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... external devices to install and configure particular SCSI device drivers should read Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD." This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer systems. The guide can be used by both first-time and experienced computer users who ... want to use the utilities, the diagnostics, or the online documentation, or install drivers for installing or removing system components or hard-disk drives. The chapters and appendixes are required for one of Chapter 4. ix Users who need to upgrade their operating system, should read...
... external devices to install and configure particular SCSI device drivers should read Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD." This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer systems. The guide can be used by both first-time and experienced computer users who ... want to use the utilities, the diagnostics, or the online documentation, or install drivers for installing or removing system components or hard-disk drives. The chapters and appendixes are required for one of Chapter 4. ix Users who need to upgrade their operating system, should read...
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.... In addition to this guide. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about the Dell warranty for testing your Dell computer. Dell Computer Corporation ("Dell") manufactures its hardware products from the system. For information about technical ...included with any options you purchase separately from parts and components that are interested in your computer system. The Dell PowerEdge 2300 rack installation documentation provides detailed instructions for experienced users or technicians. Documentation is included with your system: The ...
.... In addition to this guide. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about the Dell warranty for testing your Dell computer. Dell Computer Corporation ("Dell") manufactures its hardware products from the system. For information about technical ...included with any options you purchase separately from parts and components that are interested in your computer system. The Dell PowerEdge 2300 rack installation documentation provides detailed instructions for experienced users or technicians. Documentation is included with your system: The ...
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... 4-2 System Setup Screens 4-2 Using the System Setup Program 4-3 System Setup Categories 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 Reset Button 4-6 Processor 1 and Processor 2 4-6 Fan Speed 4-6 System Alert 4-7 Keyboard Errors 4-7 Boot Sequence 4-7 Diskette First 4-7 Hard Disk Only 4-7 Scan Sequence 4-8 System Password 4-8 Password Status 4-8 Setup Password 4-9 Mouse 4-9 Serial Port...
... 4-2 System Setup Screens 4-2 Using the System Setup Program 4-3 System Setup Categories 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 Reset Button 4-6 Processor 1 and Processor 2 4-6 Fan Speed 4-6 System Alert 4-7 Keyboard Errors 4-7 Boot Sequence 4-7 Diskette First 4-7 Hard Disk Only 4-7 Scan Sequence 4-8 System Password 4-8 Password Status 4-8 Setup Password 4-9 Mouse 4-9 Serial Port...
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... You and the Computer 6-1 Removing and Replacing the Computer Covers 6-2 Computer Orientation 6-2 Removing the Computer Covers 6-2 Replacing the Computer Covers 6-4 Inside the Chassis 6-5 Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives in the Internal Drive Bays 7-2 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Configuration 7-3 Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Formatting High-Capacity SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 xvi
... You and the Computer 6-1 Removing and Replacing the Computer Covers 6-2 Computer Orientation 6-2 Removing the Computer Covers 6-2 Replacing the Computer Covers 6-4 Inside the Chassis 6-5 Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives in the Internal Drive Bays 7-2 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Configuration 7-3 Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Formatting High-Capacity SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 xvi
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Installing and Removing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Hot-Pluggable SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive 7-6 Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive 7-7 Configuring a 2 x 2 or 2 x 3 SCSI Non-Hot-Pluggable Backplane Board 7-7 Configuring a Non-Hot-Pluggable Backplane Board...Recommended Tools and Accessories C-3 Cleaning the Computer, Monitor, and Keyboard Exteriors C-3 Cleaning Drives C-4 Environmental Factors C-4 Temperature C-4 Humidity C-5 Altitude C-5 Dust and Particles C-5 Corrosion C-6 ESD C-6 Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference C-6 Magnetism C-7 ...
Installing and Removing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Hot-Pluggable SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 7-4 Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive 7-6 Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive 7-7 Configuring a 2 x 2 or 2 x 3 SCSI Non-Hot-Pluggable Backplane Board 7-7 Configuring a Non-Hot-Pluggable Backplane Board...Recommended Tools and Accessories C-3 Cleaning the Computer, Monitor, and Keyboard Exteriors C-3 Cleaning Drives C-4 Environmental Factors C-4 Temperature C-4 Humidity C-5 Altitude C-5 Dust and Particles C-5 Corrosion C-6 ESD C-6 Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference C-6 Magnetism C-7 ...
