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Страница 2: ...soft Windows MS DOS BackOffice and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc ASPI is a registered trademark and SCSISelect is a trademark of Adaptec Inc VESA is a registered trademark and VL Bus is a trademark of Video Electronics Standards Association OS 2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines In...

Страница 3: ...hroughout this guide blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type These blocks are notes notices cautions and warnings and they are used as follows NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system Observe the following caution and warnings while servicing this system ...

Страница 4: ... your system components away from radiators and heat sources Also do not block cooling vents Do not spill food or liquids on your system components and never operate the product in a wet environment If the computer gets wet see the appropriate chapter in your troubleshooting guide or contact a Dell authorized service provider Do not push any objects into the openings of your system components Doin...

Страница 5: ...To help protect your system components from sudden transient increases and decreases in electrical power use a surge suppressor line conditioner or un interruptible power supply UPS Position system cables and power cables carefully route system cables and the power cable and plug so that they cannot be stepped on or tripped over Be sure that nothing rests on your system components cables or power ...

Страница 6: ...rn ing and or caution statements and procedures Servers storage systems and appliances are considered to be components in a rack Thus component refers to any server storage system or appliance as well as to various peripherals or supporting hardware NOTE Dell s servers storage systems and appliances are certified as components for use in Dell s rack cabinet using the Dell customer rack kit The fin...

Страница 7: ...ed 80 percent of the branch circuit rating Ensure that proper airflow is provided to components in the rack Do not step on or stand on any system component when servicing other systems components in a rack Observe the following guidelines when working with options Do not connect or use a modem or telephone during a lightning storm There may be a risk of electrical shock from lightning Never connec...

Страница 8: ...ou disconnect a cable pull on its connector or on its strain relief loop not on the cable itself Some cables have a connector with locking tabs if you are dis connecting this type of cable press in on the locking tabs before disconnecting the cable As you pull connectors apart keep them evenly aligned to avoid bend ing any connector pins Also before you connect a cable make sure that both connecto...

Страница 9: ...r comfort and efficiency observe the following ergonomic guidelines when you set up and use your computer system Position your system so that the monitor and keyboard are directly in front of you as you work Special shelves are available from Dell and other sources to help you correctly position your keyboard Set the monitor at a comfortable viewing distance usually 510 to 610 millimeters 20 to 24...

Страница 10: ... or use a footrest if necessary to maintain proper posture Vary your work activities Try to organize your work so that you do not have to type for extended periods of time When you stop typing try to do things that use both hands 1 Monitor screen at or below eye level 2 Wrists relaxed and flat 3 Arms at desk level 4 Feet flat on the floor 5 Monitor and keyboard positioned directly in front of user...

Страница 11: ...device drivers if any are required for a particular system configuration Users who need to install and configure particular SCSI device drivers should then read the appropriate section for their operating system Everyone should read the first several sections of Chapter 4 Using the System Setup Program to become familiar with this important program Only users who want to make configuration changes...

Страница 12: ... other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating sys tem software from Dell This documentation describes how to install if necessary configure and use your operating system software Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from your system This documentation includes info...

Страница 13: ...ference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced Example Use the format command to In contrast commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc tion and intended to be typed Example Type format a to format the diskette in drive A Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold Examples autoexec bat and c windows Syntax lines consist of a command...

Страница 14: ... Screen text is presented in the Courier New font Example The following message appears on your screen No boot device available Example Type md c programs and press Enter Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value They are presented in italics Example DIMM_x where x represents the DIMM socket designation ...

Страница 15: ...ditioners 1 6 Uninterruptible Power Supplies 1 6 Getting Help 1 7 Starting the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD 2 1 Setup Mode 2 1 Service Mode 2 1 Navigating the CD 2 2 Setting Up Your Server 2 2 Server Setup Mode 2 2 Utility Partition 2 3 Running the System Diagnostics 2 3 Asset Tag Utility 2 4 Using the Asset Tag Utility 2 4 Assigning and Deleting an Asset Tag Number 2 4 ...

Страница 16: ...Interface Definitions 3 8 Boot Device Options 3 8 SCSI Device Configuration Settings 3 8 Advanced Configuration Settings 3 9 Using the SCSI Disk Utilities 3 11 Exiting SCSISelect 3 12 Using SCSI Devices 3 12 Formatting Media 3 12 Using Removable Media 3 12 Verify Status 3 13 Mount Status 3 13 Lock Status 3 14 Using Drives Tested and Approved for NetWare 3 14 Using the NetWare Tape Backup Utility 3...

