IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6219, Installation Manual

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Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About your documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Starting the IBM Documentation Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the IBM Documentation Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the search feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Installing the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selecting a location for your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Air circulation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Moving the stabilizing feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Major components of your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System-board option connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation guidelines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System reliability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Removing and installing the support bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Working with adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing memory modules
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Installing a security rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cabling the computer
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Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Running the operating system setup program
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Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3. Installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing the license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Access IBM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the built-in configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting the
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent . . . . . . 37
Starting the SCSISelect utility program (some models) . . . . . . . . . 37
Starting the Boot Menu program
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Chapter 4. Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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