Gateway ALR 8200 manual

Gate w a y ALR 8200 User’ s Guide P art #8504078 A MAN SYS U S 8200 USR G DE R2 12/98 4078tl.book Page 1 Tu esday, December 22, 1 998 2:19 P M[...]

Notices Copyrigh t © 1998 Gateway 2000, Inc. All Rights Reserved 610 Gateway Drive N. Sioux C ity , S D 57049 USA All Rights Reser ved This publicati on is protec ted by cop yright an d all righ ts are reser ved. No par t of it may be reproduced or transm itted by any means or in any form, witho ut pr ior con sent i n wr iting from Gatewa y 2000. [...]

Contents i Contents Preface .. .......... .............. .............. .............. .............. ......... ........ iii About this guide..................... ..................................................... ............ iv Conventions used in this guide ............................................................... v Important safety in [...]

ii Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Using Check Disk ................................... ....................................... 21 Using Disk Defragmenter....................... ....................................... 22 Protecting against viruses ............. ................................... ..................... 23 Cleaning your system ......[...]

Pref ace About this guide ........... ........................................... iv Conventions used in this guide .... ........................... v Important safe ty instructions .......................... ........ vi 4078tl.book Page iii Tuesday, December 22, 1998 2:19 PM[...]

iv Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide About t his gui de The pur pose of this User ’ s Guide is to help you un pack, assemble, and install t he system. This guide pro v ides step-b y-step setup and o perating instructions along with d etailed illustra tions throughout t he document. Belo w is a summary of the sections to f ollo w: Chapter 1: Getting[...]

Preface v Con ventions used in this guide Throughout this boo klet, you will see the fol lo wing con ventions : Con vention Description E NTER K eyboard key names ar e pr in ted in smal l capital s. C TRL +A LT +D EL A plus si gn indicates th at the ke ys must be pres sed si multan eousl y . Command s to b e entered, o ptions to selec t, a nd me ss[...]

vi Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Impor t ant safety instructions Observe the follo wing gui delines when per for ming an y w ork on your system: • F oll ow all instructions marked on t his product and in the documentati on. • Unplug this product from the w all outlet be fore cleaning. Do not use liq uid or aerosol cleaners . Use a damp cloth [...]

Preface vii • Under an y of the follo wing conditions, unplug the system from the w all outlet and re fer ser vicing to qual if ied personnel: • The po w er cord or plug i s damaged. • Liquid has been spilled into the s ystem. • The system does not operate properl y w hen the operating instructions are fol lo w ed. • The system w as dropp[...]

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1 Getting Star ted Before you begin ......... ............................................ 2 Assembling your system .............. ........................... 3 Starting up the syst em.. ............................................ 6 4078tl.book Page 1 Tu esday, December 22, 1 998 2:19 P M[...]

2 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Bef ore y ou begin Congratulations on your purchase. W ith the ar riv al of your ne w system, you are probab l y eager to assemb le the computer and ha ve it operat ing. This section helps you: • Assemb le the system • Connect the monitor a nd keyboard • Start up the system Carefull y read and fo llo w these [...]

Getting Started 3 Assembl ing y our system • Prepare a clean, flat, and f irm surface for y our computer . Allo w at least thre e inches at the rear of the chassis for cabling and ai r circulati on. • Protect y our computer fr om extreme temperatur e and humidity . Do not e xpose your computer to direct sunligh t, heater duc ts, and other heat-[...]

4 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Setting up the ser v er Refer to F igure 1 and the f ollo wing procedures w hen connecti ng optional peripherals to your s ystem. F igur e 1: Connecting P eripher als 1. Connect the k eyboard and mouse to thei r respecti ve ports using the pictures on t he server’ s rear co ver as a guide. 2. Connect the monitor [...]