Страница 17: ...1 Serial and Parallel Ports B 1 Adding an Expansion Card Containing Serial or Parallel Ports B 3 Serial Port Connectors B 4 Parallel Port Connector B 4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors B 6 Keyboard Connector B 6 Mouse Connector B 7 Video Connector B 8 Integrated Network Interface Controller Connector B 9 Network Cable Requirements B 9 USB Connectors B 9 FCC Notices U S Only C 2 Class A C 2 Class B C ...

Страница 18: ...ean Only D 5 Guarantee D 5 Exclusions D 6 Making a Claim D 6 Limitation and Statutory Rights D 6 Total Satisfaction Return Policy U S and Canada Only D 7 Figure 1 1 Front Panel 1 4 Figure 1 2 Back Panel Features 1 5 Figure 4 1 Main System Setup Screen 4 3 Figure B 1 I O Ports and Connectors B 2 Figure B 2 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors B 4 Figure B 3 Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port C...

Страница 19: ... 13 Table 4 1 System Setup Navigation Keys 4 2 Table A 1 Technical Specifications A 1 Table B 1 Pin Assignments for the Serial Port Connectors B 4 Table B 2 Pin Assignments for the Parallel Port Connector B 5 Table B 3 Pin Assignments for the Keyboard Connector B 7 Table B 4 Pin Assignments for the Mouse Connector B 7 Table B 5 Pin Assignments for the Video Connector B 8 Table B 6 Pin Assignments ...

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Страница 21: ...tions among the independent microprocessors To take advantage of this feature you must use an operating system that supports multiprocessing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 0 Windows 2000 Server Novell NetWare 5 1 Red Hat Linux 6 2 Release SBE2 and later versions or Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server SBS 4 5 and later versions NOTES If you decide to upgrade your system by installing a second...

Страница 22: ...mance serial ports and one bidirectional parallel port for connect ing external devices An integrated Intel PRO 100 network interface controller NIC which provides an Ethernet interface A Personal System 2 PS 2 style keyboard port dual Universal Serial Bus USB ports and a PS 2 compatible mouse port The following software is included with your system SCSI device drivers that allow your operating sy...

Страница 23: ...er off However a low voltage standby current is maintained by the power supply To completely remove all power from the system unplug the AC power cable from its source NOTE A Display Power Management Signaling DPMS monitor does not begin warming up until the computer to which it is attached is turned on Thus some DPMS monitors may not display a video image until several seconds after you turn on t...

Страница 24: ...ious ports and connectors for attaching exter nal devices and includes a security cable slot Figure 1 2 shows the back panel connections on the computer power indicator power button reset button hard disk drive access indicator chassis cover release button ...

Страница 25: ...panel The server s basic input output system BIOS detects the presence of most external devices when you boot or reboot the system When connecting external devices to the computer follow these guidelines Check the documentation that accompanied the device for specific installation and configuration instructions For example most devices must be connected to a particular I O port or connec tor to op...

Страница 26: ...te with the cost of the device Surge protectors prevent voltage spikes such as those caused during an electrical storm from entering a system through the electrical outlet Surge protectors however do not offer protection against brownouts which occur when the voltage drops more than 20 percent below the normal AC line voltage level Line conditioners go beyond the overvoltage protection of surge pr...

Страница 27: ... you conduct an orderly shutdown of the system but are not intended to provide continued operation Surge protectors should be used with all UPS systems and the UPS system should be Underwriters Laboratories UL safety approved If at any time you don t understand a procedure described in this guide or if the sys tem does not perform as expected Dell provides a number of tools to help you For more in...

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Страница 29: ...ettes and viewing information and a service mode for creating diskettes and viewing infor mation Documentation is available on the Dell Online Documentation CD In both setup mode and service mode the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main screen gives you the option to choose one of the supported languages as the language for the screen text You can choose a language at any time from the main scree...

Страница 30: ... Setup program for most situations including install ing and reinstalling an operating system The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD guides you through the operating system setup and configuration process If a Dell redundant array of independent disks RAID controller is installed the Dell RAID utility configures the drives If the drive does not have a utility partition one is created The program ...

Страница 31: ...theMain Menu Exiting the utility from setup mode causes the system to reboot to the standard operating system boot partition Table 2 1 provides a sample list and explanation of the options that appear on the util ity partition menu even when the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD is not in the CD ROM drive The options displayed on your system may vary depending on the configuration NOTE Although ...

