Book Layout

This document contains the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1 “Overview”—Brief introduction to the Superdome
Chapter 2 “Installing the System”—Unpacking, installation, and preparation for booting the operating system
Chapter 3 “Removing and Replacing Components”—Changing field-replaceable units (FRUs)
Chapter 4 “System Specifications”—Details of the Superdome
Chapter 5 “Site Preparation”—Preparation of the customer’s site before installation of the Superdome

In addition, the following appendices provide supplemental material.

Appendix A “Operating System Boot and Shutdown”—Describes how to power down and power up the server.
Appendix B “Powering On and Off the System”—Describes how to power on and off the system, tasks required in several section of this document.
Appendix C “EFI Boot Maintenance Manager for Superdome”—Describes the new EFI boot manager.
Appendix D “Configuration”—Provides allowable configurations.
Appendix E “Replaceable Parts”—A list of all available field replaceable units (FRUs)
Appendix F “Management Processor Commands”—Details on each MP commands
Appendix G “JUST Exploration Tool”l—Useful for troubleshooting, installations, and upgrades
Appendix H “Templates”—Useful for planning customer installations.

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