Reference Guide

4 Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems EIDE Hard-Disk Drive Update
no larger than 2 gigabytes (GB). Extended partitions can be larger than 2 GB, but each
logical drive within an extended partition must be no larger than 2 GB.
To partition and logically format your hard-disk drive, use the program(s) offered by
your operating system.
System Setup Program Update
The Power Management option in the System Setup program works with most EIDE
hard-disk drives as well as with monitors. For most systems, enabling Power Man-
agement at any level (Maximum, Regular, or Minimum) causes EIDE hard-disk
drives to switch to low-power mode after about 20 minutes of system inactivity.
NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support this feature. Enabling this feature for
drives that do not support it may cause the EIDE drive to become inoperable until the
computer is restarted and Power Management is disabled.
In low-power mode, the disks inside the drive stop spinning. They remain idle until the
next drive access, which causes them to start spinning again. (Because the disks take
a few seconds to regain full speed, you may notice a slight delay when you access the
hard-disk drive the next time.)
When Power Management is Disabled (the default), the disks spin constantly as
long as the system is turned on.