User`s guide

Introduction 1-5
1-3 Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the NovaScale R422/R422-INF
(CSE-808T-980B)1U chassis. Details on the chassis can be found in Chapter 6.
System Power
When confi gured as a NovaScale R422/R422-INF server, the NovaScale R422/R422-INF
(CSE-808T-980B) box includes a single 980 W cold-swap power supply, which provides
the power to both server boards housed in the chassis.
SATA Subsystem
The NovaScale R422/R422-INF (CSE-808T-980B) chassis was designed to support four
SATA hard drives, which are hot-swappable units.
Control Panel
The NovaScale R422/R422-INF (CSE-808T-980B) box features two independant control
panels associated with each serverboard in the chassis. Each control panel has LEDs
to indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive activity and system overheat
conditions. Each control panel also includes a main power button and a system reset
button.
Rear I/O Panel
The NovaScale R422/R422-INF (CSE-808T-980B) is a 1U rackmount chassis. Its I/O panel
provides a slots for two low-profi le PCI-E x8 expansion cards, two COM ports, four USB
ports, two VGA ports and four Gb Ethernet ports. The NovaScale R422-INF also provides
two Infi niBand ports. See Chapter 6 for details.
Cooling System
The NovaScale R422/R422-INF (CSE-808T-980B)chassis has an innovative cooling design
that features two sets of triple (for a total of six) 4 cm high-performance fans. A fan speed
control setting in BIOS allows fan speed to be determined by system temperature.