Getting Started 5 5. Connect the po w er cab le to th e AC -In po w er socket on t he po w er suppl y. If the system includ es both hot-sw appab le modules, there will be an A C-In po wer sock et on each module. 6. Connect the other end of the po w er cab le(s) to an A C out let. 4078tl.book Page 5 Tu esday, December 22, 1 998 2:19 P M[...]

6 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Star ting up the syst em Press the On/Of f switch on the front panel to start the system. The green LED on the front panel lights. If y ou turn off y our system, y ou must w ait at least ten se conds before y ou turn the system back on. The system self- checks the memor y e ven if the monitor is not connected. If t[...]

Getting Started 7 Looking things ov er In an y complex sy stem, there is potential for a forgotten c onnection, a for gotten s witch, or a loose conne ctor . If y ou tr y to start up the server a nd it does not start up, perform the follo wing checks: • Is the po w er cord c onnected to the CPU system and an A C outlet? • Is the A C outl et sup[...]

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2 System F eatures Basic feature s ............... ................................... ....... 10 Front panel ................... .......................................... 11 Rear panel .................... ................................... ....... 14 Operating syste m s ........................ ......................... 18 4078tl.book Page 9 Tu[...]

10 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Basic f eatures • Inte l Pentium ® II process or (speed depends on the mo del) • Autodetection of 66/100-MHz memor y bus for all proc essor speeds to accommodate pr ocessors using either memor y bus speed • SMP design supporting up to tw o proc essor modules • Intel MP Speci f ication V1.1 and 1.4 complia[...]

System Features 11 Fr ont panel The front panel of the system is equipped wit h switches, LEDs, and dri ve ba ys (see F igure 2.) F igur e 2: F r ont P anel Pow e r bu tt o n 3.5-inch diskett e drive Bezel doors (open) 3.5-inch LV D S C A drive ba ys Reset button K e yboard lock button/ECC clear Internal 3.5-inch drive ba y P o wer LED Hard disk ac[...]

12 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Buttons The follo wing table sho w s the front p anel buttons and their funct ions. See F igure 2 on page 11 for the locations of the buttons. Inter nal 3.5-in ch dr ive ba y The system in cludes an internal 3.5-inch dri ve ba y to acco mmodate a 3.5-inch IDE hard dri v e or other 3.5-inch de vice that does not ne[...]

System Features 13 5.25-i nch dr iv e ba ys The 5.25-inch driv e ba ys pro vide space f or up to f iv e 5.25-inch de vices such as CD-R OM dri ves, 5.25-inc h diskette dri ves, or tape dri ves. Beze l doors and k e ylock The top bezel door pro vides access to the po wer , reset, and ke yboard inhibit sw itches, as w ell as th e 3.5-inch diskett e d[...]

14 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Rear panel The rear panel of the system is equipped with I /O por ts, connectors, and sw itches (see F igure 3). F igur e 3: Rear P anel Status light, po w er supply 1 (PS1) A C plug, PS1 V oltage selection s witch, PS1 Status light, optional power supply 2 (PS2) A C plug, PS2 V oltage selection s witch, PS2 Chass[...]

System Features 15 P ower supplies The system suppo r ts tw o 400-W att redundant po wer s upply modul es capab le of load shari ng. The standard conf iguration incl udes a single module. The second m odule can be purcha sed as an option and pro vides redundanc y and hot-sw ap capabilit ies. P ower supply status lights Each po w er suppl y module h[...]

16 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Fa n s The exhaust fans pro vide airfl ow through the system to k eep the interior temperat ure to acceptab le lev els. Do not b lock this v ent. Chassis k e ylock The chassis keylock al lo ws you to secure the panel s to the cha ssis to pre vent unauthorized ac cess to the syste m and its peripherals. Expansion s[...]

System Features 17 I/O por ts The follo wing table sho ws the r ear panel I/O ports and their descript ions. F or t he locations of the ports refer to Figure 3 on page 14. Po r t Definition Serial po r ts 1 and 2 These are high speed serial po r ts that us e the First-In-Fi rst-Out (FIF O) prot ocol. If y ou ha ve a serial mous e, connect it to Ser[...]

