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Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the F424AF server chassis.
System Power
The F424AF chassis model includes four high-effi ciency 95%+ Platinum certifi ed
redundant 1280 Watt power supplies. In the unlikely event your power supply fails,
replacement is simple and can be accomplished without tools.
SAS/SATA Subsystem
The F424AF supports up to four (4) hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA drives in trays for
each node for a total of sixteen (16) drives. These drives are hot-swappable units
and are connected to two backplanes (that provides 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.
I/O Ports
The F424AF is an proprietary form factor chassis designed to be used in a 4U
rackmount confi guration. The F424AF chassis provides one low-profi le add-on
card slots, a VGA port, two USB 3.0 ports, one IPMI Ethernet port and two gigabit
Ethernet ports per node.
Cooling System
The F424AF chassis accepts eight (8) 8-cm system fans powered from either the
backpane or the serverboards. When one of the motherboard nodes is removed,
another motherboard will continue to operate the fans.
Air Shrouds
The F424AF chassis requires mylar air shrouds for each node to direct the airfl ow
where cooling is needed. The air shroud will differ for different motherboards. If using
a motherboard which is not the default in the chassis, refer to the optional parts in
the Appendix of this manual, or the Supermicro Web site at
to puchase the proper air shroud.
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