Upgrading and Repairing Servers

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D-Link Super G

D-Link Systems

D.W. Electrochecmicals

DAFS Collaborative

daisy chains

DakTech

Dallas Semiconductor

DAMAC open rack systems

DAMAC Products

Dantz.com

DAS (direct attached storage)

DASP (drive action/slave present) signals

DAT 72

     cost

     helical scan recording

     HP type, installation and configuration

     interfaces and form factors

     logos

     One Button Disaster Recovery

     Quantum type, installation and configuration 2nd

     TapeShield technology

DAT Manufacturers Group 2nd

data buses [See buses.]

data collisions

data compression

data flow analysis

data management software

data points, collecting (performance monitoring)

data protection software

data transfer

     DMA (direct memory access)

         busmaster DMA

         multiword

         singleword

         UDMA (Ultra-DMA)

     PIO (Programmed I/O) modes

     SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) rates

data vaulting

data/trend activity notebooks

database servers

DataDepot.com

DataDirect Networks

Datamation

Dataq Instruments

DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

     bus bandwidth speeds

     chipsets listing

DDR2 SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

     bus bandwidth speeds

     chipsets listing

DDS (Digital Data Storage) [See also DAT 72.]

     DDS-3

         cost

         HP type, installation and configuration

         interfaces and form factors

         logos

         Quantum type, installation and configuration 2nd

         TapeShield technology

     DDS-4

         cost

         HP type, installation and configuration

         interfaces and form factors

         logos

         Quantum type, installation and configuration 2nd

         TapeShield technology

     helical scan recording

dead pixels (LCDs)

Debian GNU for IA64

DEC PDP-1

DEC PDP-8

decimal-based multiples, prefixes for

defragmentation 2nd

delayed starts

Delayed Transaction setting (BIOS Setup)

Dell

     chassis specifications and documentation

     PowerEdge 1850 blade servers

     PowerEdge 1855 blade servers

     PowerVaults

     Rack Advisor

     rack design website

     SAN array products

     sizing tools website

     x86 and Itanium 2-based proprietary server designs

delta conversion online UPS systems

Department of Defense (DoD)

deploying servers

     operational budgets

     primary budgets

     project phasing

         budget phase

         implementation phase

         project specification phase

         review phase

         testing phase

     project specification elements table

     redundancy

depot repair

device drivers [See BIOS (basic input/output system).]

devices

     adding

     compatibility 2nd

     connect counts (Fibre Channel)

     drivers, upgrading

     NICs

     replacing

     SCSI versions

     troubleshooting

DEX (Data Exchange Corp)

DFIusa.com

diagnostic tools

     NetWare

     POST (power on self test)

         audio error codes

         onscreen messages 2nd

     Solaris

         iostat command

         mpstat command

         perfmeter command

         proc command

     vendors

         #1-PC Diagnostics Company

         Accurite Technologies

         Advanced Personal Systems

         Eurosoft

         PC-Doctor

         PCWIZ

         Qualitas

         SPEC

     Windows Server

         Event Viewer

         Network Monitor

         Performance Monitor

Diamond Flower, Inc.

DIB (dual independent bus) architecture

differential backups

differential NRZ (nonreturn to zero)

differential signaling

     HVD (High Voltage Differential) 2nd

     LVD (Low Voltage Differential)

Digi-Data

Digi-Key.com

DigiBuy

Digital Audio Tape [See DAT 72.]

Digital Data Storage [See DDS (Digital Data Storage).]

Digital Linear Tape [See DLT (Digital Linear Tape).]

DIMMs (dual inline memory modules)

     168-pin DIMM pinouts

     184-pin DIMM pinouts

     240-pin DDR2 DIMM pinouts

     buying tips

     capacities

     illustration

     memory banks

     SPD (serial presence detect)

DIP (dual inline package) chips

direct attached storage (DAS) 2nd 3rd

direct-mapped cache

Directory Access Protocol (DAP)

Directory Information Shadowing Protocol (DISP)

Directory Service logs (NTDS.evt)

Directory Service Protocol (DSP)

directory services

     Active Directory

     Apache Directory Server

     Apple Open Directory

     application-specific type

     DirX Server

     Domain Name Service (DNS)

     eDirectory

     Exchange Address Book

     Fedora Directory Service

     function of

     general-purpose type

     Groupwise

     interoperability

     Kerberos

     LDAP

     Lotus Notes

     Network Information Service (NIS)

     Novell Directory Service (NDS)

     Novell NSure Identity Manager

     Open Directory Project (ODP)

     OpenLDAP

     Oracle Internet Directory

     special-purpose type

     StreetTalk Directory

     X.500 specification

DirectoryMark benchmarks

DirX Server

disaster recovery

     accessibility

     action summaries

     backups

     crashed servers, restoring

     example of

     notification pages

     purpose of

     repair sequence pages

     server rooms

     short description pages

     system isolation pages

     table of contents pages

     title pages

     topic title pages

     writing plans

disk drives

     Adaptec.com

     ATA 2nd 3rd

     ATA-3

     backups

         SAN hardware

         versus tape

     concatenating (JBODs)

     cooling methods

     defragmentation 2nd

     disk mirroring

         failed mirrors, recreating

         RAID 1

         RAID 10 2nd

     disk scrubbers

     disk sharing parity

     disk striping

         RAID 0

         RAID 0+1

         RAID 5 2nd

         stacked (RAID 50)

     duplexing 2nd

     Enhanced IDE

     Fast ATA

     Fibre Channel

         development of

         device connect counts

         Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)

