Supermicro CSE-846TQ-R900B [5/160] Chapter 4 chassis setup and maintenance 1

Preface

NIC2 ................................................................................................................ 3-3

NIC1 ................................................................................................................ 3-3

Information LED .............................................................................................. 3-3

Power Fail ....................................................................................................... 3-3

Overheating ..................................................................................................... 3-4

Overheat Temperature Setting ................................................................... 3-4

Responses .................................................................................................. 3-4

3-4 Drive Carrier LEDs .......................................................................................... 3-4

3-5 Power Supply LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-5

Chapter 4 Chassis Setup and Maintenance ...........................................4-1

4-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 4-1

4-2 Removing Power from the System ................................................................. 4-2

4-3 Removing the Chassis Cover ......................................................................... 4-3

4-4 Installing Front Hard Drives ............................................................................ 4-4

4-5 Installing the Motherboard .............................................................................. 4-7

I/O Shield ........................................................................................................ 4-7

Permanent and Optional Standoffs ................................................................. 4-8

4-6 Expansion Card Setup .................................................................................. 4-10

4-7 Installing the Air Shroud .................................................................................4-11

4-8 Checking the Airow ..................................................................................... 4-12

4-9 System Fans ................................................................................................. 4-13

4-10 Power Supply ............................................................................................... 4-15

4-11 Changing the Power Distributor .................................................................... 4-17

4-12 Optional Drives .............................................................................................. 4-19

Fixed Internal Hard Drives ............................................................................ 4-19

Installing a DVD Drive ................................................................................... 4-22

Installing the Hot-Swap Hard Drive Assembly .............................................. 4-26

4-13 Accessing the Backplane .............................................................................. 4-30

Chapter 5 Rack Installation ...................................................................... 5-1

5-1 Unpacking the System .................................................................................... 5-1

5-2 Preparing for Setup ......................................................................................... 5-1

Choosing a Setup Location ............................................................................. 5-1

5-3 Warnings and Precautions .............................................................................. 5-2

Rack Precautions ............................................................................................ 5-2

General Server Precautions ............................................................................ 5-2

Rack Mounting Considerations ....................................................................... 5-3

Ambient Operating Temperature ................................................................ 5-3

Sufcient Airow ......................................................................................... 5-3