Страница 32: ...en you boot from the diskette After you boot the system with the Asset Tag utility diskette you can use the Asset Tag utility to enter an asset tag number that you or your organization assigns to the system You can also use the Asset Tag utility to reenter the system s service tag number if that becomes necessary An asset tag number can have up to ten characters any combination of characters exclu...

Страница 33: ...ver Assistant CD 2 5 Table 2 2 lists the command line options you can use with the Asset Tag utility To use one of these options type asset and a space followed by the option d Deletes the asset tag number Displays the Asset Tag utility help screen ...

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Страница 35: ...your Installation and Trouble shooting Guide After the SCSI devices are installed install and configure any SCSI device drivers to enable them to communicate with your operating system SCSI device drivers are provided for the following operating systems Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 0 Novell NetWare 5 1 Red Hat Linux version 6 2 release SBE2 and later versions Microsoft Windows 2000 Server See Cha...

Страница 36: ...ft Windows NT Server operating system contains the files that you need for driver installation The scsi subdirectory on the diskette contains the following files to be used with Windows NT adpu160m sys Adaptec s 7899 Ultra3 driver for Windows NT oemsetup inf A file used by Windows NT Setup for driver installation readme txt A text file describing the Adaptec 78xx driver for Windows NT If you are i...

Страница 37: ... Select Adaptec AHA 294x AHA 394x AHA4944 or 78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 Then click OK 8 If the following message appears click New to replace the existing driver The driver s for this SCSI Adapter are already on the sys tem Do you want to use the currently installed driver s or install new one s 9 If the following message appears type a scsi in the dialog box and click Continue Please enter t...

Страница 38: ... initial NetWare screen press Alt Esc to display the NetWare console screen 2 At the server prompt type nwconfig and press Enter The NetWare Configuration screen appears displaying the Configuration Options menu 3 At the Configuration Options menu highlight Driver Options and press Enter 4 At the Driver Options menu highlight Configure disk and storage device drivers and press Enter 5 At the Addit...

Страница 39: ...listed driver 7 Read the instructions on the screen and press Enter to continue 8 At the Select a driver to install menu highlight a desired driver and press Enter 9 When you are prompted to confirm highlight Y es and press Enter 10 To accept the default server boot path that is displayed press Enter The software copies the driver to the selected location 11 At the Driver xxx Parameter Actions scr...

Страница 40: ...d SCSI Disk Utilities options SCSISelect uses menus to list options that you can select To select an option press the up and down arrow keys to move the cursor to the option then press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu You can return to the previ ous menu at any time by pressing Esc To restore the original SCSISelect default values press F6 Default settings for the inte...

Страница 41: ...ble Write Back Cache Yes BIOS Multiple LUN Support No Enabled Include in BIOS Scan Yes Enabled Advanced Configuration Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Display Ctrl a Message During BIOS Initialization Enabled Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drivers 1 GB Enabled Silent Verbose Mode Verbose Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Domain Validation Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed D...

Страница 42: ... Boot SCSI ID Specifies the boot channel A or B for the dual channel Adaptec 7899 host adapter The default is A First Boot SCSI ID Specifies the SCSI ID of the device from which you want to boot your system Boot LUN Number Allows you to specify a particular logical unit number LUN from which to boot your boot device if your boot device has multiple LUNs and Multiple LUN Support is enabled see the ...

Страница 43: ...to the host adapter set Enable Disconnection to No to achieve slightly better performance Send Start Unit Command Determines whether the start unit command is sent to the SCSI device during the boot routine The default is Y es Setting this option to Yes reduces the load on your computer s power supply by allowing the host adapter to start SCSI devices one at a time when you boot your computer When...

Страница 44: ...tility as you normally would Because the cylinder size increases to 8 MB under extended translation the partition size you choose must be a multiple of 8 MB If you request a size that is not a multiple of 8 MB fdisk rounds up to the nearest whole multiple of 8 MB Silent Verbose Mode Displays the host adapter information during system start up The default is Verbose Host Adapter BIOS Enables or dis...

Страница 45: ...ting is Enabled Support For Ultra SCSI Speed Determines whether the host adapter sup ports the fast transfer rates 20 40 MB sec The default setting is Enabled To access the SCSI disk utilities select SCSI Disk Utilities from the menu that appears when you start SCSISelect When the option is selected SCSISelect immedi ately scans the SCSI bus to determine the devices installed and displays a list o...

