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Using This Guide
The MC2400 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:
! Chapter 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.
! Chapter 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.
! Chapter 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.
! Chapter 4, “Upgrades and Options” provides you with instructions for upgrading your
system with an additional processor, optional memory, options cards, and peripheral
devices.
! Chapter 5, “Problem Solving” contains helpful information for solving problems that
might occur with your system.
! Appendix A, “System Cabling” includes cabling information for the two onboard SCSI
controllers, the onboard IDE controllers, and the optional RAID controllers.
! Appendix B, “System Setup Utility” provides information for configuring onboard
resources and add-in boards. It also provides information on viewing the system event
log.
! Appendix 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.
! Appendix D, “System Status Hardware Support Information” helps you identify a
system status hardware item indicated by one of several software monitoring
components.
! “Glossary” defines the standard acronyms and technical terms used in this manual.
! “Equipment Log” provides you with a sample equipment log for documenting the
system configuration and future updates you may make to your system.