Product features ................................................................................................................................... 1

Exploded view ...................................................................................................................... 1

Front panel components ..................................................................................................... 3

Rear panel components ...................................................................................................... 4

Serial number and COA label location ................................................................................. 4

Product specifications ......................................................................................................................... 5

Power supply and cooling .................................................................................................... 5

Environmental specifications ............................................................................................ 10

PCI card slot power specification ....................................................................................... 11

Energy Star ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Energy Star compliance ..................................................................................................... 11

2 Installing or restoring the operating system

Installing the operating system and software ..................................................................................... 13

Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Vista Business .................................................. 13

Linux-preinstalled workstations .......................................................................................... 14

Linux-enabled workstations ............................................................................................... 14

HP software ........................................................................................................................................ 15

Restoring the operating system .......................................................................................................... 15

Restoring the Windows Vista™ operating system ............................................................. 16

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Power supply specifications ................................................................................ 6

Power consumption and cooling ........................................................................ 7

System fans and airflow ..................................................................................... 9

Resetting the power supply ................................................................................ 9

Power cord requirements .................................................................................. 10

Language selection ........................................................................................... 13

Creating recovery disks ..................................................................................... 13

Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................ 14

Starting up the Linux operating system ............................................................. 14

Upgrading device drivers .................................................................................. 14

Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 15

Installing the Linux operating system ................................................................ 15

Red Hat Activation ............................................................................................ 15

The HP Backup and Restore (HPBR) process ................................................. 16

Creating system recovery DVDs or CDs .......................................... 16

Restoring from HPBR DVDs or CDs ................................................ 16

Restoring directly from the recovery partition ................................... 16

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