Страница 46: ...config nlm program lets you optionally format a hard disk drive for use with NetWare If you are using SCSI drives the program allows you to low level for mat several SCSI drives simultaneously The NetWare format procedure is not the same as using fdisk or format under DOS The adpu160 ham driver module fully supports removable media disk drives includ ing magneto optical drives Removable media is t...

Страница 47: ...torage device Dismounted drives are inactive and cannot be accessed Volume Segments on Drive1 Select for a list Read After Write Verify1 Hardware Level Drive Light Status1 Not supported Driver Operating Status1 Active Removable Drive Mount Status2 Mounted Removable Drive Lock Status2 Not Locked 1 Valid for both removable and nonremovable SCSI drives 2 Valid for removable media only Disabled All wr...

Страница 48: ... any compatibility concerns NOTE Dell recommends using only Dell tested drives Adaptec s adpu160 ham driver module is flexible enough to allow you to connect SCSI drives that are tested and approved for NetWare as well as standard SCSI drives to a single host adapter The driver registers each hard disk drive accordingly Drive registration is a user transparent process no user interaction is requir...

Страница 49: ... configuration that are not being changed If you cannot determine the source of the error see Getting Help in the Installa tion and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on contacting Dell for technical assistance Any error that occurs while the driver is initializing prevents it from loading If an error does occur the driver causes the computer to beep and then display the following numbered err...

Страница 50: ...ed these options correctly 0 The following error codes alert you to error conditions caused by factors related to the host adapter 200 No host adapter found for this driver to register No Adaptec 78xx host adapter was found in your computer for the driver to register Be sure that the host adapter is properly configured and properly seated in the slot 203 Invalid device setting You have entered an ...

Страница 51: ...the time or date on your system To enable or disable all integrated devices in your system After you set up your system run the System Setup program to familiarize yourself with your system configuration information and optional settings Dell recommends that you print the System Setup screens by pressing the Print Screen key or record the information for future reference Before you use the System ...

Страница 52: ...e System Setup program refer to System Beep Codes and System Messages in your Installation and Trouble shooting Guide for an explanation of the message and suggestions for correcting any errors An exception to this routine It is normal to receive an error message the first time you boot your system after installing a memory upgrade In that situation do not refer to System Beep Codes and System Mes...

Страница 53: ...rs see Figure 4 1 Cycles through the settings in a field In many fields you can also type the appropriate value Exits the System Setup program and reboots the system if any changes were made For most of the options any changes you make are recorded but do not take effect until the next time you boot the system For a few options as noted in the help area the changes take effect immediately ...

Страница 54: ...s any installed expansion cards that require an IRQ System Security displays a screen which allows you to configure the system password and setup password features See Using the System Password Fea ture and Using the Setup Password Feature later in this chapter Keyboard Numlock determines whether your system boots with the Num Lock mode activated on 101 or 102 key keyboards it does not apply to 84...

Страница 55: ...ws an expansion card to use IRQ12 Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 configure the system s integrated serial ports These options can be set to Auto the default to automatically configure a port to a particular designation or to Off to disable the port If you set a serial port to Auto and add an expansion card containing a port configured to the same designation the system automatically remaps the integr...

Страница 56: ...in this chapter for instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing system password See the section Disabling a Forgotten Password found later in this chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer s System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to your system with the sys tem ...

Страница 57: ...the section Disabling a Forgotten Password found later in this chapter Note that you erase the setup password at the same time Before you can assign a system password you must enter the System Setup program and check the System Password option When a system password is assigned the setting shown for the System Password option is Enabled When the system password feature is disabled by a jumper sett...

Страница 58: ... press Enter The password setting changes to Enabled Your system password is now set you can exit the System Setup program and begin using your system Note however that password protection does not take effect until you reboot the sys tem by turning the system off and then on again Whenever you turn on or reboot your system by pressing the Ctrl Alt Del key combination the following prompt appears ...

Страница 59: ... 2 Reboot your system to force it to prompt you for a system password 3 When prompted type the system password 4 Press the Ctrl Enter key combination to disable the existing system pass word instead of pressing Enter to continue with the normal operation of your system 5 Confirm that Not Enabled is displayed for the System Password option of the System Setup program If Not Enabled appears for the ...

Страница 60: ...he setup password can be used as an alternate system password However the system password cannot be used in place of the setup password After you verify the password the Setup Password setting changes to Enabled The next time you enter the System Setup program the system prompts you for the setup password A change to the Setup Password option becomes effective immediately rebooting the system is n...

