Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 31)

NOTE: Because the system boots using the recovery image operating system with the Dell default settings, it
identifies itself on the network by its Dell service tag number. Therefore, when using your browser, you must
access the system by its Dell service tag number. You can find the service tag number in the Hardware Monitor
screen of the BIOS Setup utility. See your User's Guide for information about using the BIOS Setup utility. If your
network does not have DHCP, you must reconfigure the system with the Dell OpenManage Kick-Start utility.
Using a Directly Connected System With HyperTerminal and a Null-Modem Cable
1. Turn off the NAS appliance.
2. Connect the null-modem cable between the COM port of the NAS appliance and the client system that you are
using to manage the NAS appliance.
3. On the client system, start the HyperTerminal application (or VT100 equivalent), and then set the parameters to
the following:
Bits per second to 115,200
Data bits to 8
Stop bits to 1
Parity to N
Flow control to Xon/Xoff
4. Turn on the NAS appliance.
5. In the HyperTerminal window, press immediately after you see the following message:
Press to enter the Function Select menu.
NOTE: If you use a version of Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system earlier than Service Pack 2, the
function keys do not work. You must press <2>.
6. Select 2, and then type y to confirm the selection.
The system boots to the recovery operating system mirror on hard drives 2 and 3.
Reinstalling the PowerVault 715N Operating System
NOTICE: Use this procedure only when the operating systems on all of the hard drives have failed and you have
replaced all of the hard drives with new hard drives. The procedures in this section resets your configuration to the
Dell default settings.
To reinstall your main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0, use one of the following reinstallation
methods:
Using an existing Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server
Using a dedicated Windows 2000 system
Using a Windows 2000 system that is on the same LAN
With a DHCP server
Without a DHCP server
NOTICE: If you have your data drives configured as RAID 0, performing the steps deletes your data.
Using an Existing PXE Server