3-10 Setting Up Your ServerTURNING ON THE SERVERTurn on the server and follow the on-screen instructions for setup.IMPORTANT: Before turning on the server: Some optional boards require setups with the SETUP utility beforeinstallation. If the server has a PCI board with the PCI-to-PCIbridge installed, the SETUP utility is enabled to launch. Check onthe board specifications to find out whether it requires pre-installation setups before actually installing the board. Some installed optional devices or connected peripheral devicesrequire setups before proceeding to the next step.To use the server with no optional devices installed besides the graphicboard, install a desired OS to the server.1. Make sure that the floppy disk drive contains no floppy disk and the DVD-ROM drivecontains no bootable CD/DVD-ROM.2. Press the POWER switch.NOTES: If the power cord is connected to the power control unit such as theUPS, turn on the power control unit. Connect the power cord and wait for about 30 seconds beforepressing the POWER switch. The POWER switch does not work forabout 30 seconds after connecting the power cord due to BMC(Baseboard Management Controller) firmware start-up. Do not turn off the server until characters following the "NEC" logoappears on the screen. The time until the characters appear dependson your system configuration. Approximately, it may take one tofive minutes.POWER/SLEEP lampPOWER switch
