Contents 3
Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power and System Board Indicator Codes . . . . . . . 16
Collecting System Event Log for Investigation . . . . . 17
POST Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Post Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 33

Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Setup Options at Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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