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Preface
Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It
provides information for the installation and use of the AS1041M-T2/1041M-82.
Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians
only.
The AS1041M-T2/1041M-82 is a high-end server based on the SC818TQ+-1000/
SC818S+-1000 1U rackmount chassis and the H8QME-2+/H8QM8-2+, a quad
processor serverboard that supports AMD Socket F type processors and up to
32 GB of registered ECC DDR2-667/533 or 64 GB of registered ECC DDR2-400
SDRAM. Please refer to our website for details on supported processors (www.
supermicro.com/aplus).

Manual Organization

Chapter 1: Introduction

The fi rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the H8QME-2+/H8QM8-2+
serverboard and the SC818TQ+-1000/SC818S+-1000 chassis, which comprise the
AS1041M-T2/1041M-82.

Chapter 2: Server Installation

This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the AS1041M-T2/1041M-82
into a rack and check out the server confi guration prior to powering up the system.
If your server was ordered without processor and memory components, this chapter
will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation.

Chapter 3: System Interface

Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and
information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs
located throughout the system.