Table Of Contents - HP Xw9400 - Workstation - 16 GB RAM Reference Manual

Table of contents

1 Product overview
Product features ................................................................................................................................... 1
Exploded view ...................................................................................................................... 1
Front panel components ..................................................................................................... 3
Rear panel components ...................................................................................................... 4
Serial number and COA label location ................................................................................. 4
Product specifications ......................................................................................................................... 5
Power supply and cooling .................................................................................................... 6
Environmental specifications ............................................................................................ 10
PCI card slot power specification ....................................................................................... 10
Chipkill support ................................................................................................................................... 11
ENERGY STAR Qualification ............................................................................................................. 11
Multi-core processors ......................................................................................................................... 12
2 Setting up the operating system
Setting up the Microsoft operating system ......................................................................................... 14
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................................ 14
Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ............................................. 14
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................................................. 15
Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 15
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 16
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 16
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 16
Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 16
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 16
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 18
3 Restoring the operating system
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 19
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 20
ENWW
Power supply specifications ................................................................................ 8
Power consumption and heat dissipation ............................................................ 8
System fans and airflow ..................................................................................... 9
Resetting the power supply ................................................................................ 9
Power cord requirements .................................................................................... 9
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 16
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 17
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 18
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