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This chapter describes the bootable Dell Server Assistant CD and tells you how to use the utilities, diagnostics, documentation, drivers, and other items included on the CD. Most of the functions available on the Dell Server Assistant CD are also available using a bootable utility partition that is installed on your hard-disk drive. This chapter describes the utility partition and provides instructions for reinstalling the partition (if necessary) and information about using the utility partition menu. This chapter also describes how to install various software drivers for the supported operating systems. The system must be running to insert the CD. To boot from the CD, insert it into the PowerEdge 2300 system's CD-ROM drive and press the reset button. When the system boots, the CD main menu appears. If the CD does not boot, check the following: In the system setup program, the Secondary SCSI category must be set to On and the Boot Sequence category must be set to Diskette First (both of these options are the defaults for their respective categories). See Chapter 4, "Using the System Setup Program," for more information. In the SCSISelect utility, the BIOS Support For Bootable CD-ROM category must be set to Enabled. See Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers," for more information. Selections can be made from the CD menus using either a keyboard or mouse. Associated help information is displayed in the help box at the bottom of the screen in the currently selected language (specified via a menu option). Click Back to return to the previous menu. Click Exit (or press ) to exit the program. Exiting the program causes the system to reboot to the standard operatingsystem boot partition. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-1

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Using the Dell Server Assistant CD
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This chapter describes the bootable
Dell Server Assistant
CD and tells you how to use
the utilities, diagnostics, documentation, drivers, and other items included on the CD.
Most of the functions available on the
Dell Server Assistant
CD are also available
using a bootable utility partition that is installed on your hard-disk drive. This chapter
describes the utility partition and provides instructions for reinstalling the partition (if
necessary) and information about using the utility partition menu.
This chapter also describes how to install various software drivers for the supported
operating systems.
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The system must be running to insert the CD. To boot from the CD, insert it into the
PowerEdge 2300 system’s CD-ROM drive and press the reset button. When the sys-
tem boots, the CD main menu appears.
If the CD does not boot, check the following:
²
In the system setup program, the Secondary SCSI category must be set to On
and the Boot Sequence category must be set to Diskette First (both of these
options are the defaults for their respective categories). See Chapter 4, “Using
the System Setup Program,” for more information.
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In the SCSI
Select
utility, the BIOS Support For Bootable CD-ROM category must
be set to Enabled.
See Chapter 3, “Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers,” for
more information.
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Selections can be made from the CD menus using either a keyboard or mouse. Asso-
ciated help information is displayed in the help box at the bottom of the screen in the
currently selected language (specified via a menu option).
Click Back to return to the previous menu. Click Exit (or press <Alt><x>) to exit the
program. Exiting the program causes the system to reboot to the standard operating-
system boot partition.