HPE 877620-031 User Manual

HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 Server User Guide

Abstract

This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. Hewlett Packard Enterprise assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.

Part Number: 870691-002 Published: June 2018 Edition: 2

Notices

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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Acknowledgments

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Component identification.......................................................................8

Front panel components............................................................................................................... 8

Serial number/iLO information pull tab...............................................................................9

Front panel LEDs and buttons...................................................................................................... 9

Server UID LED................................................................................................................11

UID button functionality.................................................................................................... 11

Front panel LED power fault codes.................................................................................. 11

Rear panel components..............................................................................................................12

Rear panel LEDs.........................................................................................................................14

System board components......................................................................................................... 15

System maintenance switch descriptions........................................................................ 17

DIMM label identification.................................................................................................. 18

PCIe slot description........................................................................................................ 19

Processor, heatsink, and socket components..................................................................20

Drive LEDs and buttons.............................................................................................................. 21

Low profile LFF drive LED definitions.............................................................................. 21

Hot-plug drive LED definitions..........................................................................................22

NVMe SSD LED definitions..............................................................................................24

NVMe SSD button actions............................................................................................... 25

Drive bay numbering...................................................................................................................25

SFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller............................................................26

SFF drive bay numbering: SAS expander .......................................................................27

NVMe drive bay numbering..............................................................................................28

LFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller............................................................ 29

Fan bay numbering..................................................................................................................... 29

Media device screws...................................................................................................................30

Expansion board screws.............................................................................................................30

Setup...................................................................................................... 32

Optional service.......................................................................................................................... 32

Setup overview........................................................................................................................... 32

Operational requirements........................................................................................................... 34

Space and airflow requirements.......................................................................................34

Temperature requirements...............................................................................................35

Power requirements......................................................................................................... 35

Electrical grounding requirements....................................................................................36

Server warnings and cautions.....................................................................................................36

Rack warnings and cautions....................................................................................................... 37

Electrostatic discharge................................................................................................................38

Setting up the server in tower mode........................................................................................... 38

Removing the shipping brackets.................................................................................................39

Configuring the server.................................................................................................................40

OS deployment options...............................................................................................................40

Deploying an OS from Intelligent Provisioning.................................................................41

Deploying an OS from installation media......................................................................... 41

Operations............................................................................................. 42

Power up the server ...................................................................................................................42

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Power down the server............................................................................................................... 42

Unlock the front bezel................................................................................................................. 42

Open the front bezel................................................................................................................... 43

Remove the front bezel...............................................................................................................43

Install the front bezel...................................................................................................................44

Store the front bezel keys........................................................................................................... 44

Position the tower server for hardware configuration..................................................................45

Position the tower server for operation....................................................................................... 46

Extend the server from the rack..................................................................................................47

Remove the server from the rack................................................................................................49

Slide the server into the rack...................................................................................................... 51

Remove the access panel...........................................................................................................52

Install the access panel...............................................................................................................53

Remove the air baffle..................................................................................................................54

Install the air baffle......................................................................................................................55

Remove a fan..............................................................................................................................56

Install the blank in fan bay 1....................................................................................................... 57

Remove the fan cage..................................................................................................................58

Install the fan cage......................................................................................................................59

Remove the half-height media bay blank....................................................................................60

Remove the PCI blank retainer...................................................................................................61

Remove the PCI slot blank......................................................................................................... 61

Remove a PCI board screw........................................................................................................ 62

Install the PCI blank retainer.......................................................................................................63

Open the CMA cable clamps ..................................................................................................... 64

Install the shipping hardware...................................................................................................... 64

Hardware options installation..............................................................68

Introduction................................................................................................................................. 68

Drive options............................................................................................................................... 68

Drive guidelines................................................................................................................68

Drive support information................................................................................................. 68

Installing an LFF non-hot-plug drive.................................................................................69

Installing an LFF hot-plug drive........................................................................................71

Installing an SFF hot-plug drive....................................................................................... 72

Installing an NVMe SSD...................................................................................................73

Power supply options..................................................................................................................75

Hot-plug power supply calculations..................................................................................75

Power supply warnings and cautions...............................................................................75

Install an AC power supply...............................................................................................76

Install a DC power supply................................................................................................ 77

Tower-to-rack conversion kit....................................................................................................... 83