Страница 61: ...ing changes to Not Enabled 3 If you want to assign a new setup password perform the steps in the section Assigning a Setup Password found earlier in this chapter If you forget your system or setup password you cannot operate your system or change settings in the System Setup program until a trained service technician opens the computer chassis changes the password jumper setting to disable the pas...

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Страница 63: ...g frequency of 733 MHz Front side bus speed 133 MHz Math coprocessor internal to the microprocessor Level 2 cache 256 KB Bus type PCI Expansion slots four 64 bit 33 MHz slots two 32 bit 33 MHz slots Architecture 72 bit ECC SDRAM DIMM sockets four DIMM capacities 128 MB 256 or 512 MB Minimum RAM 128 MB Maximum RAM 2 GB NOTE Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating ...

Страница 64: ...ard 6 pin mini DIN connector PS 2 compatible mouse 6 pin mini DIN connector USB two USB compliant 4 pin connectors NIC RJ45 connector for integrated NIC EIDE channel one 40 pin connector on PCI local bus SCSI channels two 68 pin Ultra3 SCSI connectors Diskette drive one 34 pin connector Fans two three pin connectors Video type ATI RAGE XL integrated video controller Video memory 4MB SDRAM Wattage ...

Страница 65: ...y 8 to 80 noncondensing Operating 0 25 G at 3 to 200 Hz for 30 min Storage 0 5 G at 3 to 200 Hz for 30 min Operating half sine wave form 50 G for 2 ms Storage half sine wave form 110 G for 2 ms square wave form 27 G for 15 ms Operating 16 to 3048 m 50 to 10 000 ft Storage 16 to 10 600 m 50 to 35 000 ft At 35 C 95 F the maximum operating altitude is 914 m 3000 ft NOTE For the full name of an abbrev...

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Страница 67: ...ms printers plotters and mice that require serial data transmission the transmission of data one bit at a time over one line Most software uses the term COM for communications plus a number to designate a serial port for example COM1 or COM2 The defaults for your system s built in serial ports are COM1 and COM2 The built in parallel port uses a 25 pin D subminiature connector on the system s back ...

Страница 68: ...ify the port to which a printer is attached thus telling the software where to send its output An incorrect designation prevents the printer from printing or causes scrambled print USB connectors video connector keyboard connector mouse connector serial port 2 connector serial port 1 connector NIC connector parallel port connector ...

Страница 69: ...ed as COM1 and COM3 the corresponding built in serial port is disabled Before adding a card that remaps the COM ports check the documentation that accompanied your software to make sure that the software can be mapped to the new COM port designation To avoid autoconfiguration you may be able to reset jumpers on the expansion card so that the card s port designation changes to the next available CO...

Страница 70: ...figure your hardware you may need pin number and signal information for the parallel port connector Figure B 3 illustrates the pin numbers for the parallel port connector and Table B 2 lists and defines the pin assignments and interface signals for the parallel port connector 1 DCD I Data carrier detect 2 SIN I Serial input 3 SOUT O Serial output 4 DTR O Data terminal ready 5 GND Signal ground 6 D...

Страница 71: ...er data bit 1 4 PD2 I O Printer data bit 2 5 PD3 I O Printer data bit 3 6 PD4 I O Printer data bit 4 7 PD5 I O Printer data bit 5 8 PD6 I O Printer data bit 6 9 PD7 I O Printer data bit 7 10 ACK I Acknowledge 11 BUSY I Busy 12 PE I Paper end 13 SLCT I Select 14 AFD O Automatic feed 15 ERR I Error 25 14 13 1 ...

Страница 72: ...detects the movement of a small ball and relays the direction to the system Mouse driver software can give the mouse priority with the microprocessor by issu ing IRQ12 whenever new mouse movement is detected The driver software also passes along the mouse data to the application program that is in control If you reconfigure your hardware you may need pin number and signal information for the keybo...

Страница 73: ...e B 4 lists and defines the pin assignments and interface signals for the mouse connector 1 KBDATA I O Keyboard data 2 NC No connection 3 GND Signal ground 4 FVcc Fused supply voltage 5 KBCLK I O Keyboard clock 6 NC No connection Shell Chassis ground 1 MFDATA I O Mouse data 2 NC No connection 3 GND Signal ground 4 FVcc Fused supply voltage 5 MFCLK I O Mouse clock 6 NC No connection Shell Chassis g...

