Acer R700 manual Running the SSU, Working with the SSU Interface

60 4 Configuration Software and Utilities

Alternatively, if you have a workstation with the Microsoft Windows operating system, you can insert the CD into that system and create the diskettes on that system.

Running the SSU

When the SSU starts in the default local execution mode, the SSU accepts input from the keyboard or mouse. The SSU presents a VGA- based GUI on the primary monitor.

If you run the SSU from read-only media, such as the CD-ROM, you cannot save user preference settings (such as screen colors).

The SSU supports ROM-DOS version 6.22. The SSU will not operate from a “DOS box” running under an operating system such as Windows.

Start the SSU using one of the following methods:

•From diskettes: Insert the first SSU diskette in drive A and boot the server from the diskette.

You are prompted to insert the second diskette. After loading completes the SSU starts automatically.

•From the System Resource or ASMe CD-ROM: Boot the server to the System Resource CD and start the SSU from the Utilities menu.

•From the Service Partition: Boot the server to the Service Partition and execute the following DOS commands:

C:\> cd ssu

C:\SSU> ssu.bat

The mouse driver loads if it is available; press Enter to continue.

When the SSU title appears on the screen, press Enter to continue.

Working with the SSU Interface

You can access features of the SSU interface using the mouse or keyboard:

•Mouse-Click once to choose menu items and buttons or to select items in a list, such as the Available Tasks list. To run a list item, such as one of from the Available Tasks list, select the item and click OK or double-click the item.