Installing the tower-to-rack conversion kit ....................................................................... 84

Prepare the server for rack installation............................................................................ 84

Install the rack rails and server tray................................................................................. 85

Install the server on the tray.............................................................................................88

Install the cable management arm................................................................................... 90

Drive cage options...................................................................................................................... 93

4 LFF non-hot-plug drive cage option.............................................................................. 93

4 LFF hot-plug drive cage option..................................................................................... 96

8 SFF hot-plug drive cage option................................................................................... 100

8 NVMe SSD Express Bay enablement option.............................................................. 103

Media device options................................................................................................................ 106

Installing a SAS LTO tape drive..................................................................................... 106

Installing a USB RDX drive............................................................................................ 109

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Optical drive cage option................................................................................................112

Fan cage option.........................................................................................................................115

Fan cage implementation............................................................................................... 115

Fan population and hot-plug support..............................................................................116

Fan mode behavior.........................................................................................................116

Fan speed.......................................................................................................................117

Installing the fan cage.....................................................................................................117

Memory options.........................................................................................................................120

DIMM population information......................................................................................... 120

HPE SmartMemory speed information...........................................................................120

Installing a DIMM............................................................................................................120

Processor heatsink assembly option........................................................................................ 122

Installing the processor heatsink assembly....................................................................122

Processor cautions.........................................................................................................122

Install the processor heatsink assembly........................................................................ 122

Storage controller options......................................................................................................... 125

Smart Array standup controller option............................................................................125

Smart Array modular controller option (AROC)..............................................................128

Configuring an HPE Smart Array Gen10 controller........................................................131

Smart Storage Battery option....................................................................................................132

Installing the Smart Storage Battery.............................................................................. 132

Expansion board options.......................................................................................................... 134

Expansion board thermal requirement........................................................................... 135

GPU installation requirements....................................................................................... 135

Installing an expansion board........................................................................................ 135

HPE 12G SAS expander card option........................................................................................138

SAS expander card port numbering...............................................................................139

Installing the SAS expander card...................................................................................139

M.2 SSD enablement option..................................................................................................... 142

Installing an M.2 SATA SSD...........................................................................................142

Redundant power supply enablement option............................................................................145

Installing the redundant power supply enablement option............................................. 145

Internal USB device options......................................................................................................150

Installing an internal USB device................................................................................... 151

HPE Trusted Platform Module 2.0 Gen10 option......................................................................152

Overview........................................................................................................................ 152

HPE Trusted Platform Module 2.0 Guidelines................................................................152

Installing and enabling the HPE TPM 2.0 Gen10 Kit..................................................... 153

Cabling................................................................................................. 158

Cabling guidelines.....................................................................................................................158

Internal cabling management....................................................................................................159

Storage cabling......................................................................................................................... 160

Storage controller cables............................................................................................... 160

LFF non-hot-plug drive embedded controller cabling (SATA only).................................162

LFF hot-plug drive controller cabling..............................................................................162

SFF hot-plug drive controller cabling............................................................................. 165

NVMe SSD data cabling................................................................................................ 169

Drive power cabling........................................................................................................169

Smart Storage Battery cabling.................................................................................................. 170

Storage controller backup power cabling..................................................................................170

Media device cabling................................................................................................................ 171

SAS LTO tape drive cabling........................................................................................... 171

USB RDX drive cabling.................................................................................................. 173

SATA optical drive cabling..............................................................................................173

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M.2 SATA SSD cabling............................................................................................................. 174

GPU auxiliary power cabling.....................................................................................................174

Standard power supply cabling (non-hot-plug)......................................................................... 175

Front I/O module cabling...........................................................................................................175

Software and configuration utilities.................................................. 176

Server mode..............................................................................................................................176

Product QuickSpecs................................................................................................................. 176

Active Health System Viewer....................................................................................................176

Active Health System..................................................................................................... 177

HPE iLO 5................................................................................................................................. 177

iLO Federation............................................................................................................... 178

iLO Service Port............................................................................................................. 178

iLO RESTful API.............................................................................................................179

RESTful Interface Tool................................................................................................... 179

iLO Amplifier Pack..........................................................................................................179

Intelligent Provisioning.............................................................................................................. 179

Intelligent Provisioning operation................................................................................... 180

Management Security............................................................................................................... 181

Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux................................................................................... 181

