NEC SA2500 User Manual page 7

User Guide
Checking System Memory........................................................................................... 140
Removing a DDR module............................................................................................ 140
Installing a DDR module ............................................................................................. 141
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Installing and Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Specific Recommendations.......................................................................................... 144
Installing an Expansion Card....................................................................................... 145
Removing an Expansion Card from Your System....................................................... 147
Cabling IDE Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The IDE Cable ............................................................................................................. 148
System Power Cables................................................................................................... 149
Cabling an Optical Disk Drive..................................................................................... 149
Cabling SCSI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cabling a SCSI Hard Disk Drive................................................................................. 151
Cabling SATA Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The S-ATA Cable ........................................................................................................ 152
System Power Cables................................................................................................... 152
Cabling a Hard Disk Drive .......................................................................................... 152
Cabling a Floppy Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Preparing IDE Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Preparing an IDE Optical Drive................................................................................... 155
Preparing an IDE Tape Drive ...................................................................................... 156
Preparing SCSI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Preparing a SCSI Hard Disk Drive .............................................................................. 157
Preparing a SCSI Tape Drive....................................................................................... 157
Preparing SATA Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Preparing a S-ATA Hard Disk Drive........................................................................... 158
Interrupt Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Installing and Using Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
With the EXPRESSBUILDER CD you can:............................................................... 160
Software End-User License Agreement ...................................................................... 160
Utilities......................................................................................................................... 160
EXPRESSBUILDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
EXPRESSBUILDER for Windows-Based (Master Control Menu)............................ 161
ASUS System Web-based Management (ASWM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Functions and Features ................................................................................................ 163
PAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Power Console Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Major Functions........................................................................................................... 165
Components ................................................................................................................ 165
System Setup................................................................................................................ 166
Management PC Setup................................................................................................. 167
SCSISelect Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running the SCSISelect Utility ................................................................................... 168
Adaptec SCSI Utility Configuration Settings.............................................................. 168
SCSI Disk Utilities....................................................................................................... 169
Exiting Adaptec SCSI Utility ...................................................................................... 170
nVIDIA Media Shield RAID Management Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Broadcom NetXtremeTM Ethernet Boot Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Installation Notice........................................................................................................ 173
Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional .................................................. 173
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