About this guide

Audience

This user guide is intended for system integrators and experienced users with at least basic knowledge of configuring a workstation.

Contents

This guide contains the following parts:

1.Chapter 1: Product Introduction

This chapter describes the general features of the workstation, including sections on front panel and rear panel specifications.

2.Chapter 2: Hardware setup

This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing or removing system components.

3.Chapter 3: Motherboard information

This chapter gives information about the motherboard that comes with the workstation. This chapter includes the motherboard layout, jumper settings, and connector locations.

4.Chapter 4: BIOS information

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus and describes the BIOS parameters.

5.Chapter 5: RAID configuration

This chapter provides information on how to configure your hard disk drives as RAID sets.

6.Chapter 6: Driver installation

This chapter provides information on how to install the drivers for system components. This chapter also describes the software applications that the barebone workstation supports.

7.Appendix: Reference information

This section provides information about the CPU features and technologies and a troubleshooting guide for solving common problems when using the barebone workstation.