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Diagram 6-2: Serviceable Chassis Design
Rackable
The ability to reconfigure a Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 quickly and easily from a
minitower to a rack and back to a minitower enclosure provides for end-of-life redeployment and
protection of the hardware investment.
Overall, the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 minitower is designed for easy access to
components, which reduces the down time associated with upgrades and field replacement,
reduces the required skill level for performing routine maintenance, and therefore helps to
reduce the total cost of ownership for Compaq Professional Workstations.
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This section will highlight the enhancements to the workstation software platform that were
made since the introduction of the Professional Workstation 5000. For a complete overview of
the software platform, please refer to the Compaq Professional Workstation Software area on the
Workstation web site:
http://www.compaq.com/products/workstations/software-platform/index.html.
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Software Tools and Solutions - To Meet Your Most Demanding Business Needs
The Compaq Professional Workstation Software Platform satisfies the productivity needs of the
highly competitive business organization and the performance needs of the workstation
environment. It combines traditional RISC-based UNIX workstation capabilities with industry-
standard flexibility and the price/performance of a personal computer. The Professional
Workstation Software Platform consists of a powerful software base that is thoroughly tested,
easily installed, and efficiently managed.
Operating Systems
- All Professionals Workstations are pre-installed with Microsoft Windows
NT® 4.0, Internet Explorer 4.01, and Service Pack 3. Compaq also provides Web-based driver
Front of chassis with
bezel open
Speaker with audio
controls mounted in
front of unit
4 removable media
bays are user
accessible, but behind
door in front bezel
5 3.5’ drive bays in
bottom of unit can be
upgraded to support
hot-plug drives (have to
open front bezel to gain
access)
