Document Outline

• Notices
  • FCC notice
  • Laser compliance statement
• Important safety instructions
• 1 System tour
  • Features summary
  • External and internal structure
    • Front bezel
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Internal components
  • System boards
    • Mainboard layout
    • Backplane board layout
• 2 System setup
  • Setting up the system
    • Pre-installation requirements
  • Connecting peripherals
  • Turning on the system
    • Power-on problems
  • Configuring the system OS
  • Server setup
  • Turning off the system
• 3 System upgrade
  • Installation precautions
    • ESD precautions
    • Pre-installation instructions
    • Post-installation instructions
  • Opening the server
    • Removing the left-side panel
    • Opening the bezel door
    • Removing the front bezel
    • Removing the HDD cage bay cover
  • Configuring the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage
    • Installing the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage
    • Removing the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage
    • Installing an additional hard disk into the hot-plug HDD cage carrier
    • Replacing the CD-ROM drive
  • Installing 5.25-inch drives
  • Upgrading the processor
    • To install the CPU:
    • To install the HSF assembly:
    • To remove the HSF assembly:
    • To remove the CPU:
  • Upgrading the system memory
    • DIMM population guidelines
    • To remove a DIMM:
    • To install a DIMM:
  • Installing an expansion card
  • Installing a SCSI module
  • Installing a power supply module
• 4 BIOS setup
  • BIOS setup
  • Entering BIOS setup
  • Main
  • Advanced
    • CPU Configuration
    • Memory Configuration
    • IDE Configuration
    • Floppy Configuration
    • Chipset Configuration
    • I/O Device Configuration
    • PCI Configuration
    • USB Configuration
    • Server Management Configuration
  • Power
  • Boot
    • Boot Settings Configuration
    • Boot Device Priority
  • Security
    • To set a Supervisor/User password
    • To change the Supervisor/User password
    • To remove the User password
  • Exit
• 5 Troubleshooting
  • Resetting the system
  • Problems following initial system installation
  • First steps checklist
  • Hardware diagnostic testing
    • Verifying proper operation of key system lights
    • Confirming loading of the OS
    • Specific problems and corrective actions
• Appendix A: System management utility
  • ASM
    • System requirements
    • System setup
  • RAID configuration
• Appendix B: Acer Altos G5350 rack installation guide
  • Setting up the system rack
    • System rack installation
    • Vertical mounting hole pattern
  • Installing the system into the rack
• Appendix C: SCSI RAID configuration
  • Configuring the SCSI/SCSI RAID HBA
    • Using the SCSI HBA setup utility
    • Using the SCSI RAID HBA setup utility
    • Using the MegaRAID configuration utility
• Index