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 network modules. Installation and maintenance
should be performed by experienced professionals only.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides an overview of this manual.
Chapter 2: System Safety
You should familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety
precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing MicroBlade Network
Modules.
Chapter 3: Setup and Installation
Refer here for details on installing the modules into a MicroBlade enclosure and for their
setup and configuration.
Chapter 4: Ethernet Modules
This chapter details all Ethernet switches for the MicroBlade system.
Appendix A: LED Descriptions
LED descriptions are summarized here in this appendix for quick reference.
Preface
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