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...Line Options 2-11 Default SCSI Controller Settings 3-3 Drive Status Options 3-19 Read After Write Verify Options 3-19 System-Setup Navigation Keys 4-3 SCSI Backplane Board Characteristics 7-1 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns 7-5 Technical Specifications A-1 Pin Assignments for...Chassis-Back/Right Side View 6-6 System Board Features 6-7 System Board Jumpers 6-8 Internal Drive Hardware 7-2 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive ID Numbering 7-3 Hard-Disk Drive Indicators 7-5 Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Carrier 7-6 I/O Ports and Connectors B-2 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors ...
...Line Options 2-11 Default SCSI Controller Settings 3-3 Drive Status Options 3-19 Read After Write Verify Options 3-19 System-Setup Navigation Keys 4-3 SCSI Backplane Board Characteristics 7-1 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns 7-5 Technical Specifications A-1 Pin Assignments for...Chassis-Back/Right Side View 6-6 System Board Features 6-7 System Board Jumpers 6-8 Internal Drive Hardware 7-2 SCSI Hard-Disk Drive ID Numbering 7-3 Hard-Disk Drive Indicators 7-5 Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Carrier 7-6 I/O Ports and Connectors B-2 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors ...
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...3 backplane, and hot-pluggable 1 x 6 backplane. The upgrade kit from Dell contains the correct version of 64- The system board includes the following modes via a SCSI backplane board and special SCSI hard-disk drive carriers. This video subsystem contains 2 MB of 1 gigabyte (GB) by ...backplane supports hot-pluggable SCSI hard-disk drive installation and removal. The integrated SCSI controller resides on the ISA bus and can be upgraded if required. x 480-pixel resolutions, 16.7 million colors are available for optimum performance. 1-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide An...
...3 backplane, and hot-pluggable 1 x 6 backplane. The upgrade kit from Dell contains the correct version of 64- The system board includes the following modes via a SCSI backplane board and special SCSI hard-disk drive carriers. This video subsystem contains 2 MB of 1 gigabyte (GB) by ...backplane supports hot-pluggable SCSI hard-disk drive installation and removal. The integrated SCSI controller resides on the ISA bus and can be upgraded if required. x 480-pixel resolutions, 16.7 million colors are available for optimum performance. 1-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide An...
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... these drivers, see Chapter 5, "Using the Resource Configuration Utility." Standard PowerEdge 2300 systems include a diskette drive and a SCSI CD-ROM drive installed in the externally accessible bays and a SCSI hard-disk drive installed in SCSI subsystem. A PS/2-style keyboard port and a PS/2-compatible mouse port. Dell supports the following software is included with devices attached to the...
... these drivers, see Chapter 5, "Using the Resource Configuration Utility." Standard PowerEdge 2300 systems include a diskette drive and a SCSI CD-ROM drive installed in the externally accessible bays and a SCSI hard-disk drive installed in SCSI subsystem. A PS/2-style keyboard port and a PS/2-compatible mouse port. Dell supports the following software is included with devices attached to the...
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... Chapter 4. If a hot-pluggable backplane is receiving power. The green drive activity indicator (identified by a cylinder-shaped icon) lights up when data is detected. 1-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide When any SCSI hard-disk drive is receiving direct current (DC) power. If an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host adapter card is installed in the system...
... Chapter 4. If a hot-pluggable backplane is receiving power. The green drive activity indicator (identified by a cylinder-shaped icon) lights up when data is detected. 1-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide When any SCSI hard-disk drive is receiving direct current (DC) power. If an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host adapter card is installed in the system...
