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...to make configuration changes to their operating system, should read Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD." Everyone should read Chapter 5, "Using the Resource Configuration Utility," whenever a...appropriate section for installing or removing system components or hard-disk drives. Chapter 6, "Working Inside Your Computer," and Chapter 7, "Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives," are intended for users interested in devices is...changed. The chapters and appendixes are required for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer systems. The guide can be used by both first-time and ...
...to make configuration changes to their operating system, should read Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD." Everyone should read Chapter 5, "Using the Resource Configuration Utility," whenever a...appropriate section for installing or removing system components or hard-disk drives. Chapter 6, "Working Inside Your Computer," and Chapter 7, "Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives," are intended for users interested in devices is...changed. The chapters and appendixes are required for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer systems. The guide can be used by both first-time and ...
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...the server management software. x Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from parts and components that are interested in top operating condition. Technical information files-sometimes called "readme" files-may also have tested and approved the Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems.... Appendix E, "Warranties and Return Policy," describes the warranties for testing your system, see Appendix E, "Warranties and Return Policy." You may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about the Dell warranty ...
...the server management software. x Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from parts and components that are interested in top operating condition. Technical information files-sometimes called "readme" files-may also have tested and approved the Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems.... Appendix E, "Warranties and Return Policy," describes the warranties for testing your system, see Appendix E, "Warranties and Return Policy." You may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about the Dell warranty ...
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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-... Serial Port Connectors B-3 Parallel Port Connector B-4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors B-6 Keyboard Connector B-6 Mouse Connector B-7 Video Connector B-7 Server-Management Bus Connector B-9 Data Preservation C-1 Scheduling Backups C-1 Backup Devices C-1 Recovering Data C-2 Cleaning System Components C-2 Recommended Tools...
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-... Serial Port Connectors B-3 Parallel Port Connector B-4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors B-6 Keyboard Connector B-6 Mouse Connector B-7 Video Connector B-7 Server-Management Bus Connector B-9 Data Preservation C-1 Scheduling Backups C-1 Backup Devices C-1 Recovering Data C-2 Cleaning System Components C-2 Recommended Tools...
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... 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 B-4 Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port Connector B-5 Pin Numbers for the Keyboard Connector B-6 Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector B-7 Pin Numbers for the Video Connector B-8 Pin Numbers for the Server-Management...
... 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 B-4 Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port Connector B-5 Pin Numbers for the Keyboard Connector B-6 Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector B-7 Pin Numbers for the Video Connector B-8 Pin Numbers for the Server-Management...
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...," in your computer's components and devices. For information on PowerEdge 2300 systems: Windows NT Server 4.0 NetWare 4.11 NOTE: Installation services and support for other operating systems are available through Dell Plus. An integrated Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-III... Introduction 1-3 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 conjunction with the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition (NNM SE) and the Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package ...
...," in your computer's components and devices. For information on PowerEdge 2300 systems: Windows NT Server 4.0 NetWare 4.11 NOTE: Installation services and support for other operating systems are available through Dell Plus. An integrated Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-III... Introduction 1-3 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 conjunction with the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition (NNM SE) and the Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package ...
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... boot partition. To boot from the CD menus using either a keyboard or mouse. Associated help information is installed on your hard-disk drive. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-1 Most of the functions available on the CD. If the CD does not boot, check the following: In... the system setup program, the Secondary SCSI category must be set to On and the Boot Sequence category must be made from the CD, insert it into the PowerEdge 2300...
... boot partition. To boot from the CD menus using either a keyboard or mouse. Associated help information is installed on your hard-disk drive. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-1 Most of the functions available on the CD. If the CD does not boot, check the following: In... the system setup program, the Secondary SCSI category must be set to On and the Boot Sequence category must be made from the CD, insert it into the PowerEdge 2300...
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... of the functions that the installation was successful. During this chapter. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide For more information. however, reinstalling the utility partition and/or its contents using the Dell Server Assistant CD as follows: If the system does not boot from the CD...be necessary if the version installed by pressing during the POST. If a utility partition already exists on the Dell Server Assistant CD. If your hard-disk drive; Dell has installed the utility partition on your system, you are displayed, note the information; You can now ...
... of the functions that the installation was successful. During this chapter. 2-4 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide For more information. however, reinstalling the utility partition and/or its contents using the Dell Server Assistant CD as follows: If the system does not boot from the CD...be necessary if the version installed by pressing during the POST. If a utility partition already exists on the Dell Server Assistant CD. If your hard-disk drive; Dell has installed the utility partition on your system, you are displayed, note the information; You can now ...
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... associated help are displayed in the utility partition, occupying approximately 10 megabytes (MB) of space on the system's hard-disk drive. To run from the utility partition or from a diskette, but not from the Dell Server Assistant CD. From the Utility Partition menu, select Run System Utilities and then select Run System Diagnostics. Like...
... associated help are displayed in the utility partition, occupying approximately 10 megabytes (MB) of space on the system's hard-disk drive. To run from the utility partition or from a diskette, but not from the Dell Server Assistant CD. From the Utility Partition menu, select Run System Utilities and then select Run System Diagnostics. Like...
