Acer G320 Series manual

Acer Altos G320 Series

User’s Guide

Contents

Main Page iii Notices FCC notice Class A equipment Class B equipment Laser compliance statement v Important safety instructions vi Contents 1 System tour 1 2 System setup 15 3 System upgrade 23 4 BIOS setup 43 5 Troubleshooting 71 Appendix A: System management utility 87 Appendix B: SATA RAID configuration 93 Appendix C: SCSI RAID configuration 113 Index 119 Page Page Page Features summary Processor Chipset Memory Page Operating system and software Power supply External and internal structure Front panel Front panel LED indicators Rear panel LAN LED indicators Internal components Mainboard layout Page Jumper settings Maintenance mode jumper Clear CMOS jumper Page Page Setting up the system Pre-installation requirements Selecting a site Checking the package contents Page Turning on the system Power-on problems Turning off the system Page Page Page Installation precautions ESD precautions Pre-installation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening the server Removing the left-side panel Page Installing and removing storage devices To remove a 5.25-inch storage device: To install a 5.25-inch storage device: Installing and removing a hard disk To remove a hard disk : To install a hard disk: Upgrading the processor Removing the HSFD assembly Removing the CPU Installing the CPU Installing the HSFD assembly Page Upgrading the system memory Memory module installation guidelines Page Removing a DIMM Installing a DIMM To reconfigure the system memory: Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: Page Page Page BIOS setup Entering BIOS setup Page Main Page Page Page 52 Boot Configuration The Boot Configuration submenu lets you specify the preferred settings for system bootup. 53 Peripheral Configuration 54 Drive Configuration Page 56 Floppy Configuration The Floppy Configuration submenu displays the type of floppy drive installed in the server. Event Log Configuration 58 Video Configuration Page Chipset Configuration USB Configuration 62 Security Setting the Supervisor/User password: Removing the User password 64 Power The Power menu allows you to configure the systems power management feature. Page 66 Boot Page 68 Exit Page Page Page Page Troubleshooting Resetting the system Problems following initial system installation First steps checklist Hardware diagnostic testing Verifying proper operation of key system lights Confirming loading of the OS Specific problems and corrective actions Power indicator does not light. FDD activity indicator does not light. HDD activity indicator does not light. ODD (Optical disk drive) activity indicator does not light. ODD tray cannot be ejected. ODD drive cannot read a disc. Hard drives are not recognized. Page Problems with the network Network activity indicator does not light. Server hangs when the drivers are loaded. System boots when installing a PCI card. There is problem with the application software. No characters appear on the screen. Characters are distorted or incorrect. System cooling fan do not rotate properly. BIOS POST error beep codes Troubleshooting BIOS POST error beep codes Page Page Page Page Overview ASM System requirements ASM Agent ASM Console System setup Installing ASM Agent Installing ASM Console RAID configuration utility SATA RAID configuration utility SCSI RAID configuration utility Page Page Overview Features BIOS features Driver features Manageability/Disk console Configuring arrays Configuration strategies 98 Assigning RAID levels The factors you need to consider when selecting a RAID level are listed in the table below: Page RAID CU (configuration utility) Using the RAID CU Starting RAID CU Exiting RAID CU Configuring arrays and logical drives Configuration guidelines Physical drive parameters Logical drive parameters Quick configuration Performing quick configuration Detailed configuration Performing detailed configuration Easy configuration To create arrays using Easy configuration: New configuration and view/add configuration To configure a disk array using New Configuration or View/Add Configuration: Page Initializing logical drives To initialize logical drives using the batch initialization method: To initialize logical drives using the individual initialization method: Page Rebuilding failed disks To rebuild a group of failed drives: To rebuild an individual drive: Checking data consistency To start a consistency check: 111 Troubleshooting Problems and suggested solutions Page Page Page Configuring the SCSI/SCSI RAID HBA Using the SCSI HBA setup utility Loading the HBA default settings Creating a RAID 1 volume with a hot spare disk RAID volume initialization Using the MegaRAID configuration utility Loading the RAID card default setting Creating a RAID 1 volume Assigning a hot spare disk Initializing a RAID volume Index A B C D S T V