Choose Language; Configure The System; Run Eisa Configuration Utility; Configure Raid Subsystem - Dell 4100 User Manual

Choose Language

When the system boots, you are given the option of
choosing one of the following languages for the menus,
help screens, messages, and online documentation:
•
German
•
English
•
Spanish
•
French
After you choose a language, the main menu appears in
the chosen language.

Configure the System

The options within the
CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM
are used for configuring your system. The following sub-
sections describe the options available in this category.

Run EISA Configuration Utility

This option allows you to run the EISA Configuration
Utility directly from the CD to ensure that the system is
properly configured for the remaining configuration
steps. See Chapter 5, "Using the EISA Configuration
Utility," for instructions on running the EISA Configura-
tion Utility.
In addition to being able to run the EISA Configuration
Utility directly from the CD, you can create a diskette (or
diskettes) and run the EISA Configuration Utility from
the diskette(s).

Configure RAID Subsystem

This option is available only when a Dell PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller is installed in the system.
The system checks for the presence of the PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller, and if one is present, this
option is visible and functional. The system reboots
automatically if you change the redundant array of inex-
pensive disks (RAID) configuration. See the PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller documentation listed in the
Preface for more information.

Run System Utilities

The options within the
RUN SYSTEM UTILITIES
allow you to run the system diagnostics and any other
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utilities available on your CD. The following subsection
describes the option available in this category.

Run System Diagnostics

This option allows you to run the system hardware
diagnostics directly from the CD. Before running the
diagnostics from the CD, you should make a blank for-
matted diskette and insert it in the diskette drive so the
diagnostics programs can record critical messages and
information as they execute. See "Create Blank Format-
ted Diskette" found later in this chapter for instructions
on creating the necessary diskette. The system hardware
diagnostics are described in Chapter 5, "Running the Sys-
tem Diagnostics," of the Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide.
category

Use Online Manuals

The
USE ONLINE MANUALS
able online manuals. Selecting one of the online manuals
launches the Adobe Acrobat viewer (included on the CD)
and allows you to view or print the online manual in the
language that you selected earlier.
NOTE: You can also copy the portable document format
(PDF) files from the CD and use them under your native
operating system.
The following subsections describe the options available
in this category.

Use the System User's Guide

This option allows you to view or print the system User's
Guide.
Use the Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide
This option allows you to view or print the Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide.

Create Diskettes

The
CREATE DISKETTES
diskettes of system utilities and operating system-specific
drivers as well as blank formatted diskettes. The follow-
ing subsections describe the options available in this
category
category.
category includes all avail-
category allows you to create