HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8
Part Number: 718898-001
User Guide
Abstract
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the
servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.
June 2013
Edition: 1
© Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall
not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 7
Rear panel components .............................................................................................................................. 8
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 9
System board components .......................................................................................................................... 9
DIMM slot locations ....................................................................................................................... 11
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................. 11
NMI functionality ........................................................................................................................... 12
Drive numbering ..................................................................................................................................... 12
FBWC module LED definitions ................................................................................................................... 13
Fan location ........................................................................................................................................... 14
T-10/T-15 Torx screwdriver ...................................................................................................................... 14
Operations ................................................................................................................................. 15
Power up the server ................................................................................................................................. 15
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................. 15
Open the front bezel................................................................................................................................ 16
Remove the front bezel ............................................................................................................................. 17
Install the front bezel ................................................................................................................................ 18
Remove the chassis cover ......................................................................................................................... 19
Install the chassis cover ............................................................................................................................ 19
Remove the system board assembly ........................................................................................................... 20
Install the system board assembly .............................................................................................................. 22
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 23
Optimum environment .............................................................................................................................. 23
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 23
Temperature requirements ............................................................................................................... 24
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 24
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 24
Server warnings and cautions ................................................................................................................... 25
Identifying the server box contents ............................................................................................................. 25
Installing hardware options ....................................................................................................................... 25
Connecting peripheral devices .................................................................................................................. 26
Connecting the Ethernet cable ................................................................................................................... 26
Connecting the power cord ...................................................................................................................... 28
Powering on and selecting boot options ..................................................................................................... 29
Performing the initial system setup ............................................................................................................. 30
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................... 34
Setting up the HP PS1810-8G Switch (optional) .......................................................................................... 34
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 41
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 41
Bezel faceplate ....................................................................................................................................... 41
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 43
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Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 43
Installing a non-hot-plug drive .......................................................................................................... 43
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 45
Installing a storage controller .......................................................................................................... 46
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ............................................................................... 47
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 49
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 52
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 52
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 52
Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs .................................................................................................... 53
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 53
ECC memory ................................................................................................................................ 53
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 54
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 54
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 55
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 57
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 57
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 59
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 59
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 60
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................... 60
Storage cabling ...................................................................................................................................... 60
Four bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cage cabling .................................................................................... 60
Capacitor pack cabling ........................................................................................................................... 61
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 62
Front I/O assembly cabling ...................................................................................................................... 62
Ambient temperature sensor cabling .......................................................................................................... 63
System fan cabling .................................................................................................................................. 63
Power supply cabling............................................................................................................................... 64
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 65
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 65
HP product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................ 65
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 65
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 65
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................... 67
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................. 69
HP Insight Online .......................................................................................................................... 69
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................ 69
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ..................................................................................................................... 70
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................. 70
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ..................................................................................................................... 71
Using RBSU .................................................................................................................................. 71
Auto-configuration process .............................................................................................................. 71
Boot options ................................................................................................................................. 72
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ........................................................................... 72
Utilities and features ................................................................................................................................ 73
Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................................. 73
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................. 74
ROMPaq utility .............................................................................................................................. 74
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 74
USB support .................................................................................................................................. 74
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................ 75
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Keeping the system current ....................................................................................................................... 75
Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 75
Software and firmware ................................................................................................................... 76
Version control .............................................................................................................................. 76
HP operating systems and virtualization software support for ProLiant servers ........................................ 76
HP Technology Service Portfolio ...................................................................................................... 76
Change control and proactive notification ........................................................................................ 77
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 78
Troubleshooting resources ........................................................................................................................ 78
System battery replacement .......................................................................................................... 79
Regulatory information ................................................................................................................ 80
Safety and regulatory compliance ............................................................................................................. 80
Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking ........................................................................................................... 80
Turkey RoHS material content declaration ................................................................................................... 80
Ukraine RoHS material content declaration ................................................................................................. 80
Warranty information .............................................................................................................................. 80
Electrostatic discharge ................................................................................................................. 81
Preventing electrostatic discharge .............................................................................................................. 81
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge .................................................................................. 81
Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 82
Environmental specifications ..................................................................................................................... 82
Server specifications ................................................................................................................................ 82
Power supply specifications ...................................................................................................................... 82
HP 150 W Integrated Power Supply ................................................................................................ 83
Support and other resources ........................................................................................................ 84
Before you contact HP .............................................................................................................................. 84
HP contact information ............................................................................................................................. 84
Customer Self Repair ............................................................................................................................... 84
Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 92
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 96
Index ......................................................................................................................................... 97
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Component identification
Front panel components
Item Description
1
2
3
4
USB 2.0 connectors
Optical drive (optional)
Drive bays (inside)
Front bezel
Component identification 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
1
Power On/Standby button
and system power LED
2
3
4
NIC status LED Solid green = Link to network
Drive status LED Solid green = System on
Health LED Solid blue = Normal
* Facility power is not present, power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has
occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.
