Dell PowerEdge 6400 - Manual (Page 3)

2. Click Express Setup.
After you start Express Setup , follow the directions on the screen to complete the installation and configuration process. The Express Setup
mode takes you through the following tasks:
l Creating an Express Setup diskette
l Entering operating system and hard-disk drive information
l Entering operating system configuration
l Performing setup
Custom Setup
Use Custom Setup if your system has special configuration requirements.
To start Custom Setup, perform the following steps:
1. Click the SETUP icon at the top of the screen.
2. Click Custom Setup. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the installation and configuration process.
Utility Partition
The utility partition is a bootable partition on the hard-disk drive that provides some of the functions available on the Dell OpenManage Server
Assistant CD. Most of the application programs found on the CD are contained in the utility partition. When implemented, the partition boots and
provides an executable environment for the partition's utilities. When the utility partition is not booted, it is designated as a non
–MS-DOS®
partition.
To start the utility partition, turn on or reboot the system. During the power-on self-test (POST), the following message appears:
Press <F10> to enter Utility Mode
The utility partition provides a text-based interface from which you invoke the partition's utilities. Menu options and the associated help are
displayed in the currently selected language (specified via a menu option). To select a menu option, you can either use the arrow keys to highlight
the option and press <Enter>, or type the number of the menu option. To return to the previous menu, press <Esc> or select the Back menu option.
To exit the utility partition, press <Esc> from the Main Menu. Exiting the utility from setup mode causes the system to reboot to the standard
operating-system boot partition.
Table 1 provides a sample list and explanation of the options that appear on the utility partition menu even when the Dell OpenManage Server
Assistant CD is not in the CD-ROM drive. The options displayed on your system may vary depending on the configuration.
Table 1. Utility Partition Main Menu Options
NOTE: The utility partition provides only limited MS-DOS functionality and cannot be used as a general-purpose MS-DOS partition.
NOTE: Although most options are available from both the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD and the utility partition, some options
or features, such as those for accessing online documentation, are available only from the CD.
Option Description
Choose a Language:
German, English, Spanish, French Allows you to select the language in which menus and messages are displayed.
Run System and Configuration Utilities:
Run Resource Configuration Utility Runs the RCU.
Run Dell System Diagnostics Runs the system hardware diagnostics.
Run RAID Configuration Utility Runs the RAID controller configuration utility if a RAID controller card is present on your
system.
Create Diskettes:
Create Blank, Formatted diskette Creates a blank, formatted diskette.
Create Utility and Diagnostics