SUPER MICRO Computer AS 1020C-3 user manual Preface, About This Manual, Manual Organization

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 A+ Server 1020C-3. Instal- lation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.

The 1020C-3 is a high-end 1U rackmount server based on the SC813T+-500 server chassis and the H8DCR-3 serverboard, which supports dual AMD Opteron™ 200 series processors and up to 32 GB of registered ECC DDR333/266 or up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR400 SDRAM.

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 H8DCR-3 serverboard and the SC813T+-500 chassis, which make up the 1020C-3.

Chapter 2: Server Installation

This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the 1020C-3 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.

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