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Preface: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 8450 Systems User's Guide
About This Guide • Warranty and Return Policy
Information • Other Documents
You May Need • Notational
Conventions • Typographical
Conventions
This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 8450
computer systems. The guide can be used by both first-time and experienced computer users
who want to learn about the features and operation of their system. The sections are
summarized as follows:
- Introduction — overview of system features, description of
indicators on the front panel, and general discussion of connecting external devices to
the system back panel
- Using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD —
instructions on using the utilities, diagnostics, or online documentation, or installing
video drivers for the operating system
- Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers — requirements for
small computer system interface (SCSI) device drivers (if any) for a particular system
configuration or operating system
- Using the System Setup Program — configuration changes to
the system and password features
- Using the System Setup Utility — system resources, system
security settings, and the system event log
- Technical Specifications — technical specifications of the
PowerEdge 8450 systems
- I/O Ports and Connectors — ports and connectors on the back
panel of the PowerEdge 8450 systems
- Maintaining the System — preventive maintenance
procedures for the computer system
- Regulatory Notices — regulatory agencies that have tested and
approved the PowerEdge 8450 systems
- Warranty, Return Policy, and Year 2000 Statement of Compliance
— warranty and return policy for Dell PowerEdge 8450 systems and year 2000 compliance
for Dell-branded hardware products
- Glossary — definitions of terms, acronyms, and
abbreviations used in this guide
Dell Computer Corporation manufactures its hardware products from
parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with
industry-standard practices. For information about the Dell warranty for your system, see Warranty, Return Policy, and Year 2000 Statement of Compliance.
In addition to this User's Guide, the following
documentation is included with your system:
- The Dell PowerEdge 8450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide provides instructions for installing system hardware and includes
troubleshooting and diagnostic procedures for testing your computer system.
- The HP OpenView NNM Special Edition With Dell OpenManage™ HIP User's Guide describes
the alert messages issued by the server management software.
You may also have one or more of the following 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Notational Conventions
The following subsections list notational conventions used in this
document.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be
accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes,
cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows:
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NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you
make better use of your system. |
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CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either
potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. |
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WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential
for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem. |
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><Del>
- 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 a 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.
Example: 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:\dos, and then press <Enter>."
- Variables are symbols for which you substitute a value. They
are presented in italics.
Example: DIMM x (where x represents the DIMM
socket designation)
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