NEC PH133 manual BIOS and System Configuration Utility, Memory Expansion, Storage Device Expansion

Mylex Disk Array RAID Controller (standard on dual and quad processor high availability configurations).

Descriptions of the adapter board, monitor module, and RAID controller are included earlier in this chapter.

Memory Expansion

All servers except the quad-processor configurations come standard with one memory module containing 32 MB (four 8-MB SIMMs) of high speed SIMM memory. The network ready and high availability quad-processor configurations come standard with one memory module containing 64 MB (eight 8-MB SIMMs) of SIMM memory.

Memory can be expanded up to 384 MB on a single module or up to 768 MB using two modules. Optional SIMMs are installed in SIMM sockets on the memory modules. Optional 8-, 16-, and 32-MB SIMMs (36-bit, 70 ns) are available from NEC.

See Chapter 7, "Installing System Options," for further information and installation instructions.

Storage Device Expansion

The server supports optional IDE storage devices, fast/narrow SCSI-2 devices, or fast/wide SCSI-2 devices, including:

up to four 5 1/4-inch form factor IDE or SCSI storage devices (diskette, hard disk drive, tape, CD-ROM) in the top front panel bay

up to six 3 1/2-inch, 1-inch height, SCSI-2 SCA hard disk drives in the bottom front hot swap bay.

See Chapter 4, "Taking Your System Apart," for information on installing optional 5 1/4-inch storage devices. See Chapter 6, "Hot Swapping SCSI Hard Drives," for information on installing and swapping hard drives.

BIOS and System Configuration Utility

Hardware configuration takes place during the BIOS Power-On-Self-Test (POST) and PCI and ISA Plug-and-Play auto configuration. You can modify the hardware configuration using the bootable System Configuration Utility (SCU).

The SCU displays a series of system parameters, including system memory, IDE controller, SCSI controller, serial and parallel ports, and passwords. You can select the appropriate option of each parameter for your application. When finished, save the configuration to CMOS RAM and NVRAM. The system reboots with the new configuration parameters.

Table 1-3 summarizes BIOS and SCU features. See Chapter 3, "Using System Utilities," for information on using the SCU.

Table 1-3. BIOS and SCU Feature Summary