         Fibre Channel Point-to-Point (FC-P2P)

         Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW)

         hot-swapping

         installing

         LED indicators

         protocol layers

         speed of

         typical uses

         versus SCSI drives

     Highpoint.com

     IDE

     LSILogic.com

     Promise.com

     SATA 2nd 3rd 4th

     SATA interfaces

     SCSI 2nd

         25-pin connector

         50-pin connector

         bus widths

         cable length

         cost versus SATA/PATA drives

         Fast-10 (Fast)

         Fast-20 (Ultra)

         Fast-40 (Ultra 2)

         Low Voltage Differential (LVD) signal

         Narrow

         number of devices

         revision levels

         rotational speeds

         Seagate Cheetah Ultra320 drive specifications

         speeds

         standards table listing

         storage capacities

         Ultra 3

         variations in terminology

         Wide

     testing

         Solaris

         Windows Server

     tuning (capacity planning)

     Ultra ATA

     Ultra ATA/100

     Ultra ATA/133

     Ultra ATA/66

     vendors listing

Disk Manager

disk mirroring

     failed mirrors, recreating

     RAID 1

     RAID 10 2nd

disk scrubbers

disk sharing parity

disk striping

     RAID 0

     RAID 0+1

     RAID 5 2nd

         cyclic redundancy checks (CRCs)

         stacked (RAID 15)

         stacked (RAID 50)

disk-to-disk (D2D) backup

Display switch is set incorrectly (error message)

DisplayMate Technologies

displays [See monitors.]

distributed parity, blocked data with

distributions (Linux)

     GNU Public License

     number of

     Red Hat

Diversified Technology

divide errors

Dlink.com

DLT (Digital Linear Tape) 2nd

     currently supported models

     DLTape III

     DLTape IIIXT

     DLTape IV

     installation and configuration

     life expectancy

     media types

     SANs backup option

     tape speeds

DLTape III

DLTape IIIXT

DLTape IV

DLTape VS1

DMA (direct memory access)

     multiword

     singleword

     system resources

     UDMA (Ultra-DMA)

         Mode 5

         Mode 6

DNS Server logs (DnsEvent.evt)

DnsEvent.evt (DNS Server logs)

documentation

     chassis specifications

     Global Engineering Documents

     Microsoft Visio

     Neon Software's LANsurveyor

     project specification documents, signing off on

     server contents

     SmartDraw Technical Edition

     troubleshooting resources

     UPSs

     use in troubleshooting problems

Domain Name Service (DNS)

domain servers 2nd

domain validation

DOS

Dot Hill 2nd

dot pitch

double data rate SDRAM [See DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM); DDR2 SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM).]

double distributed parity, blocked data with

double-conversion online UPSs 2nd 3rd

double-sided memory modules

doubleword DMA (direct memory access)

downgrade licenses

DRAM (dynamic RAM)

     compared to SRAM

     DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

         bus bandwidth speeds

         chipsets listing

     DDR2 SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

         bus bandwidth speeds

         chipsets listing

     FPO DRAM (Fast Page Mode DRAM)

     RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)

     refresh rates

     SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) 2nd

     soft errors

     transistor/capacitor pairs

drive action/slave present (DASP) signals

drivers [See also BIOS (basic input/output system).]

     hardware installation

     NICs

         installing

         installing on Windows Server 2003

         troubleshooting

         uninstalling

         upgrading

     rollbacks

     server updates

drives

     CD-R drives

         cleaning and maintenance

         jumpering

         troubleshooting

     CD-ROM drives, troubleshooting

         disc read failures

         disc write failures

         read/write errors

         slow drive speeds

     CD-RW drives

         ATA interface

         cleaning and maintenance

         host adapters

         jumpering

         PATA interface

         troubleshooting

     DVD drives

         cleaning and maintenance

         jumpering

         troubleshooting 2nd

     floppy drives

         bus design and bandwidth speeds

         server construction

         vendors listing

    hard disk [See disk drives.]

     tape drives

         alternatives to

         DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

         DDS (Digital Data Storage)

         DLT (Digital Linear Tape) 2nd

         driver upgrades

         enterprise units

         firmware updates

         hardware upgrades

         SDLT (Super DLT) 2nd

         summary of standards

         tape autoloaders

         tape libraries

         tape retensioning

         Travan

         troubleshooting

         Ultrium 2nd 3rd

     vendors

DTIMS.com

DTK Computer

dual independent bus architecture (DIB)

dual inline memory modules [See DIMMs (dual inline memory modules).]

dual inline package (DIP) chips

dual-channel teaming

dual-core processors 2nd 3rd

     AMD Opteron

     upgrading to

dual-drive ATA (AT Attachment) configuration

     CS (cable select)

     daisy chains

     jumper settings

     master drives

     slave drives

dual-homed connections

     benefits

     configuring

     full mesh topology

     Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server

     physical isolation

     protocol isolation

dual-plane power design

dual-processor servers

     RPSs

     wattage/VA (volt-amp) component requirements

Dukane Corporation

Duracell.com

dusting cases

DVD drives

     cleaning and maintenance

     jumpering

     troubleshooting

         disc read failures

         disc write failures

         read/write errors

         slow drive speeds

DVD Forum

DVD Rewritable/Recordable drive backup

dynamic execution

dynamic link aggregation

dynamic RAM [See DRAM (dynamic RAM).]