Страница 74: ...em If you reconfigure your hardware you may need pin number and signal information for the video connector Figure B 6 illustrates the pin numbers for the video connector and Table B 5 lists and defines the pin assignments and interface signals for the video connector 1 RED O Red video 2 GREEN O Green video 3 BLUE O Blue video 4 NC No connection 5 8 10 GND Signal ground 9 VCC Vcc 11 NC No connectio...

Страница 75: ...naps securely into place Connect the other end of the cable to an RJ45 jack wall plate or to an RJ45 port on a UTP concentrator or hub depending on your network configuration Observe the fol lowing cabling restrictions for 10BASE T and 100BASE TX networks For 10BASE T networks use Category 3 or greater wiring and connectors For 100BASE TX networks use Category 5 or greater wiring and connectors Th...

Страница 76: ...B 10 User s Guide 1 Vcc N A Supply voltage 2 DATA I Data in 3 DATA O Data out 4 GND N A Signal ground 1 4 1 4 ...

Страница 77: ...adio communications services which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the receiving antenna Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver Move the computer away from the receiver Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the computer and the receiver are on differ...

Страница 78: ... the FCC logo your system is con sidered to be a Class B digital device Once you have determined your system s FCC classification read the appropriate FCC notice Note that FCC regulations provide that changes or modifications not expressly approved by Dell could void your authority to operate this equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the follow ing t...

Страница 79: ...chnician for help The following information is provided on the device or devices covered in this docu ment in compliance with FCC regulations Model number MMP Company name Dell Computer Corporation EMC Engineering Department One Dell Way Round Rock Texas 78682 USA 512 338 4400 Most Dell computer systems and other Dell digital apparatus are classified by the Industry Canada IC Interference Causing ...

Страница 80: ... a typical Class B domestic environment A Declaration of Conformity in accordance with the preceding directives and stan dards has been made and is on file at Dell Computer Corporation Products Europe BV Limerick Ireland Your computer system uses a lithium ion battery The lithium ion battery is a long life battery and it is very possible that you will never need to replace it However should you ne...

Страница 81: ... 1 and C 2 located on the bottom or back panel of your computer Once you have determined your system s VCCI classification read the appropriate VCCI notice This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI for information technology equipment If this equipment is used in a domestic environment radio disturbance may arise When such trouble occurs...

Страница 82: ... or B applies to your computer system or other Dell digital device examine the Republic of Korean Ministry of Information and Communications MIC registration labels located on your computer or other Dell digital device The MIC label may be located separately from the other regulatory marking applied to your product Line three of the label identifies the emissions class for the product A for Class ...

Страница 83: ...sidential areas The equipment should draw power from a socket with an attached protection circuit a three prong socket All equipment that works together computer monitor printer and so on should have the same power supply source The phasing conductor of the room s electrical installation should have a reserve short circuit protection device in the form of a fuse with a nominal value no larger than...

Страница 84: ...ements of standards PN 93 T 42107 and PN EN 55022 1996 0 1 0 1 2 31 0 0 4 3 1 5 6 7 8 7 9 3 2 1 0 1 9 7 0 0 3 7 9 1 7 0 8 0 9 AB C D E F 4 6 7 4 4 8 4 3 2 4 4 0 4 8 3 9 9 1 0 F 9 9 1 9 9 9 1 9 9 1 0 1 1 G 9 01 7 9 7 0 13 0 4 3 1 9 7 9 1 0 1 0 9 1 7 9 3 1 3 9 9 3 3 0 0 9 9 9 9 3 7 G 7 0 3 4 3 1 1 9 3 9 1 4 3 9 8 31 0 ...

Страница 85: ...orter Dell Computer Corporation One Dell Way Round Rock TX 78682 Importer Dell Computer de México S A de C V Paseo de la Reforma 2620 11 Piso Col Lomas Altas 11950 México D F Ship to Dell Computer de México S A de C V al Cuidado de Kuehne Nagel de México S de R I Avenida Soles No 55 Col Peñon de los Baños 15520 México D F Supply voltage 115 230 VAC Frequency 60 50 Hz Input current rating 6 0 3 0 A...

Страница 86: ...ly Exportador Dell Computer Corporation One Dell Way Round Rock TX 78682 Importador Dell Computer de México S A de C V Paseo de la Reforma 2620 11 Piso Col Lomas Altas 11950 México D F Embarcar a Dell Computer de México S A de C V al Cuidado de Kuehne Nagel de México S de R I Avenida Soles No 55 Col Peñon de los Baños 15520 México D F Tensión alimentación 115 230 VAC Frecuencia 60 50 Hz Consumo de...

