Dell Dimension 4100 User manual

Dell®PowerEdge®4100/180 and 4100/200 Systems
USER’S GUIDE
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Dell®PowerEdge®4100/180 and 4100/200 Systems
USER’S GUIDE
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Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to help protect
your computer system from potential damage and to
ensure your own personal safety.
When Using Your Computer
System
As you use your computer system, observe the following
safety guidelines:
•Be sure your monitor and attached peripherals are
electrically rated to operate with the AC power avail-
able in your location.
•To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer
and peripheral power cables into properly grounded
power sources. These cables are equipped with
3-prong plugs to ensure proper grounding. Do not
use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong
from a cable. If you must use an extension cable, use
a 3-wire cable with properly grounded plugs.
•To help protect your computer system from sudden,
transient increases and decreases in electrical power,
use a surge suppressor, line conditioner, or uninter-
ruptible power supply.
•Be sure nothing rests on your computer system’s
cables and that the cables are not located where they
can be stepped on or tripped over.
•Do not spill food or liquids on your computer.
•Do not push any objects into the openings of your
computer. Doing so can cause fire or electric shock
by shorting out interior components.
•Keep your computer away from radiators and heat
sources. Also, do not block cooling vents. Avoid
placing loose papers underneath your computer; do
not place your computer in a closed-in wall unit or
on a rug.
Ergonomic Computing Habits
For comfort and efficiency, observe the following ergo-
nomic guidelines when setting up and using your
computer system:
•Position your system so that the monitor and key-
board are directly in front of you as you work.
Special shelves are available (from Dell and other
sources) to help you correctly position your
keyboard.
•Set the monitor at a comfortable viewing distance
(usually 510 to 610 millimeters [20 to 24 inches]
from your eyes).
•Make sure the monitor screen is at eye level or
slightly lower when you are sitting in front of the
monitor.
•Adjust the tilt of the monitor, its contrast and bright-
ness settings, and the lighting around you (such as
overhead lights, desk lamps, and the curtains or
blinds on nearby windows) to minimize reflections
and glare on the monitor screen.
WARNING: The power supplies in this computer
system produce high voltages and energy hazards,
which can cause bodily harm. Only trained service
technicians are authorized to remove the computer
coversand access any of the components inside the
computer.
WARNING: Improper or prolonged keyboard use
may result in injury.

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•Use a chair that provides good lower back support.
•Keep your forearms horizontal with your wrists in a
neutral, comfortable position while using the key-
board or mouse.
•Always leave space to rest your hands while using
the keyboard or mouse.
•Let your upper arms hang naturally at your sides.
•Sit erect, with your feet resting on the floor and your
thighs level.
•When sitting, make sure the weight of your legs is on
your feet and not on the front of your chair seat.
Adjust your chair’s height or use a footrest, if neces-
sary, to maintain proper posture.
•Vary your work activities. Try to organize your work
so that you do not have to type for extended periods
of time without stopping. When you stop typing, try
to do things that use both hands.
arms at desk level
feet flat on the floor
monitor screen at or below eye level
monitor and keyboard
positioned directly
in front of user
wrists relaxed and flat

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When Working With Your
Computer
Take note of these safety guidelines when appropriate:
•Do not attempt to service the computer system your-
self, except as explained in this guide and elsewhere
in Dell documentation. Always follow installation
and servicing instructions closely.
•To help avoid possible damage to the system board,
wait five seconds after turning off the system before
disconnecting a peripheral device from the
computer.
•When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector
or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself.
Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if
you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on
the locking tabs before disconnecting the cable. As
you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned
to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before
you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are
correctly oriented and aligned.

