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Part Number: 120137-002 File Name: g-ch6 Server Configuration and Utilities Last Saved On: 12/10/99 12:26 PM
Chapter 6
Server Configuration and Utilities
This chapter provides instructions for using Compaq System Configuration
Utilities, for using Compaq SmartStart, and for loading device drivers.
System Configuration Utility
Compaq System Configuration Utility performs a wide range of configuration
activities, including:
Automatically configuring PCI plug-and-play boards
Providing switch and jumper settings
Resolving resource conflicts in memory, port addresses, and interrupt
requests (IRQ)
Managing the installation of mass storage devices such as hard drives,
tape drives, and diskette drives
Setting and storing Power-On features such as date and time
Storing configuration information in nonvolatile memory
Installing an operating system
Running diagnostic tools such as TEST and INSPECT Utilities
If the SmartStart and Support Software CD is used the first time the server is
configured, the SmartStart program automatically creates a Compaq utility
partition and installs the System Configuration Utility and other Compaq
utilities in that partition.