HP DL380P User Manual

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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HP DL380P Specifications

General

Product Line	ProLiant
Rack Height	2U
Processor Sockets	2
Memory	Up to 768 GB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Management	HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out)
Server Type	Rack
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Chipset	Intel C600
Memory Slots	24
Memory Type	DDR3
Drive Bays	25 SFF
Hard Drive Interface	SAS, SATA
Network	Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply	Redundant Power Supplies supported
Expansion Slots	6 PCIe Gen3 slots
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux, VMware
Remote Management	HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out)
Form Factor	Rackmount