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Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC217HQ-R1400BP
2U chassis. Details on the chassis can be found in Chapter 6.
System Power
The SC217HQ-R1400BP includes a redundant (dual) 1400W power supply, which
provides power to both serverboards (nodes). If either power supply failes, the other
will allow the system to continue to run.
SATA Subsystem
The SC217HQ-R1400BP chassis was designed to support 24 SAS/SATA hard
drives, which are hot-swappable units. There are six hard drives per node in the
system.
Control Panel
The SC217HQ-R1400BP features four independant control panels. Each control
panel has LEDs to indicate power on, network activity, power fail, fan fail, system
overheat conditions and the UID LED for it's own specifi c node. Each control panel
also includes a main power button and a UID button.
Rear I/O Panel
The SC217HQ-R1400BP is a 2U rackmount chassis. Its I/O panel provides slots for
four low-profi le PCI Express x16 expansion cards, four COM ports, eight USB ports,
four VGA ports and eight Gb Ethernet ports. See Chapter 6 for details.
Cooling System
The SC217HQ-R1400BP chassis has an innovative cooling design that features four
8-cm high-performance fans. A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows fan speed
to be determined by system temperature. See Chapter 6 for details.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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