Dell PowerEdge 2300 User's Guide - Page 83

The Configure Computer option takes you through the configuration process step by step. Use this option the first time you configure your system and every time you change your configuration through the RCU. When you select Configure Computer, the following menu appears on the screen: Steps in configuring your computer Step 1: Important resource configuration information Step 2: Add or remove boards Step 3: View or edit details Step 4: Examine switches or print report Step 5: Save and exit The Step 1: Important Resource Configuration Information option uses seven information screens to explain the configuration process. After reading the first screen, press to see the next one. When you have finished reading all seven screens, press to return to the Steps in Configuring Your Computer menu. To review the information screens at any time while you are in the RCU, press and select Resource Configuration from the Help menu. When you select the Step 2: Add or Remove Boards option, the RCU lists all the expansion slots in your computer. (You may have to press to view the entire list.) If you copied a card's configuration file to your RCU diskette or to the RCU configuration subdirectory (rcu) on your hard-disk drive, the card name appears in the expansion slot in which the card is installed. The first time you run the RCU, select Step 2: Add or Remove Boards to verify that the system has detected and acknowledged any expansion cards Dell installed when you purchased your system. Use this option whenever you add or remove an expansion card and every time you reposition a card from one expansion slot to another in your computer. To add, reposition, or remove an expansion card, highlight the corresponding expansion slot and press to add, to reposition, or to remove the card. The utility guides you through the steps required to add, remove, or reposition a card's configuration file within the RCU. If there are no resource conflicts, the system configuration information is saved to a system configuration (.sci) file when you exit the utility. Before you add an ISA expansion card, you must add the card's .cfg file to the utility. Configuration information for PCI expansion cards is contained within the card, so no .cfg file is required. Using the Resource Configuration Utility 5-5