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Contents
Part I: User’s Guide......................................................................................................... 11

1 Chassis Description

Chassis Feature Summary................................................................................................. 14
Chassis Front Controls and Indicators....................................................................... 15
Chassis Back Controls and Features......................................................................... 17
Peripherals......................................................................................................................... 18
3.5-inch Diskette Drive............................................................................................... 18
3.5-inch Hard Drive Bays........................................................................................... 18
5.25-inch Removable Media Device Bay ................................................................... 18
Hot-Swap Power Supplies.................................................................................................. 19
System Cooling.................................................................................................................. 19

2 Boardset Description

Boardset Features.............................................................................................................. 22
Processor Overview................................................................................................... 24
Memory Overview...................................................................................................... 25
DIMM Installation Sequence...................................................................................... 26
Peripherals......................................................................................................................... 27
Super I/O Chip........................................................................................................... 27
Add-In Board Slots............................................................................................................. 27
Video.................................................................................................................................. 27
SCSI Controller.................................................................................................................. 28
IDE Controller..................................................................................................................... 28
Keyboard and Mouse ......................................................................................................... 28
Server Management........................................................................................................... 29
Front Panel Controller (FPC)..................................................................................... 30
Hot-swap Controller (HSC)........................................................................................ 30
System Security................................................................................................................. 31
Password Protection.................................................................................................. 31
Secure Boot Mode..................................................................................................... 31
Boot Sequence Control.............................................................................................. 31
Boot Without Keyboard.............................................................................................. 32
Locked Power and Reset Switches............................................................................ 32
Diskette Write Protect................................................................................................ 32
Video Blanking........................................................................................................... 32
Emergency Management Port (EMP)........................................................................ 32