Chapter 4. Installing and Removing Options

Adding hardware options to your system increases its capabilities. available (see “Available Options” below). This section can help you options to add to your system unit, and shows you how to install t an option, use these instructions along with those that came with t

If you have installed (or removed) options before, you might be activities without detailed instructions. These activities are listed begin” boxes of the procedures.

Before you install or remove an option, be sure you are familiar procedures and component-handling guidelines described in “Safety Consi on page 4-2. These precautions and guidelines help you work safely system unit or options.

Available Options

Following are some of the options available for your system unit. Che

authorized reseller

or

marketing

representative for the latest info

Ÿ

Industry

Standard

Architecture

(ISA)

adapters

Ÿ

Peripheral

Component

Interconnection (PCI)

adapters

Ÿ

Additional

system

memory in the

form

of

memory modules

Ÿ

Cabling an

Ultra SCSI

adapter

 

 

 

 

ŸInternal drives

ŸMicroprocessor upgrades

Ÿ

L2 cache

upgrades (for the Model 140)

Ÿ

Enable

or

disable the power-on password

Ÿ

Enable

or

disable the privileged-access password

Ÿ

Enable

or

disable automatic power-up

Ÿ

Enable

or

disable

the external SCSI connector

Ÿ

Security

tie-down

cable

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