SUPER MICRO Computer SCF418IF-R1K62BP, SYSF617R2RT, SCF418C-R1K62BP, SCF418IL-R1K62BP user manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Supermicro's SCF418 "Fat Twin" chassis is designed to optimize performance per Watt and per dollar with up to eight independent hot-pluggable DP computing nodes, efficiently organized into a 4U form factor. Each node provides hot-swappable and/ or fixed hard drives for RAID 5 data protection, and is contained in a convenient module to facilitate easy system upgrades, installation and maintenance. See be- low for the hard drive configuration of your particular SCF418 chassis model. The SCF418 chassis is equipped with high-efficiency optional 1 + 1 Platinum Level redundant power supplies (95%), on each side, for a total of four power supplies, with a power-efficient server board and optimized cooling subsystems. The Fat Twin is the best choice for HPC, datacenter and cost-effective blade-type applications.

1-2 Shipping List

Part Numbers

Please visit the Supermicro web site for the latest shipping lists and part numbers for your particular chassis model at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/Fat- Twin.cfm

SCF418 Chassis

Model	CPU	Nodes
SCF418BC-R1K62BP	DP/UP	8x
SCF418IF-R1K62BP	DP/UP	8x
SCF418IL-R1K62BP	DP/UP	8x

HDD

48x 2.5" SAS/ SATA (8x per node)

16x fixed 3.5"

SAS/SATA (2x per node)

16x fixed 3.5"

SAS/SATA (2x per node)

I/O Slots

8x mirco LP total

(1x micro LP per

node)

8x LP total

(1x LP per node)

16x LP total

(2x LP per node)

8x LP total

(1x LP per node)

Power Supply

4x

1620W

4x

1620W

4x

1620W

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