Страница 87: ...added to a Dell system after the system is shipped from Dell accessories or parts added to a Dell system through Dell s system integration department accesso ries or parts that are not installed in the Dell factory or DellWare products Monitors keyboards and mice that are Dell branded or that are included on Dell s standard price list are covered under this limited warranty all other monitors keyb...

Страница 88: ... will ship parts freight prepaid if you use an address in the continental U S where applicable Shipments to other locations will be made freight collect Dell will include a prepaid shipping container with each replacement part for your use in return ing the replaced part to Dell Replacement parts are new or reconditioned Dell may provide replacement parts made by various manufacturers when supplyi...

Страница 89: ...the preceding text the option you chose will be listed on your invoice Dell Computer Corporation Dell manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industry standard practices Dell warrants that the hardware products it manufactures will be free from defects in materials and workmanship The warranty term is three years beginning o...

Страница 90: ...parts made by various manufacturers in performing warranty repairs and building replacement products If Dell repairs or replaces a product its warranty term is not extended During the second and third years of this limited warranty Dell will provide on an exchange basis and subject to Dell s Exchange Policy in effect on the date of the exchange replacement parts for the Dell hardware product s cov...

Страница 91: ...ONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITA TION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE PRECEDING EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU These provisions apply to Dell s three year limited warranty only For provisions of any service contract covering your system refer to your invoice or the separate service contract that you will receive If Dell elects to exchange a system or component t...

Страница 92: ...e to and from Dell s repair replacement center The end user must ensure that the defective product is available for collection properly packed in original or equally protective packaging together with the details listed above and the return number provided to the end user by Dell Dell makes no other warranty guarantee or like statement other than as explicitly stated above and this Guarantee is gi...

Страница 93: ...troubleshooting documentation or for some systems the section titled Contacting Dell in your system s online guide to find the appropriate telephone number for obtaining customer assistance To expedite the processing of your refund or credit Dell expects you to return the products to Dell in their original packaging within five days of the date that Dell issues the Credit Return Authorization Numb...

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Страница 95: ...or American Standard Code for Information Interchange A text file con taining only characters from the ASCII character set usually created with a text editor such asMS DOS Editor orNotepad in Microsoft Windows operating system is called an ASCII file Acronym for application specific integrat ed circuit Acronym for Advanced SCSI program ming interface When you boot your computer MS DOS runs any com...

Страница 96: ...yboard and the video adapter Miscellaneous functions such as system messages The smallest unit of information interpret ed by your computer A typical unit of disk storage consisting of a small number of sectors This term usu ally refers to the fundamental unit of storage provided by an operating system See also block size and striping The size of a block See also block and striping When you start ...

Страница 97: ...e semiconductor In computers CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage The MS DOS device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your com puter are COM1 COM2 COM3 and COM4 MS DOS supportsup to fourserial ports However the default interrupt for COM1 andCOM3 is IRQ4 andthe default interrupt for COM2 and COM4 is IRQ3 Therefore you must be careful when you configure software that r...

Страница 98: ...o interface correctly with a peripheral such as a printer or net work card Some device drivers such as network drivers must be loaded from the config sys file with a device state ment or as memory resident programs usually from the autoexec bat file Oth ers such as video drivers must load when you start the program for which they were designed Acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol See di...

Страница 99: ...c random access memory A computer s RAM is usually made up entirely of DRAM chips Be cause DRAM chips cannot store an electrical charge indefinitely your com puter continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the computer Your computer canrecognize a number of specific hard disk drives Each is assigned a drive type number that is stored in NVRAM The hard disk drive s specified in your computer s System...

Страница 100: ...asable programmable read only memory Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge See Safety Instructions for a complete discussion of ESD Acronym for enhanced small device interface A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB To enable expanded memory on your computer you must use an EMM You should configure your system to sup port expanded memory only if you run application programs that can use or re ...

Страница 101: ...h attempt to write to the array requires multiple read and write commands to maintain the parity informa tion If this is a problem mirroring or duplexing is a better choice See also mir roring RAID 4 and RAID 5 Acronym for graphical user interface Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 numbering system often used in pro gramming to identify addresses in the computer s RAM and I O memory ad dresses...

