Table Of Contents - Intergraph InterServe 90 System Setup

Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................................... vii
About This Document .................................................................................................................... vii
Document Conventions .................................................................................................................. vii
Operating System Information....................................................................................................... viii
Hardware Information ................................................................................................................... viii
Ergonomic Information ................................................................................................................. viii
Customer Support.......................................................................................................................... viii
Hardware and Software Support Services ....................................................................... viii
World Wide Web .............................................................................................................. ix
Intergraph Bulletin Board Service..................................................................................... ix
Telephone.......................................................................................................................... ix
More Support Options........................................................................................................ x
1 Setting Up the Hardware ............................................................................................................ 1
Unpacking the System ...................................................................................................................... 2
Observing Rack-Mount Safety Precautions ...................................................................................... 3
Placing the System Components....................................................................................................... 3
Understanding Rack-Mount Vertical Units ...................................................................................... 4
Installing a Rack-Mount Base Unit................................................................................................... 5
Connecting the Cables ...................................................................................................................... 8
Installed Expansion Cards .............................................................................................................. 10
Installing Disk Drives in the Disk Drive Bay ................................................................................. 11
Connecting an External SCSI Device ............................................................................................. 13
Checking the System ...................................................................................................................... 14
Starting the System ......................................................................................................................... 14
What's Next? .................................................................................................................................. 15
2 Setting Up the Software ............................................................................................................ 17
Preparing for System Software Setup ............................................................................................. 18
Starting Operating System Setup .................................................................................................... 20
Finishing System Software Setup ................................................................................................... 21
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk ................................................................................ 21
Creating System Software Backup Diskettes ................................................................... 22
Creating a QFE Update Software Diskette ..................................................................................... 22
What's Next? .................................................................................................................................. 22
3 Configuring the System............................................................................................................. 23
Configuring the Video Display....................................................................................................... 24
Changing the Default Video Display Driver .................................................................... 24
Correcting Video Display Problems................................................................................. 24
Configuring RAID Disk Drives ...................................................................................................... 25
Basic RAID Configuration ............................................................................................... 25
Resetting to the Default RAID Configuration .................................................................. 28
Configuring Non-RAID Disk Drives.............................................................................................. 28
Installing and Configuring InterSite Server Monitor ...................................................................... 29
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