User`s guide

Preface and Table of Contents
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 NovaScale R422/R422-INF servers.
Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
NovaScale R422/R422-INF servers are 1U Twin (two server boards in a 1U chassis)
rackmount servers based in the NovaScale R422/R422-INF box (CSE-808T-980B) and two
(twin) X7DBT or two X7DBT-INF server boards. The NovaScale R422 X7DBT/X7DBT-INF
server boards support dual Intel
®
5300/5100 Series processors.
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 Super NovaScale R422 X7DBT/X7DBT-INF
serverboard and the NovaScale R422/R422-INF box (CSE-808T-980B).
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the NovaScale R422/R422-INF server
into a rack and check out the server confi guration prior to powering up the system. If your
server was ordered without the processor and memory components, this chapter will refer
you to the appropriate sections of this manual for their installation.
Chapter 3: System Interface
Refer to this chapter 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.
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 NovaScale R422/
R422-INF server.
Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the NovaScale R422 X7DBT/X7DBT-INF server
boards, including the locations and functions of connectors, 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 NovaScale R422/R422-INF box (CSE-
808T-980B) 1U rackmount. You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when