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Installing your Operating System

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Installing Acer Advance Server Management

36

3 Upgrading

39

Tools and Supplies Needed

40

Cautions

41

Replacing the Back up Battery

43

4 Configuration Software and Utilities

45

Service Partition (Optional)

47

Configuration Utilities

48

System Software Update Sequence

48

Hot Keys

50

Power-On Self-Test (POST)

51

BIOS Setup

52

If BIOS Setup Is Inaccessible

52

Temporarily Changing the Boot Device Priority

52

Running the Adaptec SCSISelect Utility

54

When to Run the Adaptec SCSISelect Utility

54

Running the SCSISelect Utility

54

Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Adapter

55

Direct Platform Control (DPC) Console

57

DPC Console Modes of Operation

57

Running the DPC Console

58

Using the System Setup Utility

59

Creating SSU Diskettes

59

Running the SSU

60

Setting Boot Device Priority

62

Setting Passwords and Security Options

62

Viewing the System Event Log

63

Viewing FRU Information

64

Viewing Sensor Data Records

65

Updating System Firmware and BIOS

65

Saving and Restoring the System Configuration

67

Alerting for Platform Events

68

Managing the Server Remotely

71

Software Updates

74

Creating a Bootable Diskette

74

Software Update Package

74

Recovering the BIOS

75

Firmware Update Utility Description

76

Running the Firmware Update Utility

76

FRU/SDR Load Utility Description

76

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