UEFI System Utilities................................................................................................................ 181

Selecting the boot mode ............................................................................................... 182

Secure Boot................................................................................................................... 182

Launching the Embedded UEFI Shell ........................................................................... 183

HPE Smart Storage Administrator............................................................................................ 183

HPE MR Storage Administrator................................................................................................ 184

StorCLI......................................................................................................................................185

USB support..............................................................................................................................185

External USB functionality..............................................................................................185

Redundant ROM support.......................................................................................................... 185

Safety and security benefits........................................................................................... 185

Keeping the system current...................................................................................................... 185

Updating firmware or system ROM................................................................................ 185

Drivers............................................................................................................................188

Software and firmware................................................................................................... 188

Operating system version support................................................................................. 189

HPE Pointnext Portfolio..................................................................................................189

Proactive notifications.................................................................................................... 189

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Troubleshooting.................................................................................. 190

NMI functionality........................................................................................................................190

Troubleshooting resources........................................................................................................190

Specifications......................................................................................191

Environmental specifications.................................................................................................... 191

Mechanical specifications......................................................................................................... 191

Power supply specifications......................................................................................................192

HPE 500W Low Halogen Non-hot-plug Power Supply.................................................. 192

HPE 500W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply............................193

HPE 800W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply............................194

HPE 800W Flex Slot Titanium Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply............................195

HPE 800W Flex Slot Universal Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply...........................195

HPE 800W Flex Slot -48VDC Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply.............................196

HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply..........................197

Safety, warranty, and regulatory information................................... 199

Safety and regulatory compliance.............................................................................................199

Warranty information.................................................................................................................199

Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking........................................................................................ 199

Turkey RoHS material content declaration............................................................................... 200

Ukraine RoHS material content declaration..............................................................................200

Websites.............................................................................................. 201

Support and other resources.............................................................202

Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support....................................................................... 202

ClearCARE technical support................................................................................................... 202

Accessing updates....................................................................................................................202

Customer self repair..................................................................................................................203

Remote support........................................................................................................................ 203

Documentation feedback.......................................................................................................... 204

Acronyms and abbreviations.............................................................205

Contents 7

Component identification

This chapter describes the external and internal server features and components.

Front panel components

Item Description

1 iLO Service Port

2 USB 3.0 ports (2)

3 Box 1

4 Half-height media bay 1 (for SAS LTO tape drive option or USB RDX drive option)

5 Half-height media bay 2 (for USB RDX drive option)

6 Optical drive bay (for slim-type SATA optical drive option)

7 Serial number/iLO information pull tab

8 Box 21,

8 Component identification

Table Continued

Item Description

9 Box 3

10 Front bezel lock

All three boxes support LFF and SFF drive cage options. Mixing LFF and SFF drives in the same server is not supported.

The media drive options are only supported in box 1.

In SFF models, box 2 supports the 8 NVMe SSD Express Bay enablement option.

Serial number/iLO information pull tab

The serial number/iLO information pull tab is double-sided. One side shows the server serial number and the customer asset tag label. The other side shows the default iLO account information and QR code label.

Use a mobile device to scan the QR code label to display the server mobile product page (http:// www.hpe.com/qref/ml350gen10). This page contains links to server setup information, spare part numbers, QuickSpecs, troubleshooting resources, and other useful product links.

Front panel LEDs and buttons

Serial number/iLO information pull tab 9

Item Description Status Definition

1 UID button/LED

Solid blue Activated

Flashing blue

• 1 flash per sec = Remote management or firmware upgrade in progress

• 4 flashes per sec = iLO manual reboot sequence initiated

• 8 flashes per sec = iLO manual reboot sequence in progress

Off Deactivated

NIC status LED1Solid green Linked to network

Flashing green (1 flash

Network active

per sec)

Off No network activity

Health LED

Solid green

Flashing green (1 flash

Normal

iLO is rebooting

per sec)

Flashing amber System degraded

Flashing red (1 flash

System critical

per sec)

Power On/

Solid green Normal Standby button and system power LED

Flashing green (1 flash

Performing power-on sequence

per sec)

Solid amber System in standby

Off No power present

When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred. For more information, see Front panel LED power fault codes on page 11.

If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, review the system IML or use iLO to review the system health status.

Facility power is not present, power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has occurred, or the front I/O cable is disconnected.