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keylock power button power indicator (located on the power button) reset button drive access indicator drive failure indicator system fault indicator hard-disk drive bay key drive failure indicator drive activity indicator drive online indicator Introduction 1-5
keylock power button power indicator (located on the power button) reset button drive access indicator drive failure indicator system fault indicator hard-disk drive bay key drive failure indicator drive activity indicator drive online indicator Introduction 1-5
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...SCSI category must be set to On and the Boot Sequence category must be made from the CD, insert it into the PowerEdge 2300 system's CD-ROM drive and press the reset button. To boot from the CD menus using the utility partition menu. See Chapter 4, "Using the... how to use the utilities, diagnostics, documentation, drivers, and other items included on your hard-disk drive. This chapter describes the utility partition and provides instructions for more information. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-1 Exiting the program causes the system to reboot to the standard operatingsystem ...
...SCSI category must be set to On and the Boot Sequence category must be made from the CD, insert it into the PowerEdge 2300 system's CD-ROM drive and press the reset button. To boot from the CD menus using the utility partition menu. See Chapter 4, "Using the... how to use the utilities, diagnostics, documentation, drivers, and other items included on your hard-disk drive. This chapter describes the utility partition and provides instructions for more information. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-1 Exiting the program causes the system to reboot to the standard operatingsystem ...
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...installation. During this chapter. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide You can now access the utility partition by Dell becomes damaged or is displayed indicating that are available on your system, messages may be displayed, depending on the Dell Server Assistant CD. If other messages... CD" found later in this examination of the requirements, the utility partition is installed and a message is removed from the hard-disk drive. For more information. If a utility partition already exists on your system, you are displayed, note the information; The installation...
...installation. During this chapter. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide You can now access the utility partition by Dell becomes damaged or is displayed indicating that are available on your system, messages may be displayed, depending on the Dell Server Assistant CD. If other messages... CD" found later in this examination of the requirements, the utility partition is installed and a message is removed from the hard-disk drive. For more information. If a utility partition already exists on your system, you are displayed, note the information; The installation...
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... and then select Run System Diagnostics. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-7 Click Back to return to the standard operating-system boot partition. Table 2-1 provides a generic list and explanation of the options on the hard-disk drive that option is displayed at the bottom of the... Although most of the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. To start the utility partition, press the key during power-on the system's hard-disk drive. The system hardware diagnostics are available only from which you move your system may vary depending on the CD are displayed in ...
... and then select Run System Diagnostics. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-7 Click Back to return to the standard operating-system boot partition. Table 2-1 provides a generic list and explanation of the options on the hard-disk drive that option is displayed at the bottom of the... Although most of the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. To start the utility partition, press the key during power-on the system's hard-disk drive. The system hardware diagnostics are available only from which you move your system may vary depending on the CD are displayed in ...
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... SCSI controller card are all part of the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI device drivers provided by Dell. For instructions on installing your Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer system. The AIC-7890 supports up to six internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a standard SCSI backplane board, while the AIC-7860 supports up to three externally accessible SCSI...
... SCSI controller card are all part of the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI device drivers provided by Dell. For instructions on installing your Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer system. The AIC-7890 supports up to six internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a standard SCSI backplane board, while the AIC-7860 supports up to three externally accessible SCSI...
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...This disables automatic detection of your operating system. Insert the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller driver diskette into drive A, and select PowerEdge RAID II NT DRIVER from the list of drivers for your SCSI hard-disk drives. 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide SCSISelect also contains SCSI disk utilities that..., which allows you low-level format or verify the disk media of SCSI devices. To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in this chapter. Use the editor included with your SCSI device drivers (in the device driver subdirectories ...
...This disables automatic detection of your operating system. Insert the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller driver diskette into drive A, and select PowerEdge RAID II NT DRIVER from the list of drivers for your SCSI hard-disk drives. 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide SCSISelect also contains SCSI disk utilities that..., which allows you low-level format or verify the disk media of SCSI devices. To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in this chapter. Use the editor included with your SCSI device drivers (in the device driver subdirectories ...
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...always responds to boot your boot device. This option specifies the SCSI ID of each device on your system. If you are set to the drive's location on the backplane board (see "Advanced Host Adapter Settings" found later in this section), this section. Set Initiate Sync Negotiation to boot... if the SCSI device initiates it allows for Boot Target ID is set for the hard-disk drive according to not negotiate for the SCSI ID of the device from which to No for each drive location). The default setting is the maximum rate that the host adapter supports. The ...
