Obtaining Technical Assistance - Dell PowerVault 775N Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Introduction
Dell™ PowerVault™ 775N Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Other Documents You May Need

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Your system is a high-speed NAS system that offers significant service and upgrade features. The system includes the following service features
to make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:
Embedded remote access hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system
overheats, if a system cooling fan malfunctions, or if a power supply fails
Hot-pluggable cooling fans
Redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies
System upgrade options are offered, including:
An additional microprocessor
Additional system memory
A variety of PCI and PCI-X expansion-card options (including RAID controller cards)
Other Documents You May Need
Besides this Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, the following documentation is included with your system:
The System Information document provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may or may not be
included within this document.
The Setting Up Your System sheet provides general instructions for setting up your system.
The System Administrator's Guide provides system operation and management information.
The NAS Manager online help provides information for using the NAS management software.
The Dell OpenManage Array Manager User's Guide provides information on creating and managing virtual disks, volumes, and RAID
arrays.
The User's Guide describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the System Setup program, and
software support utilities.
Documentation included with any options you purchased separately from the system, which includes information that you need to
configure and install these options in your system.
You may also have the following documents.
The Rack Installation Guide describes how to unpack, set up, and install your system in a rack.
Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software.
NOTE: Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain information that
supersedes the information in the other documents.
Technical information files—sometimes called release notes—may be included on the system's Resource CD to provide last-minute
updates about technical changes to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
Obtaining Technical Assistance
If at any time you do not understand a procedure described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, a number of tools are
provided to help you. For more information on these help tools, see "Getting Help."