10 Component identification

Server UID LED

The UID LED is used to locate a particular server when it is deployed in a dense rack with other equipment. Activating the UID LED helps an onsite technician to quickly identify a server for maintenance tasks.

Toggling the UID LED on and off locally

Procedure

1. Remove the front bezel on page 43.

2. Do one of the following:

• To turn on the UID LED, press the UID button.

This action illuminates both the front and rear UID LEDs blue.

• To turn off the UID LED, press the UID button again.

The procedure is complete.

Toggling the UID LED on and off remotely

Procedure

1. Log in to the iLO web interface.

2. Do one of the following:

• To turn on the UID LED, click the UID icon

This action illuminates both the front and rear UID LEDs blue.

• To turn off the UID LED, click the UID icon again.

The iLO control icons are available from any iLO page. For more information, see the iLO user guide on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo-docs).

The procedure is complete.

UID button functionality

The UID button can be used to display the Server Health Summary when the server will not power on. For more information, see the iLO user guide on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website ( www.hpe.com/support/ilo-docs).

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Front panel LED power fault codes

The following table provides a list of power fault codes, and the subsystems that are affected. Not all power faults are used by all servers.

Server UID LED 11

Subsystem LED behavior

System board 1 flash

Processor 2 flashes

Memory 3 flashes

Riser board PCIe slots 4 flashes

FlexibleLOM 5 flashes

Removable HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 controller 6 flashes

System board PCIe slots 7 flashes

Power backplane or storage backplane 8 flashes

Power supply 9 flashes

Rear panel components

12 Rear panel components

Item Description

1 Standard power supply (non-hot-plug)

2 Flexible Slot power supply 2 (hot-plug)

3 Flexible Slot power supply 1 (hot-plug)

4 PCIe slots 5-8 (bottom to top)

5 Display port

6 VGA port

7 Serial port

8 iLO Management Port

9 NIC port 2 (1Gb)

10 NIC port 1 (1Gb)

11 NIC port 4 (1Gb)

12 NIC port 3 (1Gb)

13 USB 3.0 ports (2)

14 PCIe slots 1-4 (bottom to top)

15 Padlock eye

16 Kensington security slot

The non-hot-plug power supply is only supported in LFF non-hot-plug drive configurations.

These NIC ports do not support the 100 Mb/s and 10 Mb/s speeds.

Component identification 13

Rear panel LEDs

Item LED Status Definition

Power supply Solid green Normal

Off System is off or power supply has

failed.

iLO status Solid green Linked to network

Flashing green Network active

Off No network activity

iLO link Solid green Network link

Off No network link

NIC status Solid green Linked to network

Flashing green Network active

Table Continued

14 Rear panel LEDs

Item LED Status Definition

NIC link Solid green Network link

UID Solid blue Activated

Off No network activity

Off No network link

Flashing blue System is being managed remotely.

Off Deactivated

System board components

Item Description

1 Smart Array modular controller connector (AROC)

2 Standard power supply connector

3 Power distribution board connector

4 Smart Storage Battery connector

5 microSD card slot

6 System battery

7 Storage controller backup power connectors (2)

Table Continued

System board components 15

Item Description

8 Slot 8 PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 1)

9 Slot 7 PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 1)

10 Slot 6 PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 1)

11 Slot 5 PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 1)

12 Fan connector 5

13 Fan connector 6

14 Slot 4 PCIe3 x8 (4, 1)

15 Slot 3 PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 1)

16 NVMe riser sideband connector for PCIe slot 3

17 Slot 2 PCIe3 x8 (4, 1)

18 NVMe riser sideband connector for PCIe slot 1

19 Slot 1 PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 1)

20 TPM connector

21 Storage controller backup power connectors (2)

22 System maintenance switch

23 Power and x1 SATA port 5

24 x1 SATA port 4

25 Front USB cable connector

26 Front I/O cable connector

27 Internal USB 2.0 port

28 Internal USB 3.0 port

29 x4 SATA port 2

30 x4 SATA port 1

31 x4 SATA port 3

32 Fan connector 4

16 Component identification

Table Continued

Item Description

33 Box 3 drive power connector

34 Box 2 drive power connector

35 Box 1 drive power connector

36 Fan connector 3

37 Fan connector 2

38 Fan connector 1

The PCIe3 expansion slots 5–8 are associated with processor 2.