Страница 102: ... 8 KB read write data cache Acronym for Internet Protocol 0 Abbreviation for Internetwork Packet eXchange 1 Abbreviation for interrupt request A sig nal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor Each peripher al connection must be assigned an IRQ number For example the first serial port in your computer COM1 is assigned to IRQ4 by def...

Страница 103: ...faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus Some local bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer s microprocessor 6 The MS DOS device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your computer are LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 6 Acronym for logical unit number Abbreviation for meter s Abbreviation for milliampere s Abbr...

Страница 104: ...utton while pointing at objects displayed on the screen Abbreviation for multiprocessing specification Abbreviation for millisecond s Abbreviation forMicrosoft Disk Operating System Abbreviation for mean time between failures 7 A monitor that supports several video standards A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of video adapters 8 Abbreviation for...

Страница 105: ...ternational Association See also PC Card Acronym for primary domain controller Acronym for PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller An internal or external device such as a printer a disk drive or a keyboard con nected to a computer Abbreviation for pin grid array a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip Arranged in rows and columns a pixel is a single point on...

Страница 106: ...relatively low reliability RAID 0 is the best choice when controller cards are du plexed See also striping 9 RAID 1 is commonly called mirroring RAID 1 also uses striping so RAID 1 may be regarded as the mirroring of RAID 0 configurations RAID 1 is the best choice inhigh availabilityapplicationsthat require high performance orrelatively low data ca pacity See also mirroring RAID 10 striping RAID 4...

Страница 107: ...ed A monitor s refresh rate is also referred to as its vertical frequency Abbreviation for ringer equivalence number Abbreviation for radio frequency interference Abbreviation for red green blue Acronym for read only memory Your computer contains some programs es sential to its operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its con tents even after you turn off your computer Examples of code ...

Страница 108: ...ock of data the process starts over with the first physical drive When the size of the data block is carefully selected the chance that the information needed can be read from or written to multiple physi cal drives at once is increased greatly increasing the performance of the composite drive See also block block size and RAID Abbreviation for static random access memory Because SRAM chips do not...

Страница 109: ... Most word processorsuse proprietaryfile formats containing binary characters al though some can read and write text files See video mode Abbreviation for thin film transistor A flat panel display for notebook computers where each pixel is controlled by one to four transistors Abbreviation for tracks per inch Abbreviation for terminate and stay resident A TSR program runs in the background Most TS...

Страница 110: ...ncement adapt er such as a video accelerator to your computer A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass through connector The logical circuitry that provides in combination with the monitor or display your computer s video capabilities A video adapter may support more or fewer features than a specific monitor offers Typically a video adapter comes with video drivers for displaying popu...

Страница 111: ...ld manage the system as though it had 24 MB of physical RAM A self starting program designed to incon venience you Virus programs have been known to corrupt the files stored on a hard disk drive or to replicate themselves until a system or network runs out of memory The most common way that virus pro grams move from one system to another isvia infected diskettes fromwhichthey copy themselves to th...

Страница 112: ... protect a 5 25 inch diskette by plac ing an adhesive label overits write protect notch Abbreviation for World Wide Web 0 Abbreviation for extended memory man ager a utility that allows application programs and operating environments to useextended memoryin accordancewith the XMS See also conventional memory EMM expanded memory extended memory and memory manager 0 Abbreviation for eXtended Memory ...

Страница 113: ...SI bus interface 3 8 Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD navigating 2 2 Server Setup mode 2 2 service mode 2 1 setup mode 2 1 starting 2 1 utility partition 2 3 driver installation NetWare 5 0 3 4 Windows NT 4 0 3 2 electrostatic discharge See ESD error messages 4 2 ESD x front panel features 1 3 getting help 1 7 hard disk drives 1 2 help tools 1 7 indicator lights 1 3 ...

Страница 114: ...ions xi SCSI devices using 3 12 SCSI drivers configuring 3 1 installing 3 1 SCSISelect utility default settings 3 6 starting 3 6 securing your system 4 8 settings advanced host adapter 3 9 SCSI device configuration 3 8 setup password assigning 4 10 changing 4 11 using 4 9 software 1 2 system board features 1 2 system features 1 1 back panel 1 5 system memory 1 1 system password assigning 4 7 chang...

Страница 115: ...pport dell com Index 3 warnings v xiv warranty information xiv D 1 Windows NT driver installation 3 1 installing driver 3 3 troubleshooting 3 15 updating driver 3 3 Windows NT 4 0 driver installation 3 2 ...

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