Dell PowerEdge 6350 User Manual

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Using the Resource Configuration Utility 5-1& + $ 3 7 ( 5 8VLQJWKH5HVRXUFH&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW\The Resource Configuration Utility (RCU) is used to tell the system what expansioncards are installed and which expansion slots they occupy. With this information, thesystem automatically configures Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) expansioncards. Before your system was shipped from Dell, a technician used the RCU to enterthe correct information for the expansion cards initially installed in your computer.The RCU also monitors the resources required by any installed PCI expansion card.After installing or moving a PCI expansion card, you should run the RCU to update thesystem’s database of available system resources stored in nonvolatile random-accessmemory (NVRAM).&$87,21 :KHQHYHU \RX PDNH FKDQJHV WR WKH 6\VWHP 6HWXS SURJUDP RUFKDQJH VHWWLQJV IRU EXLOWLQ GHYLFHV \RX PXVW UXQ WKH 5&8 PDNH DQ\ QHFHVVDU\ FKDQJHV DQG VDYH WKH V\VWHP FRQILJXUDWLRQ LQIRUPDWLRQ )DLOXUH WRGR VR PD\ FDXVH UHVRXUFH FRQIOLFWV EHWZHHQ 3&, GHYLFHV VXFK DV 3&, H[SDQVLRQ FDUGV WKH EXLOWLQ YLGHR FRQWUROOHU RU WKH EXLOWLQ VPDOO FRPSXWHUV\VWHP LQWHUIDFH >6&6,@ KRVW DGDSWHU 6HH ´&RQILJXULQJ 3&, ([SDQVLRQ&DUGVμ LQ WKLV FKDSWHU IRU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW KRZ 3&, GHYLFHV DUH FRQILJXUHG EDVHG RQ VHWWLQJV LQ WKH 5&8&RQILJXULQJ3&,([SDQVLRQ&DUGVThe RCU is PCI-aware and can be used to configure PCI expansion cards. Configura-tion information for PCI expansion cards is contained within the card, so no additional.cfg file is required. You should run the RCUafter installing or moving a PCI expansioncard to keep the system’s database of available resources accurate.+RZWR5XQWKH5&8The RCU is included on theDell Server Assistant CD shipped with your system.You can run the RCU directly from the CD or from a diskette that you create using theCD’s main menu. Dell recommends that you run the RCU from a diskette because it isnot compatible with all operating systems. Also, using a diskette to run the utility