Table Of Contents - IBM 9228 - IntelliStation Z - Pro User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IntelliStation Z Pro computer . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What the computer offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Operating the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Controls, LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using video features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using audio features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Updating system programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Managing the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shutting down the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 3. Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . 25
LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 4. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Major components of the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software on CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software available on the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Running the operating-system setup program
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing the license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows . . . . . . . 13
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows
Video device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Anti-intrusion features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Component protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System reliability considerations
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
System board option connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
System board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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