Supero M28E1, M28E2 User Manual

M28E1 and M28E2

MOBILE RACK

USER'S GUIDE

Rev. 2.0

M28E1 and E2 Mobile Rack User's Guide

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Manual Revision 2.0

Release Date: August 22, 2007

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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations

Table of Contents

M28E1 and M28E2

MOBILE RACK

Contacting Super Micro .................................................................................................iv

Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1

1-2 General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 1-1

1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-1

Chapter 2 Introduction

2-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 2-1

2-2 Product Features ........................................................................................... 2-1

Additional Information ................................................................................. 2-2

Chapter 3 Jumper Setting and Pin Defi nitions

3-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ........................................................................... 3-1

Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 3-1

Explanation of Jumpers .............................................................................. 3-2

3-2 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................. 3-3

3-3 Expander Card ................................................................................................ 3-4

Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 3-4

Front Connectors ........................................................................................ 3-4

Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions ............................................................... 3-5

Jumper Settings .............................................................................................. 3-6

Explanation of Jumpers .............................................................................. 3-6

Chapter 4 Installation Instructions

4-1 Shipping List .................................................................................................... 4-1

4-2 Tools Required ................................................................................................ 4-1

4-3 Other Parts ...................................................................................................... 4-1

4-4 Setup and Installation Steps ........................................................................... 4-2

4-5 General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 4-2

4-6 Before Accessing the Mobile Rack ................................................................. 4-2

4-7 Cooling Fan Installation .................................................................................. 4-3

Fan Removal .............................................................................................. 4-4

4-8 Hard Drive Installation ..................................................................................... 4-4

4-9 Connect Data and Power Cables ................................................................... 4-6

4-10 Advanced Confi guration .................................................................................. 4-6

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Contacting Super Micro

Headquarters

Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Web Site: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacifi c

Address: SuperMicro, Taiwan

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations

Chapter 1

Safety Guidelines

To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps

listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.

1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines

Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-

age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures

are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the
antistatic bag.

• Handle the RAID card by its edges only; do not touch its components,
peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in
use.

1-2 General Safety Guidelines

• Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any
components from the computer, including the backplane.

• Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables
from the backplane.

• Make sure that the backplane is securely and properly installed on
the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power
shortage.

1-3 An Important Note to Users

• All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the
latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you
have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics
shown in this manual.

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