5.4.1 Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.4.2 Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 60
6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1 Control elements and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.1.1.2 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.1.3 Indicators on the accessible drives/components . . . . . . . 66
6.1.1.4 Indicators on the hot-plug HDD/SSD/PCIe SSD modules . . 67
6.1.2 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.2.1 Global Error indicator, CSS indicator, ID indicator and button 68
6.1.2.2 Indicators on the connector panel (LAN indicators) . . . . . . 70
6.1.2.3 Indicators on the hot-plug power supply units . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.3 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.1 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller card . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.2 Configuring the server and installing the operating system with the
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system without the
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.4 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.1 Mechanical access protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.2 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81