User guide

POST error messages ............................................................................................ 154
5 Configuring password security and resetting CMOS ...................................................... 159
Preparing to configure passwords .......................................................................................... 159
Resetting the password jumper ............................................................................................... 160
Clearing and resetting the CMOS .......................................................................................... 161
Using the CMOS button to reset CMOS ................................................................... 161
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utility to reset CMOS .................................................... 162
Appendix A Linux technical notes .................................................................................... 163
System RAM ........................................................................................................................ 163
Audio ................................................................................................................................. 163
Network cards ..................................................................................................................... 164
Hyper-Threading Technology ................................................................................................. 164
NVIDIA Graphics Workstations ............................................................................................. 165
AMD Graphics Workstations ................................................................................................. 166
Appendix B Configuring RAID devices .............................................................................. 167
RAID hard drive maximum and associated storage controller options ......................................... 167
Supported RAID configurations .............................................................................................. 168
Configuring Intel SATA RAID ................................................................................................. 169
Configuring system BIOS ....................................................................................... 170
Configuring RAID with the Intel utility ....................................................................... 171
Configuring RAID on an LSI 2308 or LSI 9212-4i controller ....................................................... 172
RAID 0 configuration ............................................................................................. 172
RAID 1 configuration ............................................................................................. 173
RAID 1E/10 configuration ..................................................................................... 174
Configuring RAID on an LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID controller ........................................................ 175
RAID 0 ................................................................................................................. 175
Software RAID solution ......................................................................................................... 177
Software RAID considerations ................................................................................. 177
Performance considerations .................................................................................... 177
Configuring software RAID ..................................................................................... 178
Appendix C System board designators ............................................................................ 179
HP Z220 SFF Workstation ..................................................................................................... 179
HP Z220 CMT Workstation ................................................................................................... 180
HP Z420 and Z620 Workstation system board designators ...................................................... 181
HP Z820 Workstations ......................................................................................................... 183
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