User manual ACER VERITON M680

[. . . ] Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. August 1996 P/N 82528 Safety Instructions When Using Your Computer System As you use your computer system, observe the following safety guidelines: · · To help avoid damaging your computer, be sure the voltage selection switch on the power supply is set to match the alternating current (AC) power available at your location--115 volts (V)/60 hertz (Hz) in the United States, Mexico, South America, and Canada, and 230 V/50 Hz in most of Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. Also be sure your monitor and attached peripherals are electrically rated to operate with the AC power available in your location. [. . . ] Proceed to "Using Install in a Novell NetWare Environment" or "Using Install in a NonNetWare Environment" found next in this chapter. 5. Using Install in a Novell® NetWare® Environment To use the Install program to configure a single NIC on an MS-DOS client workstation in a NetWare environment, follow these steps: 1. Connect the workstation to a NetWare network. For instructions on connecting the workstation to a network, see "Connecting to a Network" found earlier in this chapter. Complete steps 1 through 4 in "Configuring the NIC" found earlier in this section. 4-2 Dell OptiPlex Gs and Gs+ Midsize Systems Reference and Installation Guide 3. WARE DOS ODI CLIENT When the Main Menu is displayed, select NETand press <ENTER>. The Install program then automatically configures the NIC and installs the required software drivers. Several messages appear during the installation process. When the installation process is complete, a message indicates that the NIC has been successfully configured. · Windows 95 workstation See the next subsection, "Using Install to Change Configuration Settings, " for instructions on disabling Plug and Play support. Proceed to "Installing a Network Driver" found later in this chapter to complete the NIC configuration. 4. When the configuration and installation process has completed successfully, reboot the system. When the system reboots, a DOS Open Data-Link Interface (ODI) client session starts automatically. Using Install to Change Configuration Settings In addition to automatically configuring and installing software for your Ethernet NIC, the Install program can be used to change the NIC's configuration settings manually. Except for the following situations, you should not need to change any configuration settings: NOTE: Network administrators can edit the autolink. cfg file to control the NetWare DOS ODI client automated installation process. To ensure that the computer is configured with the latest client software, the network administrator can set up a 3Install account on the server. Instructions for configuring a 3Install account are contained in the readme. txt file located in the c:\dell\3com\qinstall\server subdirectory or on the 3Com network drivers diskette. · · · You have a modem faster than 9600 baud. At the Main Menu, select NETWORK DRIVERS and press <ENTER>. Select the appropriate driver for your network operating system, and specify the drive and directory where you want it installed. Instructions for configuring the drivers are contained in text (. txt) files in the c:\dell\3com directory and its subdirectories. For a list of files, type dir/s *. txt and press <ENTER>. Most of these files can be displayed from within the Install program by selecting the menu option to which they pertain. For additional instructions, see the documentation that accompanied your network operating system. IRQ line Boot PROM Transceiver type 10 Disabled* On-board twisted pair* Network driver Maximum modem speed (fastest modem installed) Plug and Play * DOS client 9600 baud 4. Enabled Enabled, disabled Do not change this configuration setting from its default option. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the online System User's Guide. NetWare 4. 0 Server Drivers In addition to workstation drivers, your NIC software includes a NetWare 4. 0 server driver and five NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) that allow the NetWare server driver to be used with NetWare 3. 1x software. 4-4 Dell OptiPlex Gs and Gs+ Midsize Systems Reference and Installation Guide To load the NetWare server driver while running NetWare 3. 11, copy all the files in the c:\dell\3Com\netwware\311srv subdirectory to the server's hard-disk drive. Then type the following command lines in the order indicated, pressing <ENTER> after each: load C:LSLEHN. NLM load C:3C5X9. LAN If this order is not followed, the system will not operate correctly. After you have entered these command lines, bind the protocol to the driver as usual. If you are using NetWare 3. 12 or 4. x, use only the 3c5x9. lan driver provided with your NIC software. Use the appropriate NLM files from the NetWare server installation. NOTE: When you run the 3c59x. lan driver with NetWare 3. 11, you must update the monitor. nlm file that accompanies NetWare 3. 11 with the new monitor. nlm file provided in the c:\dell\3com\netware\311srv subdirectory. · Group 3 consists of the Echo Exchange Test, which tests the NIC's ability to send and receive data while connected to the network. [. . . ] All equipment that works together (computer, monitor, printer, and so on) should have the same power supply source. · B-4 Dell OptiPlex Gs and Gs+ Midsize Systems Reference and Installation Guide . · · , µµ, µµ, µ . µ µ. µ µ µ, µ µ, µ . µ µ µ µ µ µ . · · Regulatory Notices B-5 B-6 Dell OptiPlex Gs and Gs+ Midsize Systems Reference and Installation Guide Index A AC power receptacle, 5-4 adding. See installing; upgrade options Asset Tag category, 2-10 assistance, technical, 1-5 Auto Power On category, 2-7 autoconfiguration serial ports, 2-9 C cables connector types, 7-3 DC power, 5-3, 7-2 drive interface cables, 5-3, 5-4, 7-2 SCSI cables, 7-11 card. [. . . ]