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Preface: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6400 Systems Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide
This guide is intended for anyone who wants to upgrade or troubleshoot a Dell PowerEdge
6400 computer system. Before calling Dell for technical assistance, follow the recommended
procedure(s) in this guide to solve most hardware and software problems yourself.
In addition to this Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, the following
documentation is included with your system:
- Your system User's Guide, which describes system features and technical
specifications, device drivers, the System Setup program, Resource Configuration Utility,
and the System Setup Utility.
You may also have one or more of the following documents.
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NOTE: Documentation updates
are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software.
Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates
often contain information that supersedes the information in the other documents. |
- Operating system documentation is included with the system if you ordered the operating
system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary),
configure, and use the operating system software.
- The HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition User's Guide, which
describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the server
management software. Refer to the software's online help for information about the alert
messages issued by the software.
- Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from the system. This
documentation includes information that you need to configure and install these options in
your Dell computer.
- Technical information files—sometimes called "readme" files—may be
installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to
the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or
technicians.
Typographical
Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical
conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
- Interface components are window titles, button and icon names,
menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display.
They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.
Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They
are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed
simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference
purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: "Use the format command to . . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction and
intended to be typed.
Example: "Type format a: to
format the diskette in drive A."
- Filenames and directory names are presented in
lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
- Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible
parameters. Commands are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which
you substitute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are
presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]
- Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more
of the command’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New
font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
- Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to
type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented
in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available
Example: "Type
md c:\programs and press <Enter>."
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