HP Z400 Workstation - Manual (Page 6)

4 Setting up the operating system ................................................................................................................. 31
Setting up the Microsoft operating system ......................................................................................... 32
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................................ 32
Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ............................................. 32
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................................................. 33
Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 33
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 34
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 34
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 34
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 34
Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 34
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 34
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 35
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 36
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 36
5 Restoring the operating system .................................................................................................................. 37
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 37
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 38
Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista ............................................................................................. 38
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ...................................................................................... 38
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 38
Restoring Windows XP Professional .................................................................................................. 39
Creating RestorePlus! media ............................................................................................. 39
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................... 40
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 41
Using RestorePlus! ........................................................................................... 41
Using HPBR ...................................................................................................... 41
Using the recovery partition .............................................................................. 41
Restoring Novell SLED ....................................................................................................................... 41
Creating restore media ...................................................................................................... 41
6 Preparing for component installation ......................................................................................................... 43
Disassembly and installation preparation ........................................................................................... 43
Preparing the workstation for component installation ......................................................................... 43
7 Installing memory ......................................................................................................................................... 47
Supported memory configurations ..................................................................................................... 47
Installing a DIMM ................................................................................................................................ 48
Installing the airflow guide (Z400 only) ............................................................................................... 50
8 Installing PCI/PCIe devices .......................................................................................................................... 53
Expansion card slot identification ....................................................................................................... 53
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