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Preface
About This Guide
This guide is intended for anyone who uses a Dell Power-
Edge 4100/180 or 4100/200 computer system.The guide
can be used by both first-time and experienced computer
users who want to learn about the features and operation
of the systems or who want to upgrade their computers.
The chapters and appendices are summarized as follows:
•Everyone should read Chapter 1, “Introduction,” for
an overview of the system features, a description of
the controls and indicators on the front panel, and a
general discussion of connecting external devices to
the back panel of the computer.
•Users who want to install video drivers for their
operating system should read Chapter 2, “Using the
Dell Server Assistant CD.”
•Everyone should read the first few sections of Chap-
ter 3, “Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers,” to
find out which small computer system interface
(SCSI) device drivers (if any) are required for a par-
ticular system configuration. Users who need to
install and configure particular SCSI device drivers
should then read the appropriate section for their
operating system.
•Everyone should read the first several sections of
Chapter 4, “Using the System Setup Program,” to
familiarize themselves with this important program.
Only users who want to make configuration changes
to their system or who want to use the password fea-
tures need to read the rest of Chapter 4.
•Everyone should read Chapter 5, “Using the EISA
Configuration Utility.” If you change settings for one
of the built-in devices, have an Extended Industry-
Standard Architecture (EISA) or Industry-Standard
Architecture (ISA) expansion card added or
removed, or have additional memory installed, you
must run this utility.
•Chapter 6, “Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives,”
describes how to install SCSI hard-disk drives in the
computer’s six internal drive bays.
•Appendix A, “Technical Specifications,” and Appen-
dix B, “I/O Ports and Connectors,” are intended
primarily as reference material for users interested in
learning more about the details of the system.
•Appendix C, “Maintaining the System,” describes
preventive maintenance procedures that you should
perform regularly to keep your computer system in
top operating condition.
•Appendix D, “Regulatory Notices,” is for users who
are interested in which regulatory agencies have
tested and approved the Dell PowerEdge 4100/180
and 4100/200 systems.
•Appendix E, “Warranties and Return Policy,”
describes the warranties for the Dell PowerEdge
4100/180 and 4100/200 systems and the “Total Sat-
isfaction” Return Policy.
•The Glossary provides definitions of terms, acro-
nyms, and abbreviations used in this guide.
Warranty and Return Policy
Information
Dell Computer Corporation (“Dell”) manufactures its
hardware products from parts and components that are
new or equivalent to new in accordance with industry-
standard practices. For information about the Dell
warranty for your system, see Appendix E, “Warranties
and Return Policy.”

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Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this User’s Guide,the following documenta-
tion is included with your system:
•The Installation and Troubleshooting Guide includes
troubleshooting procedures and instructions for
using the CD-based diagnostics to test your com-
puter system. System upgrade instructions are
provided for trained service technicians.
•The Intel LANDesk Server Manager Suite, which
includes a CD-ROM containing the server manager
software,plus the following documents: LANDesk
Server Manager Setup Guide, LANDesk Server
Manager User’s Guide, LANDesk Server Control
Installation and User’s Guide, LANDesk Server
Monitor Module Installation and User’s Guide.
You may also have one or more of the following
documents.
NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included
with your system to describe changes to your system or
software. Always read these updates before consulting any
other documentation because the updates often contain the
latest information.
•The Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package for
Intel LANDesk Server Manager user’s guide
describes this server management application soft-
ware’s extensive capabilities.
•The Dell PowerEdge 4100 Systems Rack Installation
Guide provides detailed instructions for service
technicians.
•Operating system documentation is included if you
ordered your operating system software from Dell.
This documentation describes how to install (if nec-
essary), configure, and use your operating system
software.
•Documentation is included with any options you
purchase separately from your system. This docu-
mentation includes information that you need to
configure and install these options in your Dell
computer. Installation instructions for the options are
also included in this guide.
•Technical information files—sometimes called
“readme” files—may be installed on your hard-disk
drive to provide last-minute updates about technical
changes to your system or advanced technical refer-
ence material intended for experienced users or
technicians.
Notational Conventions
The following subsections list notational conventions
used in this document.
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text
printed in bold type within boxes or in italic type. These
blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are
used as follows:
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that
helps you make better use of your computer system.
Typographical Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illus-
trates typographical conventions used as visual cues for
specific elements of text throughout this document:
•Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a
keyboard, are presented in uppercase and enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example: <ENTER>
WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential
for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either poten-
tial damage to hardware or loss of data and tells
you how to avoid the problem.

