Using This Guide

The LC1400 User’s Guide provides a quick reference to information about your system. Its goal is to familiarize you with your system and the tasks necessary for system configuring and upgrading.

This guide contains the following information:

nChapter 1, System Overview” provides an overview of your system and describes your system’s major system components. See this chapter to familiarize yourself with your system.

nChapter 2, “Setting Up Your System” tells you how to select a site, unpack the system, assemble the rack-mount subsystem, make cable connections, and power on your system.

nChapter 3, “Configuring Your System” tells you how to configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility and the Symbios Configuration Utility, which is used to configure SCSI devices in your system. This chapter also provides information on system board jumper settings.

nChapter 4, “Upgrades and Options” provides you with instructions for replacing the processor and upgrading your system with optional memory, options cards, and peripheral devices.

nChapter 5, “Problem Solving” contains helpful information for solving problems that might occur with your system.

nAppendix A, “System Cabling” includes cabling information for the onboard SCSI controller, the onboard IDE controllers, and the optional RAID controllers.

nAppendix B, “System Setup Utility” provides information for configuring onboard resources and add-in boards. It also provides information on viewing the system event log.

nAppendix C, “Emergency Management Port” provides information on a feature that provides an interface to the Emergency Management Port (EMP) Console Manager. This interface allows remote server management via a modem or direct connection.

nAppendix D, “System Status Hardware Support Information” helps you identify a system status hardware item indicated by one of several software monitoring components.

n“Glossary” defines the standard acronyms and technical terms used in this manual.

n“Equipment Log” provides you with a sample equipment log for documenting the system configuration and future updates you may make to your system.

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