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Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .......................................................................................... 27
Setting up Novell SLED ........................................................................................................... 28
Updating the workstation ........................................................................................................ 29
5 Restoring the operating system ....................................................................................... 31
Restore method ...................................................................................................................... 31
Ordering backup software ...................................................................................................... 32
Restoring Windows 7 ............................................................................................................. 32
Restoring Novell SLED ............................................................................................................ 33
6 Preparing for component installation .............................................................................. 34
Disassembly and installation preparation .................................................................................. 34
Preparing the workstation for component installation .................................................................. 34
7 Installing memory .......................................................................................................... 38
Supported memory configurations ............................................................................................ 38
Installing a DIMM .................................................................................................................. 39
8 Installing PCI/PCIe devices .............................................................................................. 41
Expansion card slot identification ............................................................................................. 41
Power limitations for graphics cards ......................................................................................... 42
Installing an expansion card .................................................................................................... 42
9 Installing hard disk drives .............................................................................................. 44
HDD configuration ................................................................................................................. 44
Installing a hard disk drive ...................................................................................................... 45
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Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ......................................... 26
Verifying hardware compatibility .............................................................................. 27
Installing from RHEL optical media ............................................................................. 27
Installing with the HP driver CD ................................................................................. 27
Setting up SLED on preloaded systems ....................................................................... 28
Installing from SLED optical media ............................................................................. 28
Installing with the HP driver CD ................................................................................. 28
Updating the workstation after first boot ..................................................................... 29
Upgrading the BIOS ................................................................................................ 29
Determining current BIOS .......................................................................... 29
Upgrading BIOS ...................................................................................... 30
Upgrading device drivers ......................................................................................... 30
Ordering the HP Recovery Manager media ................................................................ 32
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 32
Creating restore media ............................................................................................ 33
Installing an HDD in an HP Z210 CMT Workstation .................................................... 45
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