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... install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software. The Dell PowerEdge 4300 rack installation documentation provides detailed instructions for installing the system in the other documentation...Dell PowerEdge 4300 systems. It also provides information about year 2000 compliance of Compliance." The HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition x.x With Dell OpenManage HIP x.x User's Guide describes the alert messages issued by the server management software. Documentation is included with any other documents. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive...
... install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software. The Dell PowerEdge 4300 rack installation documentation provides detailed instructions for installing the system in the other documentation...Dell PowerEdge 4300 systems. It also provides information about year 2000 compliance of Compliance." The HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition x.x With Dell OpenManage HIP x.x User's Guide describes the alert messages issued by the server management software. Documentation is included with any other documents. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive...
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... Creating the IntranetWare 4.11 Driver Diskettes 3-15 Preparing the Hard-Disk Drive for IntranetWare Installation 3-15 Installing SCSI Drivers During IntranetWare 4.11 Installation 3-16 Installing the Dell-Supplied Novell Patches and Support Pack 5 3-20 Dell-Provided IntranetWare 4.11 3-20 IntranetWare 4.11 From Sources Other Than Dell 3-20 Installing SMP Support 3-21 Using and 3-21 Using...
... Creating the IntranetWare 4.11 Driver Diskettes 3-15 Preparing the Hard-Disk Drive for IntranetWare Installation 3-15 Installing SCSI Drivers During IntranetWare 4.11 Installation 3-16 Installing the Dell-Supplied Novell Patches and Support Pack 5 3-20 Dell-Provided IntranetWare 4.11 3-20 IntranetWare 4.11 From Sources Other Than Dell 3-20 Installing SMP Support 3-21 Using and 3-21 Using...
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... Program 4-2 System Setup Screens 4-2 Using the System Setup Program 4-3 System Setup Options 4-5 Time 4-5 Date 4-5 Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B 4-5 Reserved Memory 4-5 CPU Speed 4-6 Num Lock 4-6 Processor 1 and Processor 2 4-6 Fan Speed 4-6 System Alert 4-6 Keyboard Errors 4-7 Boot Sequence 4-7 Diskette First 4-7 Hard Disk Only 4-7 Scan Sequence 4-7 System Password 4-8 Password Status 4-8 Setup Password 4-8 Mouse 4-9 Serial Port 1 and...
... Program 4-2 System Setup Screens 4-2 Using the System Setup Program 4-3 System Setup Options 4-5 Time 4-5 Date 4-5 Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B 4-5 Reserved Memory 4-5 CPU Speed 4-6 Num Lock 4-6 Processor 1 and Processor 2 4-6 Fan Speed 4-6 System Alert 4-6 Keyboard Errors 4-7 Boot Sequence 4-7 Diskette First 4-7 Hard Disk Only 4-7 Scan Sequence 4-7 System Password 4-8 Password Status 4-8 Setup Password 4-8 Mouse 4-9 Serial Port 1 and...
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...D-6 Class A Device D-6 Class B Device D-7 Polish Center for the Server-Management Bus Connectors B-9 xviii Figure B-6. Figure B-2. Front Panel 1-5 Hot-Pluggable Hard-Disk Drive Indicators 1-6 System Setup Screens 4-4 View or Edit Details Screen (Example 5-9 I/O Ports and Connectors B-2 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors B-4 Pin ...D-10 Limited Three-Year Warranty (U.S. Figure B-5. Figure 1-2. and Canada Only E-3 Year 2000 Statement of Compliance for Dell-Branded Hardware Products E-4 Previous Products E-4 Software E-5 Additional Information E-5 Figure 1-1. Figure B-4.
