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Using the Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant CD: Dell

PowerEdge

1300 Systems User's Guide

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Overview

The Dell OpenManage

Server Assistant CD contains utilities, diagnostics, documentation, drivers, and other items that

can help you configure a PowerEdge 1300 system to best meet your needs. Most of the functions available on the Dell

OpenManage Server Assistant CD are also available on a bootable utility partition that is installed on your hard-disk

drive.

This file describes the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD and how to use its various options to configure your

system, create the utility partition, create diskettes, and view online documentation. It also describes the utility partition

and its options and provides instructions for reinstalling the partition (if necessary).

Starting the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD

The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant application program has two modes of operation: a setup mode for configuring

the PowerEdge 1300 server, creating diskettes, and viewing information and documents, and a service mode for

creating diskettes and viewing information and documents.

In both setup mode and service mode, the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main page gives you the option of

choosing Deutsch, English, Español, Français, or Japanese as the language for the screen text, help text, messages, and

online documentation. You can choose a language at any time from the main screen.

Setup Mode

To access the utilities, drivers, and other items available on the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD, insert the Dell

OpenManage Server Assistant CD into your CD-ROM drive, and turn on or reboot the system. The Dell OpenManage

Server Assistant main page appears.

If the CD does not boot, verify the following settings in the System Setup program:

Secondary IDE Drive 0 must be set to Auto.

Boot Sequence must be set to CD-ROM first.

IDE Controller must be set to Auto.

See Using the System Setup Program for more information.

Service Mode

You can access the online system documents, as well as setup instructions, frequently asked questions, and server

product information, on any desktop or server system that has Microsoft

Internet Explorer 4.0 (or higher). When you

insert the CD in a system running the Microsoft Windows NT

operating system, the system automatically starts the