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You can run the IBMDocumentation CD on any personal computer that meets the hardware and software
requirements.
The IBMDocumentation CD contains documentation for your blade server in Portable Document Format
(PDF) and includes the IBM Documentation Browser to help you find information quickly.
Hardware and software requirements
Use this information to determine the minimum hardware and software requirements for the blade server.
The IBMDocumentation CD requires the following minimum hardware and software:
• MicrosoftWindows XP, Windows 2000, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
• 100 MHz microprocessor
• 32 MB of RAM
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operating systems
Using the Documentation Browser
Use these instructions to start the Documentation Browser.
Use the Documentation Browser to browse the contents of the CD, read brief descriptions of the documents,
and view documents, using Adobe Acrobat Reader or xpdf. The Documentation Browser automatically
detects the regional settings in use in your system and displays the documents in the language for that
region (if available). If a document is not available in the language for that region, the English-language
version is displayed.
Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:
• If Autostart is enabled, insert the CD into the CD drive. The Documentation Browser starts automatically.
• If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users, use one of the following procedures:
– If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD drive and click Start ®
Run. In the Open field, type
e:\win32.bat
where e is the drive letter of the CD or DVD drive, and click OK.
– If you are using Red Hat Linux, insert the CD into the CD or DVD drive; then, run the following
command from the /mnt/cdrom directory:
sh runlinux.sh
Select your blade server from the Product menu. The Available Topics list displays all the documents for
your blade server. Some documents might be in folders. A plus sign (+) indicates each folder or document
that has additional documents under it. Click the plus sign to display the additional documents.
When you select a document, a description of the document is displayed under Topic Description. To select
more than one document, press and hold the Ctrl key while you select the documents. Click View Book
to view the selected document or documents in Acrobat Reader or xpdf. If you selected more than one
document, all the selected documents are opened in Acrobat Reader or xpdf.
To search all the documents, type a word or word string in the Search field and click Search. The
documents in which the word or word string appears are listed in order of the most occurrences. Click a
document to view it, and press Crtl+F to use the Acrobat search function, or press Alt+F to use the xpdf
search function within the document.
Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser.
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