Users Guide

Configuration
Utility
Runs the RCU.
Configure RAID
Subsystem
Runs the RAID controller configuration utility if the controller card is present on your system.
Run System Utilities:
Run System
Diagnostics
Runs the system hardware diagnostics.
Upgrade Utility
Partition
Allows the user to upgrade the utility partition (for example, add, remove, or change features
installed on the partition).
Create Diskettes:
Create Blank,
Formatted Diskette
Creates a blank, formatted diskette.
Create Utility and
Diagnostics
Diskettes:
Create Resource
Configuration
Utility Diskette
Creates a bootable diskette for running the RCU. The RCU detects expansion cards and slots,
enabling automatic configuration.
Create RAID
Configuration
Utility Diskette
Creates a bootable diskette for running the RAID controller configuration utility (if the controller
card is present on your system). The RAID configuration utility provides an alternative method
for configuring the card.
Create Diagnostics
diskette
Creates a bootable diskette from which the hardware diagnostics can be run.
Create System
Utility Diskette
Creates a bootable diskette from which utilities, such as the Asset Tag utility, can be run.
NOTE: The options displayed on your system are dependent on your system configuration and may not include
all of those listed here.
Running the System Diagnostics
The system diagnostics can be run from the utility partition or from a diskette, but not from the Dell OpenManage
Server Assistant CD. From the Utility Partition menu, select Run System Utilities and then select Run System
Diagnostics. To run the diagnostics from a diskette, select Create Diagnostics Diskette from the Utility Partition
menu.
Before running the diagnostics, you should make a blank diskette and insert it in the diskette drive so the diagnostics
programs can record critical messages and information as necessary. Use the Create Blank, Formatted Diskette
option to create a formatted diskette. The system hardware diagnostics are described in "Running the Dell Diagnostics,"
in the Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Video Drivers
NOTES: The ATI video for the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system must be set up with a
resolution of 640 x 480 pixels at installation.
Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 3 must be installed before you can use the updated drivers for ATI video.