...D-6 Class A Device D-6 Class B Device D-7 Polish Center for the Server-Management Bus Connectors B-9 xviii Figure B-6. Figure B-2. Front Panel 1-5 Hot-Pluggable Hard-Disk Drive Indicators 1-6 System Setup Screens 4-4 View or Edit Details Screen (Example 5-9 I/O Ports and Connectors B-2 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors B-4 Pin ...D-10 Limited Three-Year Warranty (U.S. Figure B-5. Figure 1-2. and Canada Only E-3 Year 2000 Statement of Compliance for Dell-Branded Hardware Products E-4 Previous Products E-4 Software E-5 Additional Information E-5 Figure 1-1. Figure B-4.
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...768 with ISA slot 6. NOTE: If you must have the same internal operating frequency as instructions for true-color graphics. 1-2 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide Multiple power supplies require a power-supply paralleling board (PSPB) and are available for performing the upgrade. ...hard-disk drives. A minimum of 64 megabytes (MB) of the Pentium II microprocessor will work properly as Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 or Novell® IntranetWare 4.11 (and later versions). The unbuffered 72-bit-wide error checking and correction (ECC) SDRAM DIMMs installed in PowerEdge 4300...
...768 with ISA slot 6. NOTE: If you must have the same internal operating frequency as instructions for true-color graphics. 1-2 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide Multiple power supplies require a power-supply paralleling board (PSPB) and are available for performing the upgrade. ...hard-disk drives. A minimum of 64 megabytes (MB) of the Pentium II microprocessor will work properly as Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 or Novell® IntranetWare 4.11 (and later versions). The unbuffered 72-bit-wide error checking and correction (ECC) SDRAM DIMMs installed in PowerEdge 4300...
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... through an intuitive graphical interface. Standard PowerEdge 4300 systems include a 3.5-inch diskette drive and a SCSI CD-ROM drive installed in the externally accessible bays and a SCSI hard-disk drive installed in SCSI subsystem. SCSI device drivers that allow your Dell system: Video drivers for the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant when the optional Dell Remote Assistant Card version 2.0 (DRAC 2), which...
... through an intuitive graphical interface. Standard PowerEdge 4300 systems include a 3.5-inch diskette drive and a SCSI CD-ROM drive installed in the externally accessible bays and a SCSI hard-disk drive installed in SCSI subsystem. SCSI device drivers that allow your Dell system: Video drivers for the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant when the optional Dell Remote Assistant Card version 2.0 (DRAC 2), which...
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...indicator blinks amber if a fault is out of the power button lights up when the hard-disk drive is recessed into the system's front panel to or from the hard-disk drive. 1-4 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide The three indicator lights on each of the power supplies or any... system voltages. Dell supports the following network operating systems for your system. NOTE: The power button is receiving ...
...indicator blinks amber if a fault is out of the power button lights up when the hard-disk drive is recessed into the system's front panel to or from the hard-disk drive. 1-4 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide The three indicator lights on each of the power supplies or any... system voltages. Dell supports the following network operating systems for your system. NOTE: The power button is receiving ...
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The amber hard-disk drive failure indicator blinks if a hard-disk drive failure is detected. diskette drive CD-ROM drive power indicator power button power-supply status indicator fan/temperature status indicator keylock Introduction 1-5
The amber hard-disk drive failure indicator blinks if a hard-disk drive failure is detected. diskette drive CD-ROM drive power indicator power button power-supply status indicator fan/temperature status indicator keylock Introduction 1-5
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...help the system recognize an external device and direct its operation. Always attach external devices while your system. hard-disk drive online indicator hard-disk drive activity indicator hard-disk drive failure indicator You can connect various external devices, such as a mouse and printer, to the I ..., or configuring I/O ports and connectors, see Chapter 4, "Using the System Setup Program," or Chapter 5, "Using the Resource 1-6 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide For example, most devices must be connected to recognize the device, try turning on the system before they will work...
...help the system recognize an external device and direct its operation. Always attach external devices while your system. hard-disk drive online indicator hard-disk drive activity indicator hard-disk drive failure indicator You can connect various external devices, such as a mouse and printer, to the I ..., or configuring I/O ports and connectors, see Chapter 4, "Using the System Setup Program," or Chapter 5, "Using the Resource 1-6 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide For example, most devices must be connected to recognize the device, try turning on the system before they will work...
