Hardware  and  software  requirements 
The  IBM  System  x  Documentation  CD  requires  the  following  minimum  hardware 
and  software: 
v  Microsoft
® 
Windows
® 
XP,  Windows  2000,  or  Red  Hat  Linux 
v  100  MHz  microprocessor. 
v  32  MB  of  RAM. 
v  Adobe  Acrobat  Reader  3.0  (or  later)  or  xpdf,  which  comes  with  Linux  operating 
systems.
Using  the  Documentation  Browser 
Use  the  Documentation  Browser  to  browse  the  contents  of  the  CD,  read  brief 
descriptions  of  the  documents,  and  view  documents,  using  Adobe  Acrobat  Reader 
or  xpdf.  The  Documentation  Browser  automatically  detects  the  regional  settings  in 
use  in  your  server  and  displays  the  documents  in  the  language  for  that  region  (if 
available).  If  a  document  is  not  available  in  the  language  for  that  region,  the 
English-language  version  is  displayed. 
Use  one  of  the  following  procedures  to  start  the  Documentation  Browser: 
v  If  Autostart  is  enabled,  insert  the  CD  into  the  CD  drive.  The  Documentation 
Browser  starts  automatically. 
v  If  Autostart  is  disabled  or  is  not  enabled  for  all  users,  use  one  of  the  following 
procedures: 
–  If  you  are  using  a  Windows  operating  system,  insert  the  CD  into  the  CD  drive 
and  click  Start  -->  Run.  In  the  Open  field,  type 
e:\win32.bat 
where  e  is  the  drive  letter  of  the  CD  drive,  and  click  OK. 
–  If  you  are  using  Red  Hat  Linux,  insert  the  CD  into  the  CD  drive;  then,  run  the 
following  command  from  the  /mnt/cdrom  directory: 
sh  runlinux.sh 
Select  your  server  from  the  Product  menu.  The  Available  Topics  list  displays  all 
the  documents  for  your  server.  Some  documents  might  be  in  folders.  A  plus  sign  (+) 
indicates  each  folder  or  document  that  has  additional  documents  under  it.  Click  the 
plus  sign  to  display  the  additional  documents. 
When  you  select  a  document,  a  description  of  the  document  appears  under  Topic 
Description.  To   select  more  than  one  document,  press  and  hold  the  Ctrl  key  while 
you  select  the  documents.  Click  View  Book  to  view  the  selected  document  or 
documents  in  Acrobat  Reader  or  xpdf.  If  you  selected  more  than  one  document,  all 
the  selected  documents  are  opened  in  Acrobat  Reader  or  xpdf. 
To  search  all  the  documents,  type  a  word  or  word  string  in  the  Search  field  and 
click  Search.  The  documents  in  which  the  word  or  word  string  appears  are  listed  in 
order  of  the  most  occurrences.  Click  a  document  to  view  it,  and  press  Crtl+F  to  use 
the  Acrobat  search  function  or  Alt+F  to  use  the  xpdf  search  function  within  the 
document. 
Click  Help  for  detailed  information  about  using  the  Documentation  Browser. 
 
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