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USB CD Drive Online Read-Diagnostic Failures
If the optional USB CD drive fails the online read-diagnostics and becomes inaccessible on a server
module running the Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or the Windows Server 2003 operating system
with PAE enabled, the failure may be caused by having the data transfer length set at 64 KB or
higher. A patch will be available at
support.microsoft.com
in the future. Until the patch is
available, reduce the data transfer length to less than 64 KB.
KVM Switch Module Identification Indicator
After a back-panel KVM switch module is replaced or hot-swapped, its system identification
indicator may start flashing. If this occurs, press the identification button on the front of the
system to reset the identification indicator.
Booting to Microsoft MS-DOS Through Console Redirection
If Microsoft MS-DOS briefly toggles from text mode to video mode, a console redirection session
may be terminated. When booting to MS-DOS, a Microsoft Windows 9
x
video-mode splash screen
is briefly displayed before the
c:\
prompt appears. To disable the splash screen in an MS-DOS
session using Notepad text editor, perform the following steps:
1
Open an MS-DOS session.
2
Typ e
attrib -r -s -h C:\MSDOS.SYS
and press <Enter>.
3
Typ e
notepad C:\MSDOS.SYS
and press <Enter>.
Notepad text editor opens.
4
Scroll through the command lines and locate line
LOGO=1
and change the
1
to
0
.
If the
LOGO
command line is not present, add the line by typing
LOGO=0
immediately below
the line
[Options]
.
5
Click the
File
menu, click
Save
, and then close Notepad.
6
At the MS-DOS prompt, type
attrib +r +s +h C:\MSDOS.SYS
and press <Enter>.
7
Close the MS-DOS window.
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