The PCIe3 expansion slots 1–4 are associated with processor 1.

System maintenance switch descriptions

Position Default Function

Off

Off = iLO 5 security is enabled.

On = iLO 5 security is disabled.

S2 Off

Off = System configuration can be changed.

On = System configuration is locked.

S3 Off Reserved

S4 Off Reserved

Off

Off = Power-on password is enabled.

On = Power-on password is disabled.

S61, 2,

Off

Off = No function

On = Restore default manufacturing settings

S7 Off Reserved

S8 — Reserved

S9 — Reserved

S10 — Reserved

S11 — Reserved

S12 — Reserved

To access the 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 restore all configuration settings to their manufacturing defaults.

When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position and Secure Boot is enabled, some configurations cannot be restored. For more information, see Secure Boot on page 182.

System maintenance switch descriptions 17

DIMM label identification

To determine DIMM characteristics, see the label attached to the DIMM. The information in this section helps you to use the label to locate specific information about the DIMM.

Item Description Example

1 Capacity

2 Rank

3 Data width on DRAM

4 Memory generation

5 Maximum memory speed

8 GB

16 GB

32 GB

64 GB

128 GB

1R = Single rank

2R = Dual rank

4R = Quad rank

8R = Octal rank

x4 = 4-bit

x8 = 8-bit

x16 = 16-bit

PC4 = DDR4

2133 MT/s

2400 MT/s

18 DIMM label identification

2666 MT/s

Table Continued

Item Description Example

6 CAS latency

7 DIMM type

For more information about product features, specifications, options, configurations, and compatibility, see the product QuickSpecs on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/qs).

PCIe slot description

P = CAS 15-15-15

T = CAS 17-17-17

U = CAS 20-18-18

V = CAS 19-19-19 (for RDIMM, LRDIMM)

V = CAS 22-19-19 (for 3DS TSV LRDIMM)

R = RDIMM (registered)

L = LRDIMM (load reduced)

E = Unbuffered ECC (UDIMM)

PCIe slot description 19

Item Description Definition

1 PCI Express version

2 Physical connector link width PCIe devices communicate through a logical

Each PCIe version corresponds to a specific data transfer rate between the processor and peripheral devices. Generally, a version update corresponds to an increase in transfer rate.

• PCIe 1.x

• PCIe 2.x

• PCIe 3.x

The PCIe technology is under constant development. For the latest information, see the PCI-SIG website.

connection called an interconnect or link. At the physical level, a link is composed of one or more lanes. The number of lanes is written with an "×" prefix with ×16 being the largest size in common use.

• ×1

• ×2

• ×4

• ×8

• ×16

3 Negotiable link width These numbers correspond to the maximum link

bandwidth supported by the slot.

Processor, heatsink, and socket components

20 Processor, heatsink, and socket components

Item Description

1 Heatsink nuts

2 Processor carrier

3 Pin 1 indicator

4 Heatsink latch

5 Alignment post

Symbol also on the processor and frame.

Drive LEDs and buttons

Low profile LFF drive LED definitions

Item LED Status Definition

1 Fault

\Locate

2 Online

\Activity

Solid amber The drive has failed.

Solid blue The drive is operating normally and being identified by a

management application.

Flashing amber/blue

(1 flash per second)

Flashing amber

(1 flash per second)

Solid green The drive is online and has no activity.

Flashing green

(4 flashes per second)

The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been received for this drive; it also has been identified by a management application.

A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.

The drive is operating normally and has activity.

Table Continued

Drive LEDs and buttons 21

Item LED Status Definition

Flashing green

(1 flash per second)

Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller or a spare

Hot-plug drive LED definitions

The drive is doing one of the following:

• Rebuilding

• Performing a RAID migration

• Performing a strip size migration

• Performing a capacity expansion

• Performing a logical drive extension

• Erasing

• Spare part activation

drive.

Item LED Status Definition

1 Locate Solid blue The drive is being identified by a host application.

Flashing blue The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.

2 Activity

ring

Off No drive activity

3 Do not

remove

Off Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.

4 Drive

status

Rotating green Drive activity

Solid white Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of

the logical drives to fail.

Solid green The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.

