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Alternatively , if your compu t er does not support the recovery CD bu t does
support the PXE protocol, you can boot your computer from a backup on t he
storage
system and then recover your system disk. For more information, refer
to “Recovering a system disk while booting remotely” .
Caution: It is strongly recommended that you determine whether or not
your compu t er supports the recovery CD before a system failure occurs. To do this,
perform steps 1 through 3 in “Recovering a system disk using the recovery
CD”
and use Diagnostic Mode to confirm tha t at least one network interface
card is supported .
If your computer does no t support the recovery CD, you must enable remote
boot
(as described in “Enabling remote boot”) before a system failure occurs.
Once your system has failed, you canno t enable remote boot.
If your computer does no t support either the recovery CD or the PXE protocol,
gather
your hardware information (as described in step 3 in “Recovering a
system
disk using the recovery CD”) and send it to your vendor . You migh t be
able to obtain an updated recovery CD or a new driver tha t will make your
computer compatible with your existing recovery CD.