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... SCSI hardware devices such as hard-disk drives, tape drives, or CD-ROM drives, trained service technicians should see Chapter 9, "Installing Drives in the External Bays," and Chapter 10, "Installing Drives in the Internal Bays," in your Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer system. After the SCSI... NT Server 4.0 Novell NetWare 4.11 Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-1 These device drivers are using an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controllers, refer to the next section, "Installing SCSI Drivers for a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in the system's external drive bays...
... SCSI hardware devices such as hard-disk drives, tape drives, or CD-ROM drives, trained service technicians should see Chapter 9, "Installing Drives in the External Bays," and Chapter 10, "Installing Drives in the Internal Bays," in your Dell PowerEdge 2300 computer system. After the SCSI... NT Server 4.0 Novell NetWare 4.11 Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-1 These device drivers are using an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controllers, refer to the next section, "Installing SCSI Drivers for a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in the system's external drive bays...
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... your SCSI hard-disk drives. 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in Adaptec AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers includes the menu-driven SCSISelect configuration utility, which allows you low-level format or verify the disk media of SCSI devices. See Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD...
... your SCSI hard-disk drives. 3-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in Adaptec AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers includes the menu-driven SCSISelect configuration utility, which allows you low-level format or verify the disk media of SCSI devices. See Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD...
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You can select No at any time to exit the utility. The Windows NT 4.0 driver diskette you to scan the media of a hard-disk drive for driver installation readme.txt - The scsi subdirectory on the media, it prompts you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press ...compatible with Windows NT: aic78xx.sys - This option runs a utility that allows 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 SCSI controllers with Windows NT. A file used by Windows NT Setup for defects...
You can select No at any time to exit the utility. The Windows NT 4.0 driver diskette you to scan the media of a hard-disk drive for driver installation readme.txt - The scsi subdirectory on the media, it prompts you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press ...compatible with Windows NT: aic78xx.sys - This option runs a utility that allows 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 SCSI controllers with Windows NT. A file used by Windows NT Setup for defects...
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...computer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and the devices connected to install the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility: Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD," provides instructions for the AHA-2940U2W host adapter aspicd.ddi - dosinst A message appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads ... the directory does not already exist.) The EZ-SCSI utility also adds command lines to the computer's hard-disk drive. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility also copies applications and device drivers to your computer. 3-14 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide You can complete the Novell NetWare installation.
...computer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and the devices connected to install the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility: Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD," provides instructions for the AHA-2940U2W host adapter aspicd.ddi - dosinst A message appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads ... the directory does not already exist.) The EZ-SCSI utility also adds command lines to the computer's hard-disk drive. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility also copies applications and device drivers to your computer. 3-14 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide You can complete the Novell NetWare installation.
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This means that you can eject it. Drive registration is automatically loaded. 3-20 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide If the media is locked, it cannot be ejected when you can purchase a NetWare drive (certified as NetWare-tested and NetWare-approved if the message NetWare ... see the product. no user interaction is a server-based tape backup utility called sbackup.nlm. The sbackup.nlm utility supports Adaptec host adapters. Included with NetWare is required. The driver registers each hard-disk drive accordingly. Adaptec's aic78u2.ham driver module is included...
This means that you can eject it. Drive registration is automatically loaded. 3-20 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide If the media is locked, it cannot be ejected when you can purchase a NetWare drive (certified as NetWare-tested and NetWare-approved if the message NetWare ... see the product. no user interaction is a server-based tape backup utility called sbackup.nlm. The sbackup.nlm utility supports Adaptec host adapters. Included with NetWare is required. The driver registers each hard-disk drive accordingly. Adaptec's aic78u2.ham driver module is included...
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... tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0). Boot Sequence can be set to Diskette First (the default option) or to try booting from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found . If the hard-disk drive is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that it ...displays an error message. Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to load. This category is not bootable, the...
... tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0). Boot Sequence can be set to Diskette First (the default option) or to try booting from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found . If the hard-disk drive is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that it ...displays an error message. Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to load. This category is not bootable, the...
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... host adapter connector (SCSI1) fan connectors (FAN1 and FAN2) auxiliary hard-disk drive indicator (HDLED) secondary microprocessor (PROCESSOR 2) Dell Remote Access card connector (SVR_MGT) front of system board power input ...connector (POWER1) power input connector (POWER2) (not used) primary microprocessor (PROCESSOR 1) DIMM sockets (DIMM_A [right]-DIMM_D) keyboard and mouse connectors (KYBD/MOUSE) server management bus connector (XSMB_OUT) server...
... host adapter connector (SCSI1) fan connectors (FAN1 and FAN2) auxiliary hard-disk drive indicator (HDLED) secondary microprocessor (PROCESSOR 2) Dell Remote Access card connector (SVR_MGT) front of system board power input ...connector (POWER1) power input connector (POWER2) (not used) primary microprocessor (PROCESSOR 1) DIMM sockets (DIMM_A [right]-DIMM_D) keyboard and mouse connectors (KYBD/MOUSE) server management bus connector (XSMB_OUT) server...
