Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 58)

a. Insert the Resource CD into the CD drive of your client system.
b. When the Resource CD Main Menu window displays, click Resources.
c. On the Resources window, click Reinstallation Diskette.
d. When the File Download window displays, click Run this program from its current location, and then
click OK.
e. Click Yes if you receive a security warning.
A DOS screen appears and prompts you to insert a diskette into the diskette drive of the client system.
f. Insert a formatted diskette into the diskette drive of your client system, and then press <Enter>.
The DOS screen closes after the reinstallation diskette is made.
8. Edit the reinstallation diskette for your environment:
a. From the client system, browse to the reinstallation diskette.
b. Right-click the file named go.bat on the reinstallation diskette, and then select Edit to edit the file to the
following variable values for your environment:
SHARE, where SHARE is the share resource for the Reinstallation CD in the form
\\pxe_server_name\cd_share_name
USER, where USER is the Windows user who is to access the share resource
PASSWD, where PASSWD is the password for the user who is to access the share resource
9. Install the customized reinstallation diskette image, which you just created on your client system, on your PXE
server.
For more information, see your PXE server documentation.
10. On the client system create a HyperTerminal connection:
a. Click the Start button and point to Programs® Accessories® Communications® HyperTerminal.
b. In the Connection Description window, enter any name for the connection, and then click OK.
c. In the Connect To window, use the Connect using drop-down menu to select the correct local COM port.
This is the port to which your serial cable is connected.
d. Click OK.
e. In the COMx Properties window, set bits per second to 115,200 baud and flow control to Xon/Xoff.
f. Click OK.
11. Turn on your NAS system.
12. In the HyperTerminal window, press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:
Press <F2> to enter the Function Select menu.
NOTE: If you use a version of Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system earlier than Service Pack 2, the
function keys do not work. You must press <Esc><2>.
13. From the menu, select option 3, Reinstallation, and then type y to confirm the selection.
The NAS system automatically reboots and begins the reinstallation process, which restores the NAS system back
to the Dell default settings.
14. When the screen warns that you are going to reinstall and that it will erase data, type y.