18 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Operating systems The system is 100% Intel MP Specif ication V1.1 or V1.4, BIOS-sele ctable compliant. The foll o wing operating systems s uppor t symmetrical multi-process ing (SMP): • No v ell NetW are SMP 4.1 and 4.11 • SCO UNIX 3.2.4.2 • SCO UNIX ODT 3.0 • SCO UNIX Open Server 5.X • UnixW are 2.01 an[...]

3 Maintaining and Cleaning Y our System Maintaining your hard dri ve ........................... ....... 20 Protecting against viruses ...................................... 23 Cleaning your system ..................................... ....... 24 4078tl.book Page 19 T uesday, December 22, 1998 2:1 9 PM[...]

20 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Maintaining y our har d drive Hard dri ves need regular mai ntenance because running the system sof twar e di vides f iles, creates spaces betw een data, and other wise decreases the hard dri ve’ s perfor mance. W indo ws 95 and W indo ws NT pro vi de maintenance tools that he lp prev ent possib le hard dri ve p[...]

Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 21 If y ou selected and want to change the setti ngs ScanDisk uses w hen it checks the disk’ s surface, click on the button, select t he options from the S urface Scan Options windo w , then click on t he button to close t he windo w . 5. If y ou want Sc anDisk to aut omaticall y f ix an y errors it f inds, se[...]

22 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide 6. Check to scan the enti re hard dri v e. 7. Click If the scan f inds bad sectors, a screen message notif ies you. Using Disk Defragmenter The Disk Defragmenter pr ogram that comes with W indo ws 95 hel ps maintain the i ntegrity of y our hard dri ve b y rearranging f iles so that unused space on y our hard dri v[...]

Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 23 Pr otecting a gain st viruses A virus is a pro g ram written with mal icious intent for t he sole pur pose of creating ha v oc in a computer sy stem. It attaches i tself to ex ecutab le f iles or boot sectors, s o it can replicate an d spread. Some vir uses ma y onl y cause your system to beep or displa y mes[...]

24 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Cleaning y o ur system Y our system and its components need to be cleaned occasionall y . Some pro g rams that help maintain the i ntegrity of the hard dri ve s in your syst em come as part of the W indo ws 95 and W indo ws NT opera ting systems. The follo wing s ections contain information about ca ring for the v[...]

Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 25 Cleaning th e ke yboard Occasionall y y ou should clean the k eyboard to fr ee it of dust and lint particles trapped under the keys. The e asiest w a y to do this is to blo w trapped dirt from under the keys using an aerosol can of ai r with a narr o w , stra w-li ke extensi on. If y ou spill liquid on the ke[...]

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A Appendix Acronyms and abbreviations................................. 28 Terms and definitions .. ................................... ....... 32 Regulatory complia nce statements ....................... 35 4078tl.book Page 27 T uesday, December 22, 1998 2:1 9 PM[...]

28 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Acr on yms and abbre viations AC - Alter nating current AC P I - Adva nced Conf iguration & P o w er Interface APIC - Adva nced programmab le interr upt controller ASCII - American standard code f or infor mation int erchange ASIC - Application spe cif ic integrated circu it ATA P I - A T ad vanced peri ph era[...]

Appendix 29 EPP - Expanded parallel port ESD - Electro-static discharge FAT - File all ocation tabl e GB - Gigabyte IDE - Inte g rated dri ve electro nics I/O - Input/out put IRQ - Interr upt request line ISA - Industry standard architec ture KB - Kilobyte LAN - Local area netw ork LB A - Lo gical bloc k addressing LED - Light-emitting d iode LV D [...]

