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Introduction

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

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Your system is a rack-dense, full-featured, highly available, rack-mount system equipped with one or two Intel® Xeon™ microprocessors. This system includes the following service features to make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:

• Systems management 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
  
  
• A comprehensive system diagnostics program, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)
  
  

The following system upgrade options are offered:

• An additional Intel Xeon microprocessor
  
  
• A second, hot-pluggable 320-W power supply
  
  
• Additional memory up to 8 GB, by installing combinations of 128-MB, 256-MB, 512-MB, 1-GB, and 2-GB DDR SDRAM memory modules
  
  
• Up to two additional 1-inch, internal U320 SCSI hard drives (for a total of three)
  
  
• An optional ROMB through a separate RAID controller that incorporates 128 MB of cache memory and a RAID battery
  
  
• Up to two PCI expansion cards: two 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X cards or one 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X card and one 5-V, 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI card
  
  
• Optional remote access controller (RAC) card for remote systems management
  
  

Other Documents You May Need

The System Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document.

• The Rack Installation Guide included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack.
  
  
• The Setting Up Your System document provides an overview of initially setting up your system.
  
  
• The User's Guide provides information about system features and technical specifications
  
  
• The Dell Remote Access Controller Installation and Setup Guide provides complete information about installing, configuring, and using a RAC to remotely access a system.
  
  
• Systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the software.
  
  
• Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
  
  
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options.
  
  
• Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation.
  
  

NOTE: Always read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.

• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
  
  

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