2-8 Server Installation Overview
Installation Sequence
A brief summary of the steps to install your Compaq ProLiant 1850R server follows:
Select an appropriate site for your rack. See the Rack Planning and Information Guide online document. This guide can be found on the Rack Information Library CD or the information can be downloaded from the Compaq website at www.compaq.com and provides site selection criteria.
Unpack the server and rack mounting hardware.
Install any PCI and ISA expansion boards. See Chapter 3, “Installing Hardware Options.” See the options kits for detailed instructions.
IMPORTANT: ISA expansion boards are installed after the System Configuration Utility has been run (during the SmartStart portion of the installation sequence).
Install other options: Other options include additional memory, hard drives, power supplies, expansion boards, and external storage devices. See Chapter 3, “Installing Hardware Options.” See the options kits for detailed instructions. Install hardware options (with the exception of additional memory and most PCI boards) before you run the System Configuration Utility. The System Configuration utility is run during the SmartStart portion of the installation sequence.
