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
    • Jumper settings
    • Backplane layout
    • SAF-TE board layout
• 2 System setup
  • Setting up the system
    • Preinstallation 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
    • Preinstallation instructions
    • Post-installation instructions
  • Opening the server
    • Opening the bezel door
    • Removing the bezel door
    • Removing the bezel
    • Removing the left-side panel
    • Removing the air baffle
  • Configuring the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage
    • Installing the four-bay hot-plug SCSI HDD cage
    • Installing the four-bay hot-plug SATA HDD cage
    • Installing a hard disk into the four-bay hot-plug HDD cage carrier
  • Replacing storage devices
    • Replacing the FDD
    • Replacing the CD-ROM drive
  • Upgrading the CPU
    • Installing the heatsink and CPU
    • Removing the heatsink and CPU
  • Upgrading the system memory
    • Removing a DIMM
    • Installing a DIMM
  • Installing the Altos RAID-enabler (optional)
  • Installing an expansion card
  • Installing a power supply module
  • Replacing the easy-swap system fan
    • Removing an easy-swap system fan
    • Installing an easy-swap system fan
  • Installing an ePanel module (optional)
• 4 BIOS setup
  • BIOS setup
  • Entering BIOS setup
  • Main
    • System Information
    • Product Information
  • Advanced
    • Peripheral Configuration
    • IDE Configuration
    • Floppy Configuration
    • PCI/PnP Configuration
    • Boot Settings Configuration
    • Onboard Devices Configuration
    • Server Management Configuration
    • Remote Access Configuration
  • Power
  • Boot
    • Boot Device Priority
    • Hard Disk Drives
    • Removable Devices
    • ATAPI CD-ROM Devices
  • 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
  • ASM
    • System requirements
    • System setup
  • ePanel
  • RAID configuration
• Appendix B: Acer Altos G710 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
• Appendix D: ePanel
  • Overview
  • Installing ePanel
  • ePanel module
  • ePanel main menu
    • Info
    • Monitor
    • Network
    • Setting
• Index