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The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of IBM Power 285, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.
What is an instruction?
The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of IBM Power 285 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.
Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of IBM Power 285. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.
What should a perfect user manual contain?
First and foremost, an user manual of IBM Power 285 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of IBM Power 285
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the IBM Power 285 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the IBM Power 285 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
Why don't we read the manuals?
Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of IBM Power 285 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of IBM Power 285, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the IBM service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of IBM Power 285.
Why one should read the manuals?
It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the IBM Power 285 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.
After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.
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Quick start guide for IntelliStation POWER 285 (91 1 1-285) IBM Systems[...]
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CA UTION: The fu ll y popul ated enclos ur e wei ghs about 95 l bs (43 kg). Y ou shoul d ha ve at le ast th ree peop le a v ai lab le to l ift and i nsta l l the s ys tem un it. The ex clamat ion mark s ur r oun ded b y a g r a y tri ang le denot es caution . A C A UT I ON not ice ind icates the p r esence of a hazar d that has the pot ent ia l of [...]
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Inventory Compl ete an i nv entory of the e x te rnal p ar ts . L ocate the kit ting repo r t ( inve ntor y list) in the ba g that co ntains the in formation cent er CD (SK3T -8 1 5 9). Make s ur e you r ecei ved a ll of the p ar ts that y ou or d er ed . Y our or der i n formation shoul d be lo cated i n an env elope ad here d to the outs ide of y[...]
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3.1 3.2 3.3 Rout e the pow er cor ds th r oug h the rin gs or clam p s , if a v ai lab le , on the ba ck of the works tation , and conne c t to the s ys tem un it, moni tor , and HMC . Connec t the mouse and k ey boar d cab les to the a ppr opr iat e por ts on the ba ck of the HMC . If y our mouse and k ey boar d use U niversa l S eri al Bu s (US B[...]
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3.5 3.6 I f yo u a re not u sing a mo dem, skip to step 3 . 6 . I f yo u are using the int egr at ed HM C modem , connec t the tel ephone cab le to the modem an d to the analog ja ck on the wal l . I f you ar e u sing a n ex ternal modem , conne ct the modem d ata cab le to the e x t erna l modem an d to a s er ia l por t on the HMC . Then connec t[...]
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4.1 4.2 CA UTION: This pr oduct is equipped with a three-wire power cable and plug for the user's saf ety . Use this po wer cable with a pr operly grounded electrical outlet to av oid electrical shock. The AS MI i s an in te r face t o the se rvi ce pr o cessor that i s r equ ir ed in or der to p er form gener al and a dmin istr ator -lev el s[...]
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4.5 4.7 4.6 4.4 U sing a W eb browser , e nter th e IP addr e ss into th e field that corr espon ds t o the por t to whi ch you r PC is conne c te d . When the log in d ialog bo x is d isp la ye d , ent er eithe r one of the d efault u se r ID s and p ass wor ds: Address When you ar e pr omp ted , change the d efault passw o r d. I f yo u a re usin[...]
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Finish your system setup 5 Using a W eb br owser , g o to w ww . ibm.co m/ server /libr a r y / infoc ente r/har dwar e or go to the p r eins tal led v er sion on the HM C . F r om the nav igat ion bar , cl ick Ans wer the q ues tions i n the int er a c ti ve in tervi ew , and fol low the p r ocedu r es in the resulting c hec k lis t. Systems Hard [...]
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I nter national B usiness M achi nes Corpor ation 2005 , 200 7 Printed in US A September 200 7 All Rights Reserved Mai l comments to: IB M Corpor ation Attent ion Dep ar tment DDR 3605 High way 5 2 Nor th Rochest er , M N U .S.A. 5590 1 - 7 829 Fax comments to: 1 -800-93 7 -34 30 (U .S. or Cana da) 1 -50 7 -253-5 1 92 (outsid e the U .S. or Cana da[...]