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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide
 System Overview
 Using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD
 Using the System Setup Program
 Technical Specifications
 Using Console Redirection
 Glossary
NOTE:
A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.
NOTICE:
A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION:
A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
 For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the "Glossary."
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2002 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Xeon and Intel386 are trademarks and Intel and
Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and MS-DOS, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Novell and NetWare are
registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation
disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.
Model IMU
Initial release: 6 Dec 2002

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  • Page 1 Novell, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

  • Page 2: Technical Specifications

    Back to Contents Page Technical Specifications Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide   Technical Specifications Technical Specifications   Microprocessor Microprocessor type up to two Intel® Xeon™ microprocessors with a  minimum internal operating frequency of at least 2.0 Front-side bus speed 133 MHz  Address bus speed 266 MHz (doubled address transfer rate)  Data bus speed...
  • Page 3 Video Video type ATI Rage XL PCI video controller; VGA connector Video memory 8 MB   Power Power supply:  Wattage 320 W (AC)  Voltage 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 3.9–2.0 A  Heat dissipation 1026 BTU/hr maximum per power supply  Maximum inrush current Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 25 A per power supply for 10 ms or less.

  • Page 4: Using Console Redirection

    Back to Contents Page Using Console Redirection Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide   Hardware Requirements   Software Requirements   Configuring the Host System   Configuring the Client System   Managing the Host System Remotely   Configuring Special Key Functions  Console redirection allows you to manage a host (local) system from a client (remote) system by redirecting keyboard input and text output through a serial port.

  • Page 5: Configuring The Terminal Settings

     Run utilities on the utility partition   NOTE: To run utilities on the host system's utility partition, you must have created the utility partition using Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant  version 6.3.1 or later. or later. Configuring Special Key Functions  Console redirection uses ANSI or VT 100/220 terminal emulation, which is limited to basic ASCII characters. Function keys, arrow keys, and control keys are not available in the ASCII character set, and most utilities require function keys and control keys for ordinary operations.
  • Page 6 <Down arrow> <Esc><[><B> VT 100/220, ANSI <Right arrow> <Esc><[><C> VT 100/220, ANSI <Left arrow> <Esc><[><D> VT 100/220, ANSI <F1> <Esc><O><P> VT 100/220, ANSI <F2> <Esc><O><Q> VT 100/220, ANSI <F3> <Esc><O><R> VT 100/220, ANSI <F4> <Esc><O><S> VT 100/220, ANSI <F5> <Esc><O><T> VT 100, ANSI <F6>...

  • Page 7: System Overview

    Back to Contents Page System Overview Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide   Indicators on the Optional Bezel   Front-Panel Features and Indicators   Back-Panel Features and Indicators   System Features   Supported Operating Systems   Power Protection Devices   Other Documents You May Need   Obtaining Technical Assistance  Your system is a rack-dense, full-featured, highly available, rack-mount system equipped with one or two Intel® Xeon™ microprocessors.
  • Page 8   Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors  Indicator, Button, Icon Description or Connector blue system status   The blue system status indicator lights up during normal system operation. Both the systems management software and indicator the identification buttons located on the front and back of the system can cause the blue system status indicator to flash to identify a particular system.

  • Page 9: Back-Panel Features And Indicators

     If the optional RAID on motherboard (ROMB) card is activated, two indicators on each of the hard-drive carriers provide information on the status of the SCSI hard drives. See Figure 1-3 and Table 1-3. The SCSI backplane firmware controls the drive power-on/fault indicator. Figure 1-3. SCSI Hard-Drive Indicators    Table 1-3 lists the drive indicator patterns.

  • Page 10: Connecting External Devices

    NOTE: If you decide to upgrade your system by installing a second microprocessor, you must order the microprocessor upgrade kits from Dell. Not all versions of the Intel Xeon microprocessor will work properly as additional microprocessors. The upgrade kit from Dell contains the correct version of the microprocessor as well as the instructions for performing the upgrade.

  • Page 11: Supported Operating Systems

     The Installation and Troubleshooting Guide describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components.  The Dell Remote Access Controller Installation and Setup Guide provides complete information about installing, configuring, and using a RAC to remotely access a system.

  • Page 12: Obtaining Technical Assistance

     If you do not understand a procedure in this guide or if the system does not perform as expected, see your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.  Dell Enterprise Training and Certification is available; see www.dell.com/training for more information. This service may not be offered in all locations.
  • Page 13 Server Assistant CD. Starting the Server Assistant CD  To configure your system and install your operating system, insert the Server Assistant CD, and turn on or reboot the system. The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main screen appears.
  • Page 14 Using the Utility Partition  The utility partition is a bootable partition on the hard drive that contains system configuration and diagnostic utilities. When you start the utility partition, it boots and provides an executable environment for the partition's utilities.  To start the utility partition, turn on or reboot the system. During POST, press <F10> after the following message appears:  <F10>...

