Table Of Contents - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6220 User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introducing the IntelliStation M Pro computer
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this book
Features and specifications - M Pro Type 6220 (desktop model)
Features and specifications - M Pro Type 6230 (tower model) . . . . . . . 4
What your computer offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Operating the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using video features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using audio features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Updating system programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Managing your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shutting down the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (some models) . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 4. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software on CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Software available on the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Running the operating-system setup program
Installing other operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Viewing the license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows . . . . . . . 14
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette in Windows . . . . . . . 15
Video device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Changing monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-intrusion features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Component protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locking the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SCSISelect menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System reliability considerations
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