IBM 8841 - eServer xSeries 236 Installation Manual

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Hardware and software requirementsThe IBM xSeries Documentation CD requires the following minimum hardware andsoftware:v Microsoft ® Windows NT ® 4.0 (with Service Pack 3 or later),Windows ® 2000, orRed Hat Linux.Note: Microsoft NT is not supported on the xSeries 236.v 100 MHz microprocessor.v 32 MB of RAM.v Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operatingsystems. Acrobat Reader software is included on the CD, and you can install itwhen you run the Documentation Browser.Using the Documentation BrowserUse the Documentation Browser to browse the contents of the CD, read briefdescriptions of the documents, and view documents using Adobe Acrobat Reader orxpdf. The Documentation Browser automatically detects the regional settings in usein your system and displays the documents in the language for that region (ifavailable). If a document is not available in the language for that region, the Englishversion is displayed.Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:v If Autostart is enabled, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. TheDocumentation Browser starts automatically.v If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users, use one of the followingprocedures:– If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD-ROMdrive and click Start --> Run. In the Open field, typee:\win32.batwhere e is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive, and click OK.– If you are using Red Hat Linux, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive; then,run the following command from the /mnt/cdrom directory:sh runlinux.shSelect the server from the Product menu. The Available Topics list displays all thedocuments for the server. Some documents might be in folders. A plus sign (+)indicates each folder or document that has additional documents under it. Click theplus sign to display the additional documents.When you select a document, a description of the document appears under TopicDescription. To select more than one document, press and hold the Ctrl key whileyou select the documents. Click View Book to view the selected document ordocuments in Acrobat Reader or xpdf. If you selected more than one document, allthe selected documents are opened in Acrobat Reader or xpdf.To search all the documents, type a word or word string in the Search field andclick Search. The documents in which the word or word string appears are listed inorder of the most occurrences. Click a document to view it, and press Crtl+F to usethe Acrobat search function or Alt+F to use the xpdf search function within thedocument.Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser.Chapter 1. Introduction 3