Contents
Safety ............................v
Chapter 1. Introduction ......................1
The IntelliStation Documentation CD .................2
Hardware and software requirements ................2
Using the Documentation Browser .................2
Related documentation ......................3
Notices and statements in this document ................4
Inventory checklist ........................5
Selecting alocation for the computer .................5
Arranging the workspace......................5
Comfort ...........................5
Glare and lighting .......................5
Air circulation .........................6
Electrical outlets and cable lengths .................6
Features and specifications .....................7
Controls and LEDs ........................8
Chapter 2. Cabling and starting the computer ............11
Cabling the computer ......................11
Turning on the computer .....................11
Running the operating-system setup program .............12
Turning off the computer .....................12
Chapter 3. Configuring the computer ................15
Viewing the license agreement ...................15
Using the built-in configuration programs ...............15
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program ............16
Using the Boot Menu program ..................17
Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent ......17
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs ..........17
Using ServeRAID Manager ....................21
Configuring the controller ....................22
Viewing the configuration ....................23
Configuring the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller ......23
Starting the SCSISelect Utility program (some models) ..........23
Chapter 4. Completing the installation ...............25
Recording important numbers ...................25
Registering the computer .....................25
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows ........26
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows .....27
Chapter 5. Solving problems ...................29
Diagnostic tools overview .....................29
Power-on self-test (POST).....................30
POST beep codes ......................30
POST error codes.......................30
Troubleshooting tables ......................41
CD or DVD drive problems ...................41
Diskette drive problems.....................42
General problems .......................43
Hard disk drive problems ....................43
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