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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 6
Systems Insight Display LEDs ......................................................................................................................... 7
Systems Insight Display LED combinations ....................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 9
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 10
Non-hot-plug PCIe riser board slot definitions ................................................................................................ 10
System board components .......................................................................................................................... 11
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 12
NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 13
DIMM slot locations .......................................................................................................................... 14
Hot-plug drive bay numbering ..................................................................................................................... 14
Hot-plug drive LED definitions ...................................................................................................................... 14
PCIe riser cage LED .................................................................................................................................... 15
FBWC module LEDs (P222, P420, P421) ..................................................................................................... 16
Hot-plug fans ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Operations................................................................................................................................. 18
Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 18
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 18
Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 18
Access the Systems Insight Display ............................................................................................................... 19
Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 20
Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 20
Access the product rear panel ..................................................................................................................... 21
Opening the cable management arm ................................................................................................. 21
Remove the primary PCIe riser cage ............................................................................................................. 21
Install the primary PCIe riser cage ................................................................................................................ 22
Remove the air baffle .................................................................................................................................. 23
Install the air baffle ..................................................................................................................................... 24
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 26
Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 26
Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 26
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 26
Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 27
Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 28
Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 28
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source .......................................................................... 28
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton ...................................................................................... 30
Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 30
Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 30
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 32
Powering on and selecting boot options ....................................................................................................... 32
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 33
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Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 34
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 34
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 38
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 40
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 40
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 41
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 41
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 42
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 43
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 44
Hot-plug hard drive options ......................................................................................................................... 45
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ..................................................................................... 45
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ...................................................................................... 46
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 47
Installing the flash-backed write cache module .................................................................................... 48
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ......................................................................... 49
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 52
FlexibleLOM option .................................................................................................................................... 54
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 55
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................... 55
Installing a half-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 56
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................... 57
Secondary PCIe riser cage option ................................................................................................................ 58
2U rack bezel option .................................................................................................................................. 60
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 61
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 62
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 63
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 63
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 65
SAS drive cabling ...................................................................................................................................... 65
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 66
150W PCIe power cable option .................................................................................................................. 66
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 68
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 68
HP product QuickSpecs .............................................................................................................................. 68
HP iLO Management .................................................................................................................................. 68
HP iLO ............................................................................................................................................ 68
Intelligent Provisioning ...................................................................................................................... 70
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................... 72
HP Insight Online ............................................................................................................................. 72
Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux ............................................................................................. 73
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ........................................................................................................................ 73
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 73
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................ 74
Using RBSU ..................................................................................................................................... 74
Auto-configuration process ................................................................................................................ 74
Boot options .................................................................................................................................... 75
Configuring AMP modes ................................................................................................................... 75
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 75
Utilities and features ................................................................................................................................... 76
HP Smart Storage Administrator ......................................................................................................... 76
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