Dell 4100/180 Other Documentation You May Need, Notational Conventions, Typographical Conventions

Other Documentation You May Need

You may need to reference the following documentation when performing the procedures in this guide:

•The Dell PowerEdge 4100/180 and 4100/200 Sys- tems User’s Guide, which describes system features and technical specifications, video and small com- puter system interface (SCSI) device drivers, the System Setup program, software support utilities, and the EISA Configuration Utility.

•The Dell PowerEdge 4100 Systems Rack Installation Guide, which provides detailed instructions for installing the system in a rack.

•The Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package for Intel LANDesk Server Manager User’s Guide, which describes the alert messages issued by this server management software.

You may also have one or more of the following documents:

•Operating system documentation is included with the system if you ordered the operating system soft- ware from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the oper- ating system software.

•Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from the system, such as the Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller SCSI host adapter. This documentation includes informa- tion that you need to configure and install these options in the Dell computer. Installation instruc- tions for the options are included in the system documentation.

•Technical information files—sometimes called

“readme” files—may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to the system or advanced technical refer- ence material intended for experienced users or technicians.

NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or soft- ware. Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain infor- mation that supersedes the information in the other documents.

Notational Conventions

The following subsections list notational conventions used in this document.

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type within boxes or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows:

WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either poten- tial damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of the computer system.

Typographical Conventions

The following list defines (where appropriate) and illus- trates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:

•Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are presented in uppercase and enclosed in angle brackets.

Example: <ENTER>

•Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per- form a single function.

Example: <CTRL><ALT><ENTER>

•All items on a menu screen are presented in the HEL- VETICA font and in uppercase bold.

Example: SETUP PASSWORD category

•Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer- ence purposes only and are not intended to be typed at that particular point in the discussion.

Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”

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