Contents

Notices ...............................................................................................

vii

Safety information ............................................................................

viii

About this guide .................................................................................

ix

Chapter 1: Product introduction .......................

1-1

1.1

System package contents ....................................................

1-2

1.2

System specifications ..........................................................

1-3

1.3

Front panel features .............................................................

1-5

1.4

Rear panel features ..............................................................

1-5

1.5

Internal features ...................................................................

1-6

1.6

LED information ....................................................................

1-7

 

1.6.1

Front panel LEDs ....................................................

1-7

 

1.6.2

HDD status LED ......................................................

1-7

 

1.6.3

Rear panel LEDs ......................................................

1-8

Chapter 2: Hardware setup ..............................

2-1

2.1

Chassis cover .......................................................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Removing the front cover ......................................

2-2

 

2.1.2 Removing the rear cover ........................................

2-2

 

2.1.3

Installing the cover .................................................

2-3

2.2

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..............................................

2-4

 

2.2.1

Installling a CPU ......................................................

2-4

 

2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink .....................................

2-6

2.3

System memory ...................................................................

2-7

 

2.3.1

Overview .................................................................

2-7

 

2.3.2

Memory configurations ...........................................

2-7

 

2.3.3

Installing a DIMM .....................................................

2-8

 

2.3.4

Removing a DIMM ...................................................

2-8

2.4

Hot-swap hard disk drives ....................................................

2-9

2.5

Expansion slot ....................................................................

2-11

 

2.5.1

Installing expansion cars .......................................

2-11

 

2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card..............................

2-13

2.6

Cable connections ..............................................................

2-14

 

2.6.1

Motherboard .........................................................

2-15

 

2.6.2

SCSI backplane .....................................................

2-16

2.7

Removable components .....................................................

2-17

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