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Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
NVRAM Card Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2 Using the System Setup Program and

UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Entering the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 39
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