IBM N2800e - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Caution notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . vi
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Who should read this book . . . . . . . . . vii
Information available on the World Wide Web . . vii
Related information . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How to send your comments . . . . . . . . vii
Understanding your NetVista Thin Client
Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Learning about the hardware . . . . . 3
Standard hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Communication hardware . . . . . . . . . . 4
Monitor specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Upgrading hardware features . . . . . . . . . 4
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . 7
Startup sequence . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring the N2800e Thin Client
Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Setup Utility to configure the workstation 11
Using the Configuration Tool to configure the
workstation .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Thin Client Service Utility
and the Operations Utilities . . . . . . 15
Installing the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client
Utilities CD .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Downloading the utilities from the NetVista Thin
Client web site .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Managing your Thin Client Express
remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PPP dialer for Thin Client Express
workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prerequisites for using PPP dial access . . . . . 21
Configuring a workstation for PPP dialer . . . . 21
Preparing the workstation for PPP dialer
configuration .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring initial modem settings for PPP dialer
access .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Starting the PPP dialer. . . . . . . . . . 23
Learning about the NC dialer window . . . . . 23
Maintaining and reconfiguring PPP dialer
parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the PPP dialer to access flash images. . . . 24
Troubleshooting PPP dialer problems . . . . . . 24
Altering the flash image of a
workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performing a software update on a workstation . . 25
Using the Configuration Tool to perform a
software update on a workstation .
. . . . . 25
Using the Thin Client Manager Operations Utility
to perform a software update on a workstation
. 26
Recovering the flash image of a workstation . . . 26
Using one workstation to recover the flash image
of another workstation
. . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Setup Utility to recover the flash image
of a workstation .
. . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Thin Client Manager Operations Utility
to recover the flash image of a workstation .
. . 30
Resolving hardware problems. . . . . 31
Verifying hardware problems . . . . . . . . 31
Visible hardware failure . . . . . . . . . . 32
Audio beep sequences . . . . . . . . . . . 34
LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Error codes and text messages . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix A. Replacing hardware parts 41
Replacing the N2800e Thin Client Express
CompactFlash card .
. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing parts other than the N2800e
CompactFlash card .
. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Returning hardware parts . . . . . . . . . 44
Appendix B. Hardware maintenance
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix C. Setting the thin client
voltage for your location . . . . . . . 51
Appendix D. Recovering the boot block
image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Appendix E. Choosing a flash file . . . 55
Appendix F. Monitor specifications . . 57
Appendix G. Connector pin information 59
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Environmental Design . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Product Recycling and Disposal . . . . . . . 62
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