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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 SuperServer 6015B-8. Instal- lation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only. The SuperServer 6015B-8 is a high-end server based on the SC815S-560 1U rackmount chassis and the X7DBR-8, a dual processor serverboard that supports Intel ® Xeon ® 5100/5000 series processors at a Front Side (System) Bus speed of 1333/1066/667 MHz and up to 32 GB of FBD ECC DDR2-667/533 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 X7DBR-8 serverboard and the SC815S-560 chassis, which comprise the SuperServer 6015B-8. Chapter 2: Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 6015B-8 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. iii

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S UPER S ERVER 6015B-8 User's Manual Chapter 4: System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperServer 6015B-8. Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7DBP-8 serverboard, including the locations and functions of connections, headers and jumpers. Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconﬁ guring the serverboard. Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC815S-560 server chassis.

You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing, removing or reconﬁ guring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans. Chapter 7: BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa- tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility. Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes Appendix C: Software Installation Appendix D: System Speciﬁ cations iv

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