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•Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed
simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per-
form a single function.
Example: <CTRL><ALT><DEL>
•All items on a menu screen are presented in the
ARIAL font and in uppercase bold.
Example: SETUP PASSWORD category
•Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer-
ence purposes only and are not intended to be typed
at that particular point in the discussion.
Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier
New font are intended to be typed as part of an
instruction.
Example: “Type to format the diskette in
drive A.”
•Filenames and directory names are presented in
lowercase bold.
Example:autoexec.bat and c:\windows
•Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possi-
ble parameters. Commands are displayed in
lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which
you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase
italics; constant parameters are displayed in lower-
case bold. The brackets indicate items that are
optional.
Example: del [drive:] [path]filename [/p]
•Command lines consist of a command and may
include one or more of the command’s possible
parameters. Command lines are presented in the
Courier New font.
Example:
•Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your
monitor or display. It can be a system message, for
example, or it can be text that you are instructed to
type as part of a command (referred to as a command
line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New
font.
Example: “Type , and then press
<ENTER>.”
Example: The following message appears on your
screen:
No boot device available
•Variables are symbols for which you substitute a
value. They are presented in italics.
Example: DIMMn(where n represents the DIMM
number)

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Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
System Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Preventing Unauthorized Access Inside the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Physically Securing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Chapter 2
Using the Dell Server Assistant CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Booting the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
CD Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Choose Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Configure the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Run EISA Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Configure RAID Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Run System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Run System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Use Online Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Use the System User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Use the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Create Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Create Blank Formatted Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Create Utility Diskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Create Operating System Support Diskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Create Windows NT Server 3.51 Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Create NetWare 4.xDiskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Create NetWare 3.12 Diskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

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Video Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Asset Tag Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Using the Asset Tag Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Assigning and Deleting an Asset Tag Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Chapter 3
Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
The readme.txt File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
The SCSISelect Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
SCSISelect Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Basic Host Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Boot Device Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
SCSI Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Advanced Host Adapter Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Starting the SCSISelect Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using SCSISelect Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using the SCSI Disk Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Exiting SCSISelect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Installation for Microsoft Windows NT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Installing Windows NT 3.51 and the Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Performing a Windows NT 3.51 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Performing a Windows NT 4.0 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Using Windows NT to Install or Update the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Installing or Updating the Driver With Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Removing a Host Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Swapping a Host Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Troubleshooting for Windows NT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Installation for Novell NetWare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Installing EZ-SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Calculating the Slot Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Installing NetWare and the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Performing a NetWare 4.xInstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Performing a NetWare 3.12 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Using NetWare to Install or Update the Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

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Using the load Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Bit Mask Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Sample load Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Using SCSI Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Booting From a SCSI Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Formatting Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Using Removable Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Using NetWare-Tested and -Approved Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Using the NetWare Tape Backup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Setting Up a CD-ROM Drive With Net-Ware 3.12 or 4.x. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Optimizing Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Troubleshooting for NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Non–Host-Adapter Specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Host-Adapter Specific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Chapter 4
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Main Menu Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Fast Video BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Memory Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Boot Options Submenu Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Num Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Processor 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Processor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Base Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Level 2 Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Video Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Service Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Asset Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

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Advanced Menu Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Serial Port 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Serial Port 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Parallel Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Parallel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Diskette Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
On-Board SCSI A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
On-Board SCSI B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
PCI Scan Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Use MP Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
PS/2 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Security Menu Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Supervisor Password Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
User Password Is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Set Supervisor Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Set User Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Password on Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Diskette Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
System Backup Reminder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Virus Check Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Exit Menu Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Save Changes & Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Exit Without Saving Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Get Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Load Previous Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Save Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using the Password Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Using the Supervisor Password Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Assigning a Supervisor Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Using Your Supervisor Password to Secure Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Operating With a Supervisor Password Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Deleting or Changing an Existing Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Using the User Password Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Assigning a User Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Using Your User Password to Secure Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Deleting or Changing an Existing User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Password Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

