The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD contains utilities, diagnostics,
documentation, drivers, and other items that can help you configure a PowerEdge 4400
system to best meet your needs. Some of the functions available on the Dell OpenManage
Server Assistant CD are also available on a bootable utility partition that is
installed on your hard-disk drive. This section describes how to use the Dell
OpenManage Server Assistant CD. It also describes the utility partition and its
options and provides instructions for reinstalling the partition (if necessary).
The Dell OpenManage Server Assistantapplication programhas two modes of
operation: a setup mode for setting up and configuring the PowerEdge 4400 system,
creating diskettes, and viewing information and documents, and a service mode
for creating diskettes and viewing information and documents.
In both setup mode and service mode, the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant
main page gives you the option to choose one of the supported languages as the language
for the screen text and online documentation. You can choose a language at any time from
the main screen.
Setup Mode
To setup your system, as well as access the utilities, drivers, and other items
available on the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD, insert the Dell OpenManage
Server Assistant CD into your CD-ROM drive, and turn on or reboot the system. The Dell
OpenManage Server Assistant main page appears.
If the CD does not boot, verify that the Boot Device Priority must be
set to CD-ROM Drive in the System Setup program.
You can access the online system documents, system setup instructions, frequently asked
questions, and server product information on any desktop or server system that has
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later). When you insert the CD in a system that uses
the Microsoft Windows NT® operating system, the system automatically starts the browser
software and displays the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main page.
The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD utilizes a standard Web browser
interface. To navigate the CD, click the mouse on the various icons and text hyperlinks.
Click the Back icon to return to the previous page. Click the Exit icon
to exit the program. Exiting the program causes the system to reboot to the standard
operating-system boot partition.
If you purchase a system that does not have an operating system preinstalled by Dell,
or if you reinstall an operating system at a later date, you should use either the
Express Setup or Custom Setup option to configure your system.
Express Setup
Dell recommends Express Setup for most situations. The Dell
OpenManage Server Assistant CD guides you through the operating system setup and
configuration process. If a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) host adapter
is installed, the Dell redundant arrays of independent disks (RAID) utility configures the
drives. If the drive does not have a utility partition, one is created. The program
prompts you to select the operating system used on the drive and leads you through a
step-by-step process to install the operating system.
To start Express Setup, perform the following steps:
Click the SETUP icon at the top of the screen.
Click Express Setup.
Follow the directions on the screen to complete the installation and
configuration.
Express Setup allows you to perform the following tasks:
Create the Express Setup diskette
Enter operating system and hard-disk drive information
Configure the operating system
Perform setup
Custom Setup
Use Custom Setup if your system has special configuration
requirements.
To start Custom Setup, perform the following steps:
Click the SETUP icon at the top of the screen.
Click Custom Setup.
Follow the directions on the screen to complete the installation and configuration.
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.
NOTE: The utility partition provides only limited
MS-DOS functionality and cannot be used as a general-purpose 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.
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.
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 diskettes:
Create Resource Configuration Utility diskettes
Creates a bootable diskette for running the RCU. The
RCU detects expansion cards and slots, enabling automatic configuration.
Create PERC 2 Configuration Utility diskette
Creates a bootable diskette for running
the RAID controller configuration utility for the specified Dell RAID host adapter card.
The RAID configuration utility provides an alternative method for configuring the card.
Create Diagnostics diskettes
Creates a set of diskettes from which the hardware
diagnostics can be run. The first diskette in the set is bootable.
Create Asset Tag diskette with CD-ROM
Creates a bootable diskette with CD-ROM support from
which utilities, such as the Asset Tag utility, can be run.
NOTES: The options displayed on your
system are dependent on your system configuration and may not include all of those listed
here.
For the full name of an abbreviation
or acronym used in this table, see the "Glossary."
Running the System Diagnostics
You can run the system diagnostics from the utility partition or from a diskette, but
not from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD. To run the diagnostics from a
diskette, create a diagnostics diskette from the the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD.
The system hardware diagnostics are described in "Running the Dell
Diagnostics" in the Dell PowerEdge 4400 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
NOTES: The video display for the Microsoft Windows
NT Server 4.0 operating system must be set up with a resolution of 640 x 480 at
installation.
Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 4
must be installed before you can use the updated video driver for the ATI Rage video
controller.
You need to install the video driver for the operating system you install on your
system unless they were installed by Dell.
Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT Server
4.0
NOTE: Video drivers must be reinstalled after
every installation of Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 3 (or later versions). Use
this procedure only if you do not use Express Setup to install your
operating system.
First, create a driver diskette by performing the following steps:
Select Create Diskettes from the Dell OpenManage Server
Assistant setup page.
Select the system for which to create the driver diskette.
Create the video-controller driver diskette for Windows NT 4.0.
Then install the video driver by performing the following steps:
Start Windows NT.
Log in as the administrator or as a user with administrative privileges.
For information on system administration, see the reference documentation for Windows NT.
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control
Panel.
Double-click the Display icon.
The Display Settings window appears.
Select the Settings tab.
Click Display Type and then click Change in the Adapter
box.
A list of available video drivers is displayed.
Click Have Disk.
Insert the video driver installation diskette into the diskette drive; then click OK
in the Install From Disk window.
Make sure that ATI Rage IIc (the default) is selected in the video
driver list, and click Install.
The Installing Drivers dialog box appears.
Click Yes to proceed.
After the files are copied from the diskette, Windows NT prompts you to restart your
system. Click OK and close all open windows.
Remove the video drivers diskette from the diskette drive and restart Windows NT.
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control
Panel.
Click the Display icon.
The Display Settings window appears.
Set the desired resolution, number of colors, and refresh rate.
To create the Asset Tag utility diskette and boot the system, perform the following
steps:
If you have not already done so, create a bootable Asset Tag utility diskette from the Dell
OpenManage Server Assistant CD using the Create Asset Tag diskette with
CD-ROM option.
Insert the diskette into the diskette drive and reboot the system.
NOTE: The Asset Tag utility diskette contains
CD-ROM drivers that provide access to the CD-ROM drive when you boot from the diskette.
After you boot the system with the Asset Tag utility diskette, you can use the Asset
Tag utility to enter an asset tag number that you or your organization assigns to the
system. You can also use the Asset Tag utility to reenter the system's service tag number
if that becomes necessary.
Assigning and Deleting an Asset Tag Number
An asset tag number can have up to ten characters; any combination of characters,
excluding spaces, is valid.
To assign or change an asset tag number, perform the following steps:
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