  • Page 15: Using The System Setup Program

    Back to Contents Page Using the System Setup Program Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide   Entering the System Setup Program   System Setup Options   System and Setup Password Features   Disabling a Forgotten Password   Asset Tag Utility  After you set up your system, run the System Setup program to familiarize yourself with your system configuration and optional settings. Print the System Setup screens by pressing <Print Screen>...
  • Page 16 Figure 3-1. Main System Setup Program Screen    Table 3-2 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the main System Setup program screen.   NOTE: The System Setup program defaults are listed under their respective options, where applicable.  ...

  • Page 17: Integrated Devices Screen

    affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system. Asset Tag Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset tag number has been assigned. To enter an asset tag number of up to 10 characters into NVRAM, see "Asset Tag Utility."...

  • Page 18: Exit Screen

     NOTE: "Using the Setup Password" for instructions on assigning a setup password and using or changing an existing setup password. Password Setting the Setup Password option to Enabled prevents the system password from being changed or disabled at system start-up. Status To lock the system password, assign a setup password in the Setup Password option and then change the Password Status option to Locked.
  • Page 19 NOTE: To escape from the field without assigning a system password, press <Enter> to move to another field, or press <Esc> at any time prior to completing step 5. 4.  Press <Enter>. 5.  To confirm your password, type it a second time and press <Enter>.  The setting shown for the System Password changes to Enabled.

  • Page 20: Disabling A Forgotten Password

    1.  Insert the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD into the CD drive of a Dell™ PowerEdge™ system running a Microsoft® Windows® operating system, and reboot the system. 2.  Insert a blank diskette into the system's diskette drive. 3.  Click System Tools on the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main screen. 4.  Select Create CD Boot Diskette. Assigning or Deleting an Asset Tag Number 1.
  • Page 21 Back to Contents Page Glossary Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems User's Guide  The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in your system documents.  Abbreviation for ampere(s).  Abbreviation for alternating current. ACPI  Abbreviation for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. adapter card  An expansion card that plugs into an expansion-card connector on the computer's system board. An adapter card adds some specialized function to the system by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device.
  • Page 22  Abbreviation for bits per second.  Abbreviation for British thermal unit.  An information pathway between the components of a system. Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for all the various peripheral devices connected to the system. Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the microprocessor and RAM.
  • Page 23  Directories help keep related files organized on a disk in a hierarchical, "inverted tree" structure. Each disk has a "root" directory; for example, a c:\> prompt normally indicates that you are at the root directory of hard drive C. Additional directories that branch off the root directory are called subdirectories. Subdirectories may contain additional directories branching off them.
  • Page 24  Abbreviation for feet.  Abbreviation for file transfer protocol.  Abbreviation for gram(s).  Abbreviation for gravities. guarding  A type of data redundancy that uses a set of physical drives to store data and a single, additional drive to store parity data. Data is protected from the loss of a single drive.
  • Page 25  Abbreviation for Internetwork Packet EXchange.  Abbreviation for interrupt request. A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor. Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example, the first serial port in your system (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default. Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously.
  • Page 26  Abbreviation for Media Access Control.  Abbreviation for milliampere-hour(s). math coprocessor  See coprocessor.  Abbreviation for megabit.  Abbreviation for megabyte(s). The term megabyte means 1,048,576 bytes; however, when referring to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes. MB/sec  Abbreviation for megabytes per second.
  • Page 27  Acronym for network interface controller.  Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A device sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about hardware errors, such as a parity error. noninterlaced  A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen.  Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one billionth of a second.
  • Page 28 PS/2  Abbreviation for Personal System/2.  Acronym for Preboot Execution Environment.  Acronym for remote access controller. RAID  Acronym for redundant array of independent disks. An array of multiple independent hard drives that, in varying levels, provide high performance and fault tolerance.  The following RAID levels provide various mixes of performance, reliability, and cost: Level 0 (striping), Level 1 (mirroring), Level 5 (striping with parity), Level 10 (striping with mirroring) and Level 50 (linked Level 5 arrays).
  • Page 29 hardware. Typically, readme files provide installation information, describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented, and list known problems or other things you need to be aware of as you use the software or hardware.  Acronym for read-only memory. Your system contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code. Unlike RAM, a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your system.
  • Page 30  RAM  Controllers for standard peripheral devices, such as the keyboard  Various ROM chips  Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board. system configuration information  Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation. system diskette  System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.
  • Page 31 VCCI  Abbreviation for Voluntary Control Council for Interference.  Abbreviation for volt(s) direct current.  Abbreviation for video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards.  To display a program at a specific resolution, you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution. Similarly, the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor, the video driver, and the amount of video memory installed for the video adapter.
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  • Page 33: Notes, Notices, And Cautions

    Novell, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

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