...always responds to boot your boot device. This option specifies the SCSI ID of each device on your system. If you are set to the drive's location on the backplane board (see "Advanced Host Adapter Settings" found later in this section), this section. Set Initiate Sync Negotiation to boot... if the SCSI device initiates it allows for Boot Target ID is set for the hard-disk drive according to not negotiate for the SCSI ID of the device from which to No for each drive location). The default setting is the maximum rate that the host adapter supports. The ...
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... operating system such as 8 GB, with MS-DOS 5.0 or later. Dell recommends that supports hard-disk drives as large as Novell NetWare. Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB - To support hard-disk drives larger than 1 GB, the 78xx series host adapters include an extended translation.... Boot Only. This option provides automatic configuration of 1 GB. The standard translation scheme for example, CD-ROM drives) are booting from a SCSI hard-disk drive connected to Disabled. Because the cylinder size increases to be enabled. If you are all controlled by device drivers ...
... operating system such as 8 GB, with MS-DOS 5.0 or later. Dell recommends that supports hard-disk drives as large as Novell NetWare. Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB - To support hard-disk drives larger than 1 GB, the 78xx series host adapters include an extended translation.... Boot Only. This option provides automatic configuration of 1 GB. The standard translation scheme for example, CD-ROM drives) are booting from a SCSI hard-disk drive connected to Disabled. Because the cylinder size increases to be enabled. If you are all controlled by device drivers ...
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...Support For Int 13 Extensions - Support For Ultra SCSI Speed - To restore the original SCSISelect default values, press . Most SCSI disk drives are formatted at any time by pressing after the host adapter BIOS banner appears. The default setting is Enabled. BIOS Support For Bootable CD.... message appears on a hard-disk drive. The default setting is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the device assigned to the previous menu at the factory and 3-8 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide If ...
...Support For Int 13 Extensions - Support For Ultra SCSI Speed - To restore the original SCSISelect default values, press . Most SCSI disk drives are formatted at any time by pressing after the host adapter BIOS banner appears. The default setting is Enabled. BIOS Support For Bootable CD.... message appears on a hard-disk drive. The default setting is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the device assigned to the previous menu at the factory and 3-8 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide If ...
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... If you create for the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system contains the files needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for the 78xx series of a hard-disk drive for Windows NT oemsetup.inf - If Windows NT is compatible with Windows NT: aic78xx.sys - Any changes you...first time, see "Using Windows NT to Install or Update the Driver" found later in your system, see the following information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system: Installing and/or updating the SCSI drivers for Windows NT Removing a host adapter Swapping ...
... If you create for the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system contains the files needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for the 78xx series of a hard-disk drive for Windows NT oemsetup.inf - If Windows NT is compatible with Windows NT: aic78xx.sys - Any changes you...first time, see "Using Windows NT to Install or Update the Driver" found later in your system, see the following information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system: Installing and/or updating the SCSI drivers for Windows NT Removing a host adapter Swapping ...
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... cards, configuring, 5-1 expansion slots, 1-2 ISA_CLR jumper, 6-8 jumpers illustrated, 6-8 location on system board, 6-7 interrupt request. See ISA input/output. See hard-disk drives floppy drives. SCSI hard-disk drives; See hard-disk drives hard-disk drives See also drives; SCSI devices Hard Disk Only option, 4-7 hard drives. EZ-SCSI installing, 3-14 Fan Speed category, 4-6 features system, 1-1 fixed disk. System Setup program access indicator, 1-4 boot...
... cards, configuring, 5-1 expansion slots, 1-2 ISA_CLR jumper, 6-8 jumpers illustrated, 6-8 location on system board, 6-7 interrupt request. See ISA input/output. See hard-disk drives floppy drives. SCSI hard-disk drives; See hard-disk drives hard-disk drives See also drives; SCSI devices Hard Disk Only option, 4-7 hard drives. EZ-SCSI installing, 3-14 Fan Speed category, 4-6 features system, 1-1 fixed disk. System Setup program access indicator, 1-4 boot...