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...system Tape drive 12 GB and higher SCSI hard-disk drives formatted capacities ranging from 4 GB to six SCSI hard-disk drives in Ultra2/LVD SCSI host adapter sup- Diskette drive one 15-pin connector PS/2-style keyboard 6-pin mini-DIN PS/2-compatible mouse 6-pin mini-DIN Server management ...connector Ultra/Narrow SCSI controller 50-pin connector Diskette drive 34-pin connector SDS_SMB connector 6-pin header connector NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary. A-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide built-in Ultra/Narrow SCSI host...
...system Tape drive 12 GB and higher SCSI hard-disk drives formatted capacities ranging from 4 GB to six SCSI hard-disk drives in Ultra2/LVD SCSI host adapter sup- Diskette drive one 15-pin connector PS/2-style keyboard 6-pin mini-DIN PS/2-compatible mouse 6-pin mini-DIN Server management ...connector Ultra/Narrow SCSI controller 50-pin connector Diskette drive 34-pin connector SDS_SMB connector 6-pin header connector NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary. A-2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide built-in Ultra/Narrow SCSI host...
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... category, 4-5 Dell Server Assistant using, 2-1 diagnosing problems, 1-6 diagnostics diskette-based, 1-3 DIMMs about, 1-2 sockets, 6-7 Diskette category, 4-10 Diskette Drive category, 4-5 diskette drives cleaning, C-4 head-cleaning kit, C-3 turning off built-in controller, 4-10 types, sizes, and capacities, 4-5 Diskette First option, 4-7 diskette-based diagnostics, 1-3 diskettes, creating, 2-2, 2-5 documentation viewing online, 2-5 drive access indicator, 1-4 2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide drive activity indicator, 1-4 drive bays...
... category, 4-5 Dell Server Assistant using, 2-1 diagnosing problems, 1-6 diagnostics diskette-based, 1-3 DIMMs about, 1-2 sockets, 6-7 Diskette category, 4-10 Diskette Drive category, 4-5 diskette drives cleaning, C-4 head-cleaning kit, C-3 turning off built-in controller, 4-10 types, sizes, and capacities, 4-5 Diskette First option, 4-7 diskette-based diagnostics, 1-3 diskettes, creating, 2-2, 2-5 documentation viewing online, 2-5 drive access indicator, 1-4 2 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide drive activity indicator, 1-4 drive bays...
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.... The Dell PowerEdge 2300 rack installation documentation, which describes the alert messages issued by the server management software. Besides this guide and in your system: The Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User...'s Guide, which describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the System Setup program, software support utilities, and the Resource Configuration Utility. Documentation is included with the system if you ordered the operating system software from the system. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive...
.... The Dell PowerEdge 2300 rack installation documentation, which describes the alert messages issued by the server management software. Besides this guide and in your system: The Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User...'s Guide, which describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the System Setup program, software support utilities, and the Resource Configuration Utility. Documentation is included with the system if you ordered the operating system software from the system. You may be installed on the hard-disk drive...
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...speed servers that offer significant service and upgrade features. You can boot). The plastic drive rails attached to devices mounted in the external drive bays allow you if the system overheats or if a system cooling fan malfunctions. The Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems...cards) Additional SCSI CD-ROM, tape, and hard-disk drives Introduction 1-1 The Dell PowerEdge 2300 system chassis simplifies removing and replacing computer components. Dell® PowerEdge® 2300 computer systems are offered for the Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems, including the following service features to make...
...speed servers that offer significant service and upgrade features. You can boot). The plastic drive rails attached to devices mounted in the external drive bays allow you if the system overheats or if a system cooling fan malfunctions. The Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems...cards) Additional SCSI CD-ROM, tape, and hard-disk drives Introduction 1-1 The Dell PowerEdge 2300 system chassis simplifies removing and replacing computer components. Dell® PowerEdge® 2300 computer systems are offered for the Dell PowerEdge 2300 systems, including the following service features to make...
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...list that precedes the Index. 2-6 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide If the indicators do not light up, see "Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive Subsystem" in Chapter 3. The absence of a familiar sound When you should hear the hard-disk drives spin up , see "Troubleshooting ...key to access the boot files from the Dell HIP software The server management software has detected a problem inside the computer. See Chapter 11, "Getting Help," for drive C. The diskette-drive access indicator The diskette-drive access indicator should quickly flash on and ...
...list that precedes the Index. 2-6 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide If the indicators do not light up, see "Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive Subsystem" in Chapter 3. The absence of a familiar sound When you should hear the hard-disk drives spin up , see "Troubleshooting ...key to access the boot files from the Dell HIP software The server management software has detected a problem inside the computer. See Chapter 11, "Getting Help," for drive C. The diskette-drive access indicator The diskette-drive access indicator should quickly flash on and ...