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..., "Getting Help," in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to the hot-pluggable hard-disk drives. Configuration Utility." A keylock behind the external drive door on the I /O Ports and Connectors." The PowerEdge 4300 system also includes a system intrusion switch that signals appropriate server management software if the...
..., "Getting Help," in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to the hot-pluggable hard-disk drives. Configuration Utility." A keylock behind the external drive door on the I /O Ports and Connectors." The PowerEdge 4300 system also includes a system intrusion switch that signals appropriate server management software if the...
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... necessary). It also describes the utility partition and its various options to configure your hard-disk drive. The Dell Server Assistant CD has two modes of these settings are also available on a bootable utility partition that can help you configure a PowerEdge 4300 system to best meet your needs. See Chapter 4, "Using the System Setup Program...
... necessary). It also describes the utility partition and its various options to configure your hard-disk drive. The Dell Server Assistant CD has two modes of these settings are also available on a bootable utility partition that can help you configure a PowerEdge 4300 system to best meet your needs. See Chapter 4, "Using the System Setup Program...
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... the Dell Server Assistant documentation or see "Starting the Dell Server Assistant CD" found earlier in the system. then click OK again. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide Insert the Dell Server Assistant CD into the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system by Dell becomes ...bootable partition on the Welcome screen. This option is visible and functional only when a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller is removed from the hard-disk drive. See your hard-disk drive; From the Dell Server Assistant main menu, select Create Utility Partition. 4. click OK to continue or ...
... the Dell Server Assistant documentation or see "Starting the Dell Server Assistant CD" found earlier in the system. then click OK again. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide Insert the Dell Server Assistant CD into the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system by Dell becomes ...bootable partition on the Welcome screen. This option is visible and functional only when a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller is removed from the hard-disk drive. See your hard-disk drive; From the Dell Server Assistant main menu, select Create Utility Partition. 4. click OK to continue or ...
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...the utility partition menu even when the Dell Server Assistant CD is displayed at the bottom of the functions available on the Dell Server Assistant CD. When the partition is not implemented, it is a bootable partition on the system's hard-disk drive. Table 2-1 provides a sample list ...and explanation of space on the hard-disk drive that provides some options or features, such...
...the utility partition menu even when the Dell Server Assistant CD is displayed at the bottom of the functions available on the Dell Server Assistant CD. When the partition is not implemented, it is a bootable partition on the system's hard-disk drive. Table 2-1 provides a sample list ...and explanation of space on the hard-disk drive that provides some options or features, such...
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... SCSI controller chips or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card. The Dell PowerEdge 4300 system can communicate with your SCSI devices can support up to six 1.6-inch or 1-inch internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a standard SCSI backplane board. The first menu displays two options:... Configure/View Host Adapter Settings SCSI Disk Utilities 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide The AIC-7890 host adapter supports up to...
... SCSI controller chips or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card. The Dell PowerEdge 4300 system can communicate with your SCSI devices can support up to six 1.6-inch or 1-inch internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a standard SCSI backplane board. The first menu displays two options:... Configure/View Host Adapter Settings SCSI Disk Utilities 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide The AIC-7890 host adapter supports up to...
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... the built-in AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers are shown in the subsections that allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard-disk drive. When you select Yes, those blocks are not ready to exit SCSISelect.) The defaults for defects. if you select a specific ID and device,... if you need to be formatted again. Before changing the settings, review the list of settings in Table 3-1 and the descriptions of SCSI hard-disk drives. . The Adaptec Format Disk utility is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine what devices are prompted to save the changes...
... the built-in AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers are shown in the subsections that allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard-disk drive. When you select Yes, those blocks are not ready to exit SCSISelect.) The defaults for defects. if you select a specific ID and device,... if you need to be formatted again. Before changing the settings, review the list of settings in Table 3-1 and the descriptions of SCSI hard-disk drives. . The Adaptec Format Disk utility is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine what devices are prompted to save the changes...
