HP DL380 User Manual

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 37
Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 37
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 38
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 39
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 39
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 39
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 45
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 45
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 45
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 46
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 46
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 48
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 52
Hot-plug SAS hard drive options .................................................................................................................. 53
Installing a hot-plug SAS hard drive ................................................................................................... 53
Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive .................................................................................................. 54
Flash-backed write cache module option....................................................................................................... 54
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................... 56
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 58
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 59
Removing expansion slot covers ......................................................................................................... 59
Installing a half-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 60
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................... 61
PCI riser board option ................................................................................................................................ 61
Hard drive cage option .............................................................................................................................. 62
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 64
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 65
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 66
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 67
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 68
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 68
Optical drive cabling .................................................................................................................................. 68
BBWC battery cabling ................................................................................................................................ 69
FBWC battery cabling ................................................................................................................................ 69
Configuration and utilities ............................................................................................................ 70
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 70
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 70
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility .............................................................................................................. 71
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................ 74
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays................................................................................................ 74
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 75
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 75
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 75
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 76
Integrated Lights-Out 3 technology ..................................................................................................... 76
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 77
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................... 77
USB support and functionality ............................................................................................................ 77
Internal SD support ........................................................................................................................... 78
Diagnostic tools ......................................................................................................................................... 78
HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 78

HP DL380 Specifications

General

Product Line	ProLiant
Memory Type	DDR4
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable
Memory	HPE DDR4 SmartMemory
Storage	SFF, LFF SAS/SATA/SSD, NVMe PCIe
Server Type	Rack Server
RAID Support	HPE Smart Array Controllers
Management	HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning
Power Supply	HPE Flexible Slot Power Supplies