Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
This user’s manual covers the
In this manual, “blade system” refers to the entire system (including the enclosure and blades units), “blade” or “blade unit” refers to a single blade module and “blade enclosure” is the chassis that the blades, power supplies and modules are housed within.
Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperBlade (www.supermicro.com/products/superblade/).
Note: A complete list of safety warnings is provided on the Supermicro web site at http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/safety_information.cfm.
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components
Your blade module ships with its B9DR7 mainboard already installed in its chassis. Memory, hard disk drives and the CPU must all be installed by the user after shipment. See Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page
Aside from the blade module unit itself, the following optional Mezzanine
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See the Supermicro website and the SuperBlade Network Modules User’s Manual on your SuperBlade system’s