** To identify components in a degraded or critical state, see the iLO/BIOS logs and the server troubleshooting guide.
Solid green = System on
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence
Solid amber = System in standby
Off = No power present*
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network active
Off = No network activity
Flashing green = Drive activity
Off = System in standby or no power present
Flashing amber = System degraded
Flashing red (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = System critical
Fast-flashing red (4 Hz/cycles per sec) = Power fault**
Component identification 7
Rear panel components
Item Description
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
* The serial number/iLO information tag shows the server serial number and the default iLO account information. The
same information is printed on separate labels located on the rear panel.
Kensington security slot
Power supply
Serial number/iLO information tag*
Power cord connector
Dedicated iLO 4 connector
Video connector
USB 3.0 connectors
USB 2.0 connectors
NIC connector 2
NIC connector 1/shared iLO 4 connector
System fan
Component identification 8
Rear panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
1
2
NIC link LED Solid green = Link exists
Off = No link exists
NIC status LED Solid green = Link to network
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network
active
Off = No network activity
System board components
Component identification 9
PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 1) slot
Item Description
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Fan connector
DIMM slots
Front I/O connector
Processor socket
TPM connector
System battery
Mini-SAS connector
Optical drive SATA connector
Ambient temperature sensor connector
24-pin system board power connector
Internal USB 2.0 connector
microSD card slot
NMI header
System maintenance switch
Component identification 10
DIMM slot locations
DIMM slots are numbered sequentially (1 through 4) for the processor. The supported AMP modes use the
letter assignments for population guidelines.
System maintenance switch
Position Default Function
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
Off Off = iLO 4 security is enabled.
On = iLO 4 security is disabled.
Off Off = System configuration can be
changed.
On = System configuration is locked.
Off Reserved
Off Reserved
Off Off = Power-on password is enabled.
On = Power-on password is disabled.
Off Off = No function
On = ROM reads system configuration
as invalid.
— Reserved
— Reserved
— Reserved
— Reserved
— Reserved
— Reserved
To access redundant ROM, set S1, S5, and S6 to on.
When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position, the system is prepared to erase all
system configuration settings from both CMOS and NVRAM.
Component identification 11
CAUTION: Clearing CMOS and/or NVRAM deletes configuration information. Be sure to
properly configure the server or data loss could occur.
NMI functionality
An NMI crash dump creates a crash dump log before resetting a system which is not responding.
Crash dump log analysis is an essential part of diagnosing reliability problems, such as failures of operating
systems, device drivers, and applications. Many crashes freeze a system, and the only available action for
administrators is to restart the system. Resetting the system erases any information which could support
problem analysis, but the NMI feature preserves that information by performing a memory dump before a
system reset.
To force the system to invoke the NMI handler and generate a crash dump log, do one of the following:
• Use the iLO Virtual NMI feature.
• Short the NMI header ("System board components" on page 9).
For more information, see the HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00797875/c00797875.pdf).
Drive numbering
The server supports four LFF non-hot-plug SATA drives.
Component identification 12
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