About this Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators, Information Technology
professionals, service personnel and technicians. It provides information for the
installation and use of Supermicro's SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module. Installation and
maintenance should be performed by experienced professionals only.
The only difference between the SBI-7428R-C3 and SBI-7428R-C3N blade modules is
that the SBI-7428R-C3N supports NVMe drives and the SBI-7428R-C3 does not.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with
SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module and describes their main features.
Chapter 2: Standardized Warning Statements
You should familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety
precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing SBI-7428R-C3/C3N
blade module.
Chapter 3: Setup and Installation
Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module into
®
the SuperBlade
chassis. Other sections cover the installation and placement of
memory modules and the installation of hard disk drives into the blade module.
Chapter 4: Blade Module Features
This chapter coves features and component information about SBI-7428R-C3/C3N
blade module. Included here are descriptions and information for serverboard
components, connectors, LEDs and other features of the blade module.
Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure
RAID setup and operations for SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module are covered in this
chapter.
Chapter 6: BIOS
BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module.
Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes
BIOS POST Codes for SBI-7428R-C3/C3N blade module are explained in this
appendix.
Preface
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