HP Z400 Workstation User Manual

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4 Setting up the operating system ................................................................................................................. 31

Setting up the Microsoft operating system ......................................................................................... 32

Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................................ 32
Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ............................................. 32

Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................................................. 33

Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 33
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 34

Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 34

Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 34
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 34

Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 34
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 34

Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 35
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 36

Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 36

5 Restoring the operating system .................................................................................................................. 37

Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 37
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 38
Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista ............................................................................................. 38

Ordering the RestorePlus! media ...................................................................................... 38
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 38

Restoring Windows XP Professional .................................................................................................. 39

Creating RestorePlus! media ............................................................................................. 39
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................... 40
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 41

Using RestorePlus! ........................................................................................... 41
Using HPBR ...................................................................................................... 41
Using the recovery partition .............................................................................. 41

Restoring Novell SLED ....................................................................................................................... 41

Creating restore media ...................................................................................................... 41

6 Preparing for component installation ......................................................................................................... 43

Disassembly and installation preparation ........................................................................................... 43
Preparing the workstation for component installation ......................................................................... 43

7 Installing memory ......................................................................................................................................... 47

Supported memory configurations ..................................................................................................... 47
Installing a DIMM ................................................................................................................................ 48
Installing the airflow guide (Z400 only) ............................................................................................... 50

8 Installing PCI/PCIe devices .......................................................................................................................... 53

Expansion card slot identification ....................................................................................................... 53

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