Table Continued

22 Hot-plug drive LED definitions

Item LED Status Definition

Flashing green The drive is doing one of the following:

• Rebuilding

• Performing a RAID migration

• Performing a strip size migration

• Performing a capacity expansion

• Performing a logical drive extension

• Erasing

• Spare part activation

Flashing amber/

green

Flashing amber The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.

Solid amber The drive has failed.

Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller or a spare drive.

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts the drive will fail.

Enabling embedded chipset SATA controller support

Use the Embedded SATA Configuration option to enable embedded chipset SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) controller support. You can select AHCI or HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID support. Make sure that you are using the correct operating system drivers for your selected option.

CAUTION: Dynamic Smart Array is not supported when the boot mode is configured to Legacy BIOS Mode. Enabling Dynamic Smart Array RAID results in data loss or data corruption on existing SATA drives. Back up all drives before enabling this option. See your operating system documentation before enabling SATA AHCI support to ensure your base media drivers support this feature.

Prerequisites

• The correct operating system drivers for your selected option.

• Boot Mode is set to UEFI Mode.

Procedure

1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Storage Options > SATA Controller Options > Embedded SATA Configuration.

2. Ensure that you are using the correct ACHI or RAID system drivers for your SATA option.

3. Select a setting.

Enabling embedded chipset SATA controller support 23

• SATA AHCI Support—Enables the embedded chipset SATA controller for AHCI.

• Smart Array SW RAID Support—Enables the embedded chipset SATA controller for Dynamic

Smart Array RAID.

4. Save your setting.

NVMe SSD LED definitions

The NVMe SSD is a PCIe bus device. A device attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without allowing the device and bus to complete and cease the signal/traffic flow.

CAUTION: Do not remove an NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the Do not remove LED is flashing. The Do not remove LED flashes to indicate that the device is still in use. Removing the NVMe SSD before the device has completed and ceased signal/traffic flow can cause loss of data.

Item LED Status Definition

1 Locate Solid blue The drive is being identified by a host application.

Flashing blue The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.

2 Activity

ring

Off No drive activity

3 Drive

status

Flashing green The drive is doing one of the following:

Rotating green Drive activity

Solid green The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.

• Rebuilding

• Performing a RAID migration

• Performing a stripe size migration

• Performing a capacity expansion

• Performing a logical drive extension

• Erasing

Flashing amber/

green

24 NVMe SSD LED definitions

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts the drive will fail.

Table Continued

Item LED Status Definition

Flashing amber The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.

Solid amber The drive has failed.

Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.

4 Do not

remove

Flashing white The drive ejection request is pending.

5 Power Solid green Do not remove the drive. The drive must be ejected from the PCIe bus

Solid white Do not remove the drive. The drive must be ejected from the PCIe bus

Off The drive has been ejected.

Flashing green The drive ejection request is pending.

Off The drive has been ejected.

NVMe SSD button actions

prior to removal.

Item Button Action

1 Do Not Remove

2 Power

Drive bay numbering

Drive bay numbering depends on how the drive backplane is connected. In this server, the backplane can be connected to the:

• Embedded Smart Array controller through the onboard SATA ports

• Smart Array type-a modular (AROC) and type-p standup plug-in storage controllers

• SAS expander card

Press to open the release lever.

Press to request PCIe ejection. Removal request can be denied by the:

• RAID controller (one or more of the logical drives could fail)

• Operating system

NVMe SSD button actions 25

When the backplane is connected to a storage controller, the drive bay numbering for each drive box starts at 1.

When the backplane is connected to a SAS expander, all drive boxes are treated as a single box 1. This means the drive bay numbering is continuous.

SFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller

Tower orientation

Rack orientation

26 SFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller

SFF drive bay numbering: SAS expander

Tower orientation

Rack orientation

SFF drive bay numbering: SAS expander 27

NVMe drive bay numbering

Tower orientation

Rack orientation

28 NVMe drive bay numbering

LFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller

Tower orientation

Rack orientation

Fan bay numbering

Fans 5 and 6 are preinstalled in the chassis while fans 1–4 are preinstalled in the fan cage option.

LFF drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller 29

Media device screws

There are 16 T-15 Torx screws located on the server chassis. These screws are provided as spare screws for installing media devices.

Expansion board screws

There are T-15 Torx screws located on the underside of the PCI blank retainer. These are screws for installing PCIe standup plug-in expansion board options.

30 Media device screws

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