Document Outline

• Notices
  • FCC notice
  • Laser compliance statement
• Important safety instructions
• 1 System tour
  • System features
    • Performance
  • External and internal structure
    • Front bezel
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Internal components
  • System boards
    • Mainboard
    • Backplane board
    • Mid-plane board
  • Control panel
  • System LED indicators
    • Control panel LED indicators
    • Hot-plug HDD LED indicators
  • 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 and installing the front bezel
    • Removing and installing the top cover
  • Removing and installing the CPU air duct
  • Removing the CPU air dam
  • Removing and installing the power distribution board cover
  • Configuring the storage devices
    • Removing and installing a hard disk drive
    • Removing and installing a slim-line optical drive
  • Removing and installing a PCI riser assembly
    • Removing and installing a PCI card
  • Upgrading the CPU
    • CPU upgrading guidelines
  • Upgrading the system memory
    • Memory module installation guidelines
    • Memory module population guidelines
    • Memory configuration overview
  • Installing and removing a power supply module
  • Removing and installing an ARMC/3 module
  • Installing and removing the SAS hardware RAID components
    • Installing and removing the RAID activation key and RAID cache
    • Installing and removing the RAID BBU
  • Installing and removing the SATA software RAID activation key
• 4 BIOS setup
  • BIOS setup
  • Entering BIOS setup
  • Using the BIOS menus
    • Main
    • Advanced
    • Security
    • Server Management
    • Boot Options
    • Boot Manager
    • Error Manager
    • 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
  • Error beep codes
    • BIOS POST error beep codes
    • ARMC/3 module error beep codes
  • Diagnostic POST code LEDs
• Appendix A: Acer Altos R520 rack installation guide
  • Setting up the system rack
    • System rack installation
    • Vertical mounting hole pattern
  • Installing the system into the rack
• Appendix B: RAID configuration
  • Configuring integrated SAS RAID
  • Configuring the integrated SAS SW RAID
  • Configuring the onboard SATA RAID
• Index