5-12 Dell PowerEdge 4200 Systems User’s GuideRemoving a Card That Conflicts Withthe Card You Just InstalledIf there is a resource conflict between two ISA expansioncards and you want to remove the card that conflicts withthe one you just installed, use the following procedure:1. From the Steps in Configuring Your Computermenu, select Step 2: Add or Remove Boards andpress .From the list of expansion slots and cards, select thecard in conflict with the one installed, and press. When the utility asks you to confirm yourcommand, press . Then press toreturn to the Steps in Configuring Your Computermenu.2. Select Step 5: Save and Exit, and press .3. Select Save the Configuration and Restart theComputer, and press .The system reboots with the new system configura-tion information.4. If you deleted an expansion-card configuration filefrom the previously saved system configurationinformation, have a trained service technicianremove the card from your computer.Modeling ModeModeling mode lets you create alternate .sci files toaccommodate different hardware configurations. Forexample, if you regularly change the expansion cards ortheir arrangement in your computer, you can create andsave a separate system configuration file for each configu-ration and load that file after changing the cards rather thanhaving to create a new configuration file every time youchange your configuration.NOTE: To use modeling mode, you must run the EISAConfiguration Utility from the hard-disk drive.To use the EISA Configuration Utility in modeling mode,start the utility from your hard-disk drive by typing sd /nat the operating system prompt and pressing . (Touse the advanced options in modeling mode, type sd /n/a at the operating system prompt and press .)A dialog box appears with two options—Open As. . .(to load an existing system configuration file) and New(to create a new file). Highlight the option you want, andpress . The screen shows a list of Dell EISA sys-tems. Choose the system you want to configure, andpress . At this point, you can modify or create aconfiguration file just as you would with the ConfigureComputer option.Modeling mode also provides access to advancedsystem-board and expansion-card features, such asenabling or disabling nonmaskable interrupts (NMIs)(see “Advanced Menu” found earlier in this chapter).Ordinarily, you do not need to adjust these features unlessa Dell service technician instructs you to do so.When you finish modifying or creating a system configu-ration file in modeling mode, select Step 5: Save and Exitfrom the Steps in Configuring Your Computer menu. Adialog box appears, offering two choices: to save the con-figuration file and restart the computer or to discard theconfiguration file and return to the Main Menu. If youchoose to save the configuration file, you are prompted totype a filename for the new configuration file. Then youare prompted to type a description of the configurationfile that is then stored with the file.Using the Password FeaturesYour Dell system is shipped to you with the supervisorand user password features ready to use but with no pass-words assigned. If system security is a concern, youshould operate your system with password protection.You can assign a supervisor and/or user passwordthrough the EISA Configuration Utility (as describedlater in “Assigning or Changing a User Password” or“Assigning or Changing a Supervisor Password”) orthrough the System Setup program (as described inChapter 4, “Using the System Setup Program”). AfterCAUTION: The password features provide a basiclevel of security for the data on your system. How-ever, they are not foolproof. If your data requiresmore security, it is your responsibility to obtainand use additional forms of protection, such asdata encryption programs.
