IBM IntelliStation M Pro, Installation Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IntelliStation Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the IBM Documentation Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications — M Pro Type 6220 (desktop model)
. . . . . . 5
Features and specifications —- M Pro Type 6230 (tower model) . . . . . . . 6
Controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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
Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing options in the M Pro Type 6220 (desktop model) . . . . . . . . 12
Installing options in the M Pro Type 6230 (tower model) . . . . . . . . . 21
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cabling the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Running the operating system setup program
. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3. Installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing the license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the built-in configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Starting the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Starting the SCSISelect utility program (some models) . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 4. Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recording important numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Registering your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows . . . . . . . . 49
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette in Windows . . . . . . . . 50
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette in Red Hat Linux . . . . . . 51
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power-on self-test (POST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CD-ROM drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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