Dell PowerEdge 6600 - Manual (Page 15)

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Introduction
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6600 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Other Documents You May Need
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Your system is a high-speed server that offers significant service and upgrade features. The system includes the following service features to make
troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:
l Embedded server management hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if
a system cooling fan malfunctions, or if a power supply fails
l Redundant, hot-pluggable cooling fans and power supplies
l System diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)
The following system upgrade options are offered:
l Additional microprocessors
l Additional memory
l A variety of PCI and PCI-X expansion-card options (including RAID controller cards)
l A remote access PCI expansion card for system management
Other Documents You May Need
Besides this Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, the following documentation is included with your system:
l The Setting Up Your System sheet provides general instructions for setting up your system.
l The System Information document provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information might be included within this document or
as a separate document.
l The Rack Installation Guide describes how to unpack, set up, and install your system in a rack.
l The User's Guide describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the System Setup program, and software
support utilities.
l The systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the systems management
software. See the software's online help for information about the alert messages issued by the software.
l Operating system documentation is included if you ordered the software with the system. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary),
configure, and use the operating system software.
l Documentation is included with any options you purchased separately from the system. This documentation includes information that you need to
configure and install these options in your system.
You may also have the following documents:
l Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software.
l Technical information files—sometimes called "readme" files—may be installed on the hard drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes
to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
Obtaining Technical Assistance
If at any time you do not understand a procedure described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, a number of tools are provided to
help you. For more information on these help tools, see "
Getting Help ."
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NOTE: Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain information that supersedes
the information in the other documents.