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
    • SCSI backplane board
    • Hot-plug memory board
  • System jumpers
• 2 System setup
  • Setting up the system
    • Pre-installation requirements
  • Connecting peripherals
  • Turning on the system
    • Power-on problems
  • Configuring the system OS
  • Turning off the system
• 3 System upgrade
  • Installation precautions
    • ESD precautions
    • Pre-installation instructions
    • Post-installation instructions
  • Opening the server
    • Removing the front bezel
    • Installing the front bezel
    • Removing the top cover
    • Installing the top cover
    • Removing the CPU air baffle
    • Installing the CPU air baffle
    • Removing the center brace
    • Installing the center brace
    • Removing a memory board air baffle
    • Installing a memory board air baffle
  • Configuring hot-pluggable components
    • Hard disk drives
    • Installing a HDD
    • System fan assembly
    • Power supply
    • Memory board
    • PCI card
  • Configuring cold-pluggable components
    • DVD drive
    • 5.25-inch drive
    • Processor
    • Processor core VRMs
    • Memory board
    • DIMM modules
    • PCI card
    • ARMC/3 (optional) or BMC module
  • Configuring integrated SCSI hardware RAID components
    • RAID activation key
    • RAID cache
    • RAID BBU
• 4 BIOS setup
  • Introduction
  • System options menu
  • BIOS setup
  • Using the BIOS menus
    • Main
    • Processor
    • Memory
    • Devices
    • Server Management
    • Security
    • Save, Restore & Exit
  • Upgrading the BIOS
• 5 Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting
    • Resetting the system
    • Problems following initial system installation
    • First steps checklist
    • Hardware diagnostic testing
    • Verifying proper operation of key system lights
    • Specific problems and corrective actions
• Appendix A: Acer Altos R910 rack installation guide
  • Setting up the system rack
    • System rack installation
    • Vertical mounting hole pattern
  • Installing the system into the rack
• Appendix B: Memory configuration options
  • Introduction
  • Installation and population order
    • Memory board installation order
    • DIMM module installation order
    • DIMM module population order
  • Memory modes
    • Maximum compatibility
    • Maximum performance
    • Memory sparing
    • Memory RAID
    • Memory mirroring
• Appendix C: Integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration
  • Configuring the integrated SCSI hardware RAID
• Index