Acer G5350 Series

3 System upgrade

5 Secure the card to the mainboard with three screws you removed

earlier (3).

6 Observe the post-installation instructions described on page 34.

Note: When you turn on the system, the BIOS setup automatically

detects and assigns resources to the new device.

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 21 3 System upgrade 31 4 BIOS setup 77 5 Troubleshooting 111 Page Page Page Page Features summary Processor Chipset Memory Media storage Page Operating system and software Power supply Page Front panel Page 9 Front panel LED indicators Below table lists the LED states on the front panel. 10 Hot-plug HDD LED indicators Below table lists the possible disk drive states. Rear panel Page Internal components Page Page Page Backplane board layout SCSI backplane board layout Page SATA backplane board layout Page Page Page Setting up the system Pre-installation requirements Selecting a site Checking the package contents Page Page Page Power-on problems Configuring the system OS Server setup Turning off the system Page Page Installation precautions ESD precautions Pre-installation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening the server Removing the left-side panel Page Page Configuring the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage Installing the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage Page Page Page To install the easy-swap SCSI HDD cage: Page To install the hot-plug SATA HDD cage: Page Page To install the easy-swap SATA HDD cage: Page Page Removing the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage Page Page Page Page Installing 5.25-inch drives To install a 5.25-inch tape drive: Page Upgrading the processor To install the CPU: To install the HSF assembly: Page To remove the HSF assembly: Page Upgrading the system memory DIMM population guidelines Dual-processor configuration Page To remove a DIMM: To install a DIMM: Page Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card Page Installing a SCSI module To install a SCSI module Page Installing a power supply module To install a hot-swap power supply module Page Page Page Page Page BIOS setup Entering BIOS setup Page Main Page Advanced 85 CPU Configuration Page Page 88 IDE Configuration Page 90 Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave These items let you select the IDE hard disk parameters that the system supports. Page Floppy Configuration 93 Chipset Configuration 94 I/O Device Configuration Page PCI Configuration USB Configuration Server Management Configuration Page 100 Power The Power menu allows you to configure the systems power management feature. Page Page 103 Boot Settings Configuration The Boot Settings Configuration submenu lets you specify the preferred settings for system bootup. Boot Device Priority Page 106 Security To set a Supervisor/User password To change the Supervisor/User password To remove the User password Page 109 Exit Page Page Page Resetting the system Page 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. CD drive activity indicator does not light. CD tray cannot be ejected. CD drive cannot read a CD. New memory modules installed are not detected. Network status indicator does not light. Network activity indicator does not light. Server hangs when the drivers are loaded. External device connected to a USB connector does not work. There is problem with the application software. No characters appear on the screen. Page Page Page Page Page ASM System requirements ASM Agent ASM Console System setup Installing ASM Agent Installing ASM Console Page Page Page Page Page Setting up the system rack Equipment rack precautions Page Page Vertical mounting hole pattern Screw types used Installing the system into the rack To install the system into a four-post rack Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Configuring the SCSI/SCSI RAID HBA Using the SCSI HBA setup utility Loading the HBA default settings Using the SCSI RAID HBA setup utility Creating a RAID 1 volume with a hot spare disk 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 Page Index A B C D S T