Gateway 9715 Users Manual Server User Guide

2015-02-02

• Checking Out Your Gateway Server
  • Front
    • Control panels
  • Back
  • Interior
  • System board
    • Left side
    • Right side
  • Getting Help
    • System Companion CD
    • Gateway Web site
• Setting Up Your Server
  • Setting up the hardware
    • Mounting your server into a cabinet
    • Converting to pedestal configuration
      • Contents of the conversion kit
      • Tools required
  • Protecting from power source problems
  • Starting your server
    • Selecting the boot device
    • Understanding the power-on self-test
  • Controlling your server
    • Local control
    • Remote control
      • Serial configuration settings
      • Keystroke mappings
      • Limitations
      • Interface to server management
  • Turning off your server
  • Setting up the operating system
  • Initial hardware settings
  • Configuring SCSI features
• Managing and Maintaining Your Server
  • System administration
    • Gateway Server Manager
    • Local control panel
      • Interactions
      • Navigation
    • Server security
      • Using BIOS security passwords
  • Identifying your server
  • Creating a DOS-bootable System Update Package (SUP) CD
  • Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
    • Intel® Management Module (IMM) features
      • Professional Edition features
      • Advanced Edition features
    • Updating the BMC firmware
    • Embedded Web Server
      • Configuring the Embedded Web Server
      • Using the Embedded Web Server
      • Using the Embedded Web Server scripting interface
    • FRU/SDR Load utility
    • The SEL Viewer utility
  • Using your System Companion CD
  • Preparing for system recovery
    • Recording the BIOS configuration
  • Caring for your server
    • Cleaning your server
      • Cleaning tips
      • Cleaning the keyboard
      • Cleaning the screen
      • Cleaning the tape drive
• Installing Components
  • Preparing to install components
    • Selecting a place to work
    • Gathering the tools you need
    • Torque settings
  • Preventing static electricity discharge
  • Opening the server case
  • Removing and installing the processor air baffle
  • Removing and installing the center brace
  • Closing the server case
  • Installing drives
    • Installing and removing the CD or DVD drive
    • Installing a fixed, removable-media drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay
    • Installing a hot-swap hard drive
      • Determining drive status
  • Removing and installing the control panel
  • Memory
    • Installing and removing memory boards
      • Hot removal and insertion of memory boards
      • Cold removal and installation of memory boards
    • Installing and removing DIMMs
    • Configuring memory options
      • Memory sparing
      • Memory RAID
      • Memory mirroring
  • PCI expansion cards
    • Hot installation or removal of PCI expansion cards
    • Cold installation or removal of PCI expansion cards
  • Fibre channel module
    • Option ROM
    • Operating system driver installation and configuration
    • Fibre channel HBA manager software
    • Installing or removing the fibre channel module
  • Processors
    • Special handling of Intel Xeon processors
    • Installation and removal of processors
    • Processor VRM requirements
      • Installing and removing VRMs
  • Installing an Intel Management Module (IMM)
  • Installing and removing the ROMB (RAID on Motherboard) activation key and dedicated RAID memory
    • Installing and removing the Smart Battery
  • Power subsystem
    • Replacing a power supply module
    • Replacing a power distribution board
  • Replacing the SCSI hot-swap backplane
  • Replacing the front panel I/O board
  • Replacing a hot-swap fan
  • Replacing the CMOS battery
  • Replacing the system board
• Using the BIOS Setup Utility
  • Opening the BIOS Setup utility
  • Updating the BIOS
    • Rolling BIOS
    • Recovering the BIOS
    • Resetting the BIOS
    • Resetting BIOS passwords
• Configuring your RAID solutions
  • Introduction
  • Configuring your ROMB RAID solution with the RAID BIOS Console configuration utility
  • Configuring your ROMB RAID solution with the RAID Web Console
    • Web Console components
    • Client system requirements
    • Quick configuration steps
    • Registration server
      • Registration server operation
    • Installing the Windows Web Console
      • Securing the Web Console under Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003
      • De-registering and re-registering under Web Console
  • Launching the Web Console
    • Configuring arrays and logical drives
      • Automatic RAID configuration
      • Custom RAID configuration
      • Defining logical drives
    • Reclaiming hot spare disks
    • Reconfiguring existing arrays
      • Adding a physical drive to an existing array
      • Removing a physical drive from an array
• Troubleshooting
  • Safety guidelines
  • Error messages
  • Troubleshooting
    • First steps
    • Battery replacement
  • Beep codes
    • Post error beep codes
    • BIOS recovery beep codes
    • Additional beep codes provided by Intel Management Modules
  • LED information
    • Diagnostic POST LEDs
      • POST progress codes and definitions
      • POST error messages and handling
    • BIOS
    • CD or DVD drive
    • Diskette drive
    • USB flash memory device
    • Expansion cards
    • Hard drive
    • Internet
    • Keyboard
    • Memory
    • Monitor
    • Power
    • Processor
  • Telephone support
    • Before calling Gateway Customer Care
    • Telephone support
      • Telephone numbers
  • Tutoring and training
• Server Specifications
  • System specifications
  • System board specifications
  • Fibre channel card specifications
  • Environmental specifications
  • Electronic specifications
    • Memory map
    • Interrupts
  • Additional specifications
• BIOS Settings
• Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Kits
  • Available FRU kits
• Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell
  • Introduction
  • Basic EFI Shell commands
• Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information
  • Important safety information
  • Regulatory compliance statements
  • Laser safety statement
  • Environmental information
  • Notices
• Index
  • Numerics
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