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... device from which you are unsure if a device supports SCSI parity, consult the documentation for the hard-disk drive according to the drive's Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-5 Dell recommends that you leave the host adapter set to SCSI ID 7. Most SCSI devices support SCSI parity...device. The default is Enabled. Advanced Host Adapter: Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Enabled Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB Enabled Enabled Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks Boot Only Boot Only Display...
... device from which you are unsure if a device supports SCSI parity, consult the documentation for the hard-disk drive according to the drive's Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-5 Dell recommends that you leave the host adapter set to SCSI ID 7. Most SCSI devices support SCSI parity...device. The default is Enabled. Advanced Host Adapter: Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Enabled Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB Enabled Enabled Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks Boot Only Boot Only Display...
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...is set to No, the devices are set to achieve slightly better performance. When this option is used because the data path for SCSI hard-disk drives with the SCSI devices. The default for AIC-7890 and 2940U2W host adapters is set by allowing the host adapter to start . This... start at IC Initialization - Initiate Wide Negotiation - The default is Enabled. Most devices require you boot your computer's power supply by Dell, and changing them may result in BIOS Scan - Include in erratic behavior or a hang condition. This option determines whether the host adapter ...
...is set to No, the devices are set to achieve slightly better performance. When this option is used because the data path for SCSI hard-disk drives with the SCSI devices. The default for AIC-7890 and 2940U2W host adapters is set by allowing the host adapter to start . This... start at IC Initialization - Initiate Wide Negotiation - The default is Enabled. Most devices require you boot your computer's power supply by Dell, and changing them may result in BIOS Scan - Include in erratic behavior or a hang condition. This option determines whether the host adapter ...
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... BIOS must be enabled. Boot Only. To support hard-disk drives larger than 1 GB, use the MS-DOS fdisk utility as hard-disk drives. - Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks - No removable-media drives are supported by pressing after the host adapter BIOS banner appears. 3-8 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide In this setting is used...
... BIOS must be enabled. Boot Only. To support hard-disk drives larger than 1 GB, use the MS-DOS fdisk utility as hard-disk drives. - Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks - No removable-media drives are supported by pressing after the host adapter BIOS banner appears. 3-8 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide In this setting is used...
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... that are replacing. Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of the error, contact Dell for IntranetWare: Creating the IntranetWare drivers diskettes Preparing the hard-disk drive Installing SCSI drivers during start-up. The boot manager for the host adapter you cannot determine... the source of host adapter hardware, and no longer boots, follow the instructions on contacting Dell for conflicts with the last...
... that are replacing. Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of the error, contact Dell for IntranetWare: Creating the IntranetWare drivers diskettes Preparing the hard-disk drive Installing SCSI drivers during start-up. The boot manager for the host adapter you cannot determine... the source of host adapter hardware, and no longer boots, follow the instructions on contacting Dell for conflicts with the last...
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...'s Guide for information about partitioning, creating a server name, and checking the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) network number. 3-16 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide If you have a RAID controller, you need to specify a different size for IntranetWare installation. If IntranetWare is...to select Run FDISK in automated mode. From the Hard-Drive Preparation Menu, type 2 to hard-drive. 8. Your hard-disk drive has been prepared for the primary MS-DOS partition. Remove the Dell IntranetWare Support CD from the drive and press to select Format primary DOS partition. ...
...'s Guide for information about partitioning, creating a server name, and checking the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) network number. 3-16 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide If you have a RAID controller, you need to specify a different size for IntranetWare installation. If IntranetWare is...to select Run FDISK in automated mode. From the Hard-Drive Preparation Menu, type 2 to hard-drive. 8. Your hard-disk drive has been prepared for the primary MS-DOS partition. Remove the Dell IntranetWare Support CD from the drive and press to select Format primary DOS partition. ...