Introduction, System Specification

Introduction

This report describes how to configure a Dell PowerEdge 1550 for use with BlackICE Guard. You should read these instructions thoroughly. A BlackICE Guard system must use the exact configuration described in this report to function properly.

For information about installing the Guard software, please refer to the BlackICE Guard User Guide.

Figure 1 – Dell PowerEdge 1550 (front/back).

System Specification

Your Dell PowerEdge 1550 must meet the following minimum system requirements.

!Dual 866Mhz Pentium III CPU with 256K of Level 2 cache.

!32KB Level 1 cache (16KB instruction cache and 16KB two-way write-back data cache).

!ServerWorks HE-SL Chipset.

!512 MB of 133Mhz ECC DIMMs.

!133 Mhz front side bus.

!Two 64-bit/66Mhz PCI slots.

!Integrated 10/100 NIC.

Other Hardware

You must also have the following hardware.

!Monitoring Interface: Two 3Com 3C905C network interface cards (NICs).

!Reporting Interface: Your system includes an embedded network interface that can be used for ICEcap reporting purposes.

!A riser card must be installed on the vertical bus to install the second 3Com 3C905C card.

Note: The DELL PowerEdge 1550 is a thin box with 2 I/O slots. One slot is horizontal (facing the left edge of the box), the other slot is vertical (facing the top of the box). You must install a riser card before installing the second 3Com card. The riser card turns the vertical slot into a horizontal slot facing the right edge of the box (rear view).

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