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Introduction

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 850 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

  Other Information You May Need

Your system includes the following significant service and upgrade features:

• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system cooling fan malfunctions, or if a power supply fails. The BMC supports the industry-standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification.
  
  
• System diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot).
  
  

The following system options are offered:

• Additional system memory
  
  
• A variety of PCI-X and PCIe expansion-card options (including RAID controller cards)
  
  
• IDE optical drive
  
  
• Additional hard drives
  
  

Other Information You May Need

The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document.

• The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack.
  
  
• The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of initially setting up your system.
  
  
• The User's Guide provides information about system features and technical specifications.
  
  
• CDs included with your system provide documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system.
  
  
• Systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the software.
  
  
• Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
  
  
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options.
  
  
• Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation.
  
  

NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.

• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
  
  

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