-out Selects the USB device reset time-out value. [10,20,30,40 sec] Device Power-up Delay This item appears only when device power-up delay item is set to [manual] SKY-6200 User Manual...
3.2.3 Platform Configuration 3.2.3.1 PCH Configuration SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Select active video type as on board device or PCIE device. Default auto is PCIE device priority higher than on board device. – RTC wake system from S4/S5 Enable or Disable system wake on alarm event. When enabled, system will wake on the day and time specified. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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PCIe M.2 Slot Configuration – PCIe M.2 Slot Enable or disable PCI Express M.2 Root Port – PCIe Speed Change the link speed with "Auto / Gen1 / Gen2 / Gen3" items. PCH sSATA/M.2 Configuration SKY-6200 User Manual...
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PCH SATA Configuration – SATA Controller Enables/Disables sSATA controller. – Configure SATA as Configured as AHCI/RAID mode. – Support ALPM Enables/Disables SATA Aggressive Link Power Management. This item will appear when "AHCI" or "RAID" is selected. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Enable or disable Boot option for LAN3 from Intel I210AT controller. – LAN4 Controller Enable or disable on board LAN4 from Intel I210AT Controller support. – LAN4 PXE OpROM Enable or disable Boot option for LAN4 from Intel I210AT controller. SKY-6200 User Manual...
3.2.3.2 Server ME Configuration This page shows the operating ME firmware version and state. 3.2.4 Socket Configuration SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Set to enable or disable. DCU Streamer Prefetch Enable prefetch of next L1 data line based upon multiple loads in same cache line. DCU IP Prefetcher Enable prefetch of next L1 line based upon sequential load history. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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MSR 31h Bit[0] - A write of 1 selects the DCU mode as 16KB 4-way with ECC. AES-NI Enable or disable AES-NI support. Core Disable Bitmap (Hex) Hex value for CPU Core disable, default value 0 is enable all cores. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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3.2.4.2 UPI Configuration – UPI status – Link Speed Mode Select the QPI link speed as either the POR speed (Fast) or default speed (Slow). SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Allows for selecting the QPI Link frequency. – Link L0p Enable Enable or disable QPI Link0p. – Link L1 Enable Enable or disable QPI L1. 3.2.4.3 Memory Configuration NUMA Enable or disable Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Memory Topology SKY-6200 User Manual...
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3.2.4.4 IIO Configuration PCI-E ASPM Support (Global) Enable or disable the Active State Power Management for all PCI-Express slots. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Socket 0 Configuration SKY-6200 User Manual...
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IOU0 (PCIE_UL_Slot3) IOU0 (PCIE_UL_Slot4) IOU1 (PCIE_UL_Slot2) IOU1 (PCIE_UL_Slot1) – Link Speed Select target link speed as Auto, Gen1, Gen2, Gen3. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Intel VT for Direct I/O (VT-d) – Intel VT for Direct I/O (VT-d) Enable or disable Intel Virtualization Technology for directed I/O (VT-d) by reporting the I/O device assignment to VMM through DMAR ACPI tables. 3.2.4.5 Advanced Power Management Configuration SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Enable or disable energy efficiency to regulates a good balance between power consumption and performance, Turbo Mode Turbo mode allows a CPU logical processor to execute a higher frequency when enough power is available not exceeding CPU defined limits. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Enable or disable autonomous C-State control for CPU cores. Default is disable. CPU C6 report Enable or disable CPU C6 report. Default is disable. Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Enable or disable C1E for lower power consumption, default is disable. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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Package C State Set package C state limit, default is C0/C1 state. MEMHOT Throttling Mode Configure MEMHOT input and output mode: Options available: Disabled/Output only/Input only. Default setting is Input only. SKY-6200 User Manual...
After that, the normal BIOS post screen will be displayed. If disabled, the motherboard will not wait for BMC module's response. Wait for BMC counter Wait for BMC counter for initialize host to BMC interfaces. The MB beeps per 5 seconds to check it. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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– When SEL is Full Choose options for reactions to a full SEL. – Log EFI Status Codes Disable the logging of EFI status codes, or log only error codes, or only prog- ress codes, or both. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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BMC Self Test Log – Erase Log Erase log options. – When Log is Full Select the action to be taken when log is full. SKY-6200 User Manual...
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BMC Network Configuration – Configuration Address Source Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically (by BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters dur- ing BIOS phase. SKY-6200 User Manual...
3.2.6 Security 3.2.7 Boot Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 16 (0x10) means indefinite waiting. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Restore Defaults Restore/Load default values for all the setup options. Save as User Defaults Save the changes done so far as user defaults. Restore User Defaults Restore the user defaults to all the setup options. SKY-6200 User Manual...
Please visit the Advantech website or scan the QR code below for quick access to download the driver for SKY-6200. Before beginning, it is important to note that most display drivers need to have the relevant software application already installed on the system prior to installing the enhanced display drivers.
Windows OS Driver Setup Download the Chipset driver on the website, the file downloaded is compressed, unzip the folder then install the Chipset driver by running the SetupChipset.exe SKY-6200 User Manual...
Download the Graphic driver on the website, the file downloaded is compressed, unzip the folder then install the Graphic driver. Note! If SKY-6200 carries an additional graphics card for VGA output, please set this additional graphic card as "major output" under the "Display properties" of OS.
LAN Configuration 6.1.1 Introduction The SKY-6200 has two 10G Base-T Ethernet LAN 1/2 connections - Intel X557 PHY and two GbE LAN 3/4 - Intel I210. They eliminate bottlenecks in network data flow when incorporating Gigabit Ethernet at 10Gbps. 6.1.2 Features ...
RSTe driver. USB3.0 6.3.1 Introduction SKY-6200 offers four USB 3.0 ports in rear side. The USB 3.0 could provide the bandwidth up to 500MB/s to shorter the time for data transmission. 6.3.2 Windows Series Driver Setup Download the USB driver on the website, the file downloaded is compressed, unzip the folder then install the USB driver.
The SKY-6200’s watchdog timer can be used to monitor system software operation and take corrective action if the software fails to function within the programmed period. This section describes the operation of the watchdog timer and how to pro- gram it.
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0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Write 0x28 to 0x29A Start watchdog Wait 1 ~ 9 Wait IBF clear 0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Write 0x29 to 0x29A Stop watchdog Wait IBF clear 0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Go to Step 07 SKY-6200 User Manual...
SKY-6200 has thirty-two DIP switches on the UR and UL riser cards. The below sec- tions illustrates the default setting for each switch which is optimized for qualified GPU cards listed in the peripheral compatibility list. For each DIP switch, there are six bits to configure for the high and low status, if the DIP switch is set to "ON", then the corresponding bit is set to high (1), on the contrary,...
UL Riser Card default setting Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 RPT1_SW1 RPT1_SW2 RPT2_SW1 RPT2_SW2 RPT3_SW1 RPT3_SW2 RPT4_SW1 RPT4_SW2 RPT5_SW1 RPT5_SW2 RPT6_SW1 RPT6_SW2 RPT7_SW1 RPT7_SW2 RPT8_SW1 RPT8_SW2 SKY-6200 User Manual...
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限用物質含有情況標示聲明書 Declaration of the Presence Condition of the Restricted Substances Marking 設備名稱:伺服器 型號 (型式) :SKY-6200-R20A1 Equipment name Type designation (Type) 限用物質及其化學符號 Restricted substances and its chemical symbols 多溴二苯醚 六價鉻 多溴聯苯 單元 Unit 鉛 汞 鎘 Polybrominated Hexavalent Polybrominated Lead Mercury...
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