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Chapter 5
Using the EISA Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Configuring EISA, ISA, and PCI Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
System Board Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
How to Run the EISA Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
When to Run the EISA Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Making Selections in the EISA Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Using Online Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Starting the EISA Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Learn About Configuring Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Configure Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Step 1: Important EISA Configuration Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Step 2: Add or Remove Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Step 3: View or Edit Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Step 4: Examine Switches or Print Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Step 5: Save and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Set Date and Set Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Maintain System Configuration Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Exit From This Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Lock/Unlock Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
View Additional System Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Set Verification Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Maintain SCI Files Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Resolving Resource Conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Removing a Card That Conflicts With the Card You Just Installed . . . . . . . . . 5-12
System Board Options Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
MP Table Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
ISA Cycle Wait Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Fail-Safe Timer NMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Bus-Master Timeout NMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Software Generated NMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Modeling Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Using the Password Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
How Password Security Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Assigning or Changing a Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Deleting an Existing Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

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Assigning or Changing a User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Deleting an Existing User Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Chapter 6
Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives in the Internal Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Removing and Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Installing a SCSI Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Removing and Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
With the System Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive With the System Running . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive With the System Running . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Configuring the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Appendix A
Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B
I/O Ports and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
I/O Ports and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Serial and Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Adding an Expansion Card Containing Serial or Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . B-2
Serial Port Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Parallel Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Keyboard and Mouse Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Mouse Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Video Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Remote Port Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

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Appendix C
Maintaining the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Data Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
Scheduling Backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
Backup Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
Cleaning System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
Recommended Tools and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Cleaning the Computer, Monitor, and Keyboard Exteriors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Cleaning Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Environmental Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-3
Altitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-3
Dust and Particles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-3
Corrosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-3
Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-3
Magnetism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-4
Shock and Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-4
Power Source Interruptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-5
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-5
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-5
Line Conditioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-5
Uninterruptible Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-5
Appendix D
Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1
Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1
Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1
IC Notice (Canada Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-2
EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-2
CE Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-3
VCCI Notices (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-3
Class 1 Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-3
Class 2 Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-3
Korean Regulatory Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4
Class A Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4
Class B Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4

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Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Wymagania Polskiego Centrum Badañi Certyfikacji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Pozostate instrukcje bezpieczeñstwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Appendix E
Warranties and Return Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Limited Three-Year Warranty (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Coverage During Year One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Coverage During Years Two and Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Limited Three-Year Warranty (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Coverage During Year One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
Coverage During Years Two and Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
“Total Satisfaction” Return Policy (U.S. and Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4
Glossary
Index
Figures
Figure 1-1. Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-2. Keylock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 3-1. Bit Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Figure 4-1. Main Menu of the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-2. Boot Options Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-3. Advanced Menu of the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-4. Security Menu of the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-5. Exit Menu of the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Figure 5-1. EISA System Board Options Screen (Example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Figure 6-1. Internal Drive Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Figure 6-2. Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Figure B-1. I/O Ports and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Figure B-2. Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure B-3. Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure B-4. Pin Numbers for the Keyboard Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

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Figure B-5. Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-5
Figure B-6. Pin Numbers for the Video Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-5
Figure B-7. Pin Numbers for the Remote Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-6
Tables
Table 2-1. Asset Tag Command-Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Table 3-1. Default SCSI Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Table 3-2. Expansion Slot Bus Numbers and Device Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-3. Load Command Line Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Table 3-4. Files Necessary to Set Up Booting From a SCSI Device. . . . . . . . . 3-17
Table 3-5. Drive Status Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Table 3-6. Read After Write Verify Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Table 4-1. System Setup Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Table 4-2. Password Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Table 6-1. SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Table A-1. Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
Table B-1. Pin Assignments for the Serial Port Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-3
Table B-2. Pin Assignments for the Parallel Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-4
Table B-3. Pin Assignments for the Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-4
Table B-4. Pin Assignments for the Mouse Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-5
Table B-5. Pin Assignments for the Video Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-5
Table B-6. Pin Assignments for the Remote Port Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-6