30 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide PIC - Programmab le interr upt controller PIO - Paged i nput/output PnP - Plug and pla y POST - Po w er -on self-t est PS/2 - Pe rsonal System/2 RAID - Redundant ar ra y of ine xpensiv e dri ves RAM - Random-access memory RMA - Retu r n ma ter ial a utho riza tio n RO M - Read-onl y memor y rpm - Rev olutions per [...]

Appendix 31 USB - Univ ersal seria l bus V - Vo l t VA C - V olts alternating current VG A - Vide o g raphics arra y VRM - V oltage re gulator module W - W att 4078tl.book Page 31 T uesday, December 22, 1998 2:1 9 PM[...]

32 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide T erms and defin itions This list of ter ms should help y ou get acquainte d with terms used in your computer’ s documentation and in y our system softw are. A pplications - Softw are installed on y our system. Sometimes called pr ogr ams . BIOS - Basic input/output sy stem. The BIOS is softw are that is indepen[...]

Appendix 33 Disk - The device u sed by th e computer to store and re triev e information. Disk can re fer to a diskett e or a hard disk. Disk ett e - A remo v able dis k, also called a flopp y . Hard driv e - The driv e instal led inside y our computer that stores a ll your system and data f iles. Depending on its conf iguration, th e computer ma y[...]

34 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Ref resh rat e - The refresh rate is the rat e at which the i mage on the monit or screen is re writ ten to the screen. A fast ref resh rate helps ke ep the image from flick ering. Res olut io n - The resolution is the s har pness or clarity of t he image on the monitor screen. Resol ution is measured b y the numb[...]

Appendix 35 Regulatory co mpliance statements FCC No tice This devi ce has be en tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC r ules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interfere nce in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and[...]

36 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Attention! Couper le courant a vant l’entretien. CE Notice This Information T echnolog y Equipment has bee n tested and found to comply with the follo wing European directiv es: [i]EMC Directi ve 89/336/EEC amending directi ve 92/31/EEC & 93/68/EEC as per -E N 50081-1:1992 ac cording to EN 55022:1995 Class A[...]

Appendix 37 A ustrali a/Ne w Zeala nd Notice This devi ce has be en tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to the A ustralian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 3548 set out b y the Spectr um Management Agency . Caution! Disconnect power bef ore ser vicing. Austr alian and New Zealand Users: 4078tl.book Page 37 [...]

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Index 39 Inde x Numerics 3.5-inch inte rna l dri ve bay 12 LVD SCA drives 13 5.25-inch devices 13 A abbreviation s 28 about thi s guide iv AC power, power supply 3 AC-in connector connecti ng 5 power supply 15 activity i ndicators 12 LVD SCA SCSI 13 power supply modules 15 processor 1 2 Adaptec 7895 10 Australia/New Zeal and Notice 37 B backplane, [...]

40 Book Title Goes Here document conventions v DRAM, video 10 drive bay, SCSI SCA LVD 13 E ECC clear button 12 memory 10 Error Checking and Corr ecting. See ECC errors messages 6 troubleshooti ng 7 expansion slots ISA 1 0 PCI 10 PCI/ISA 10 PCI/RAIDport 10 shared 10 F fans, chassis 16 FCC Notice 35 features front panel 11 rear panel 14 system 10 fla[...]

Index 41 messages, error 6 monitor cleaning 25 connecti ng 4 mouse cleaning 24 connecti ng 4, 17 serial, connect ing 17 MP specifica tion , selecting 18 multiprocessi ng supporte d OSs 18 when not supported 18 N NeXTStep, versions support ed 18 Novell NetWare, versions supporte d 18 O on/off button 12 operating syst ems multiprocessi ng 18 NeXTStep[...]

42 Book Title Goes Here shared expansion s lots 10 single connecto r attachment drives 13 hot-swap drives 10 small business se rver , versions supporte d 18 Solaris, versi ons supported 18 status light s front panel 12 power supply modules 15 system 12 support options 6 supporte d DIMMs 10 memory 10 RAM 10 switch ECC clear 12 keyboard lock 12 on/of[...]