Acer R500 - page 11

1 System overview

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Contents

Main Page iii Notices FCC notice Notice: Shield cables Notice: Peripheral devices Important safety instructions Page Laser compliance statement Contents 1 System overview 1 2 System tour 11 3 Setting up your system 21 4 Upgrading your system 33 5 Setup utility 57 Contents Appendix A: ASM Pro quick installation guide 97 Appendix B: System rack installation guide 117 Index 131 Page Page Page Overview Processors Memory System chipsets Server Works RCC chipset SCSI subsystem LAN subsystem Video subsystem Expansion slot PCI bus Hardware management support Features summary Weight Power consumption Thermal dissipation Page Page Page External and internal structure Front panel Page Rear panel Internal components Disk drives Hard disk drive 3.5-inch floppy disk drive CD-ROM drive To insert a CD into your systems CD-ROM drive: Ejecting the CD tray To take care of your CDs: Page Page Page Preinstallation requirements Selecting a site Checking the package contents Basic connections Connecting the PS/2 keyboard Page Page Connecting to the network Page Connecting option USB devices Turning on your system Power-on problems Page Turning off your system Page Page Installation precautions ESD precautions Preinstallation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening your system Removing the system cover Page Page Page Page SCSI card layout Adaptec ZCR daughter card layout Page Page Page Page Hot-swapping a SCSI SCA hard disk drive Page Page Removing and installing the CPU Removing the CPU Installing the CPU Page Removing and installing memory modules Removing a DIMM Installing a DIMM Reconfiguring the system memory Page Page Page BIOS Setup utility Entering Setup Page 62 System Information The following screen appears if you select System Information from the main menu: Page Product Information 65 Disk Drives 66 IDE Channel Type Page Page 69 Onboard Peripherals Page 71 Power Management Page Page Boot Options Page Date and Time 77 System Security Page Setting and changing the password Removing a password IPMI Configuration Page Page RDM Configuration Page Page Advanced Options Memory/Cache Options Page 89 PnP/PCI Options Page Page 92 CPU Frequency 93 Chipset Settings Chipset Settings allows you to . Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change Exit Setup Page Page Installing ASM Pro ASM Pro Console ASM Pro Server Agent System setup Installing ASM Pro Console Installing ASM Pro Server Agent Installing the Novell NetWare Server Agent Page Installing the SCO OpenServer Agent Configuring ASM Pro Server Agent for SCO OpenServer Installing the SCO UnixWare Server Agent Installing the Microsoft Windows NT V4.0 Server or Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Agent Page Installing the RedHat Linux Server Agent Installing RDM RDM server requirements Hardware Software RDM Console requirements Connecting communication peripherals Modem Telephone Pager Post-installation instructions. Installing RDM Utilities Page RDM Console setup Installing the RDM Console software Page Installing AWM and Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) Installing AWM Setting up Microsoft IIS Running AWM Page Page ESD precautions Vertical mounting hole pattern 120 Screw types used Installing cage nuts Installing the system into the rack Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index A B C D