Operating manual
TX300
S4
Contents
Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 67
Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Access to drives (floorstand model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configuring the PCI SAS controller with RAID functionality . . . 82
Configuration with ServerStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuration without ServerStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Unable to read from / write to floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hard disk drive error messages at system boot . . . . . . . . 93
Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94