SUPER MICRO Computer SBI-7426T-S3 user manual Preface, About this Manual, Manual Organization

Preface

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 SBI-7426T-S3 blade module. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced professionals only.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1: Introduction

The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module and describes its main features.

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 the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module.

Chapter 3: Setup and Installation

Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module into the Superblade chassis. Other sections cover the installation and placement of memory modules and the installation of hard disk drives into the blade module.

Chapter 4: Blade Module Features

This chapter coves features and component information about the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module. Included here are descriptions and information for mainboard components, connectors, LEDs and other features of the blade module.

Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure

RAID setup and operations for the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module are covered in this chapter.

Chapter 6: BIOS

BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module.

Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes

BIOS POST Codes for the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module are explained in this appendix.

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