1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
This manual describes the
HP Vectra XM 5/xx series 4 PC, and provides detailed system
specifications. The PC is constructed around the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus
and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus. Its central feature is the Enhanced Ethernet
Network board fitted as standard in a new PCI slot on the backplane, and the ability to be
turned on remotely from another PC on the network.
EXTERNAL FEATURES
The following diagrams show the front and rear views of the
HP Vectra XM 5/xx series 4 PC.
Power supply
Speaker position
Status (control) panel
Flexible disk drive in
top 3.5-inch shelf
5.25-inch shelf
(for CD-ROM drive)
Vacant 3.5/5.25-inch shelf
Double-sided backplane
with 5 accessory slots
(4 standard)
Hard disk drive
Enhanced Ethernet
10 Base T LAN board
BNC coax hole
metal plug
Network I/O panel
IIdentification label
RJ-45 network
connector
Cover lock
BNC coax hole
metal plug
New I/O panel
4 accessory slot
panel blanks
Power connector
Mouse Keyboard Parallel port Serial Port A Serial Port B Display
INTERNAL FEATURES
Diagrams of the double-sided back-plane and the system board can be found at the beginning
of the next chapter. These show the locations of the PC’s main field-serviceable components.
The components of the system board are described in the same chapter. The characteristics of
the PC’s video, disk and networking devices are described in Chapter 3. The HP BIOS routines
are described in Chapter 4; the Remote Power-On (RPO) facility and Desktop Management
Interface (DMI) are described in Chapter 5; and the Power-On Self-Test routines are
summarized in Chapter 6.