HP DL380P

Contents 4
Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 36
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 38
Powering on and selecting boot options ....................................................................................................... 38
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 39
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 40
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 40
Processor and fan option ............................................................................................................................ 40
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 47
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 48
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 48
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 48
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 49
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 50
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 51
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 52
Hot-plug hard drive options ......................................................................................................................... 53
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ...................................................................................... 53
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ..................................................................................... 54
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 55
Installing the flash-backed write cache module .................................................................................... 56
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ......................................................................... 57
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................... 59
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 61
FlexLOM option ......................................................................................................................................... 62
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 64
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................... 64
Installing a half-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 65
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................... 66
Secondary PCI riser cage option .................................................................................................................. 67
Hard drive cage option .............................................................................................................................. 69
2U rack bezel option .................................................................................................................................. 78
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 79
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 80
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 81
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 81
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 83
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 83
Optical drive cabling .................................................................................................................................. 84
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 85
Chipset SATA cable option ......................................................................................................................... 86
150W PCIe power cable option .................................................................................................................. 89
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 90
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 90
Server QuickSpecs ..................................................................................................................................... 90
HP iLO Management Engine ....................................................................................................................... 90
HP iLO ............................................................................................................................................ 90
Intelligent Provisioning ...................................................................................................................... 92
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 93
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................... 94
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ........................................................................................................................ 94
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 94
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