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Contents
Component identification .......................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 7
Front panel LED power fault codes ............................................................................................................... 7
Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel LEDs ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
System board components ..................................................................................................................................... 10
DIMM slot locations ..................................................................................................................................... 11
System maintenance switch ........................................................................................................................ 11
NMI functionality .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Drive numbering ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Hot-plug drive LED definitions ................................................................................................................................ 15
Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Power down the server ........................................................................................................................................... 17
Remove the access panel ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Install the access panel .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Remove the front bezel .......................................................................................................................................... 19
Install the front bezel .............................................................................................................................................. 19
Remove the PCI air baffle ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Install the PCI air baffle .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Remove the system air baffle ................................................................................................................................. 21
Install the system air baffle ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Optional services .................................................................................................................................................... 23
Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 23
Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 23
Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 24
Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 24
Electrical grounding requirements ............................................................................................................... 25
Server warnings and cautions ................................................................................................................................ 25
Identifying tower server shipping carton contents .................................................................................................. 26
Installing hardware options ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting up a tower server ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Installing the server into a rack ............................................................................................................................... 27
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
Installing the operating system ............................................................................................................................... 28
Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode ................................................................................. 29
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Hardware options installation .................................................................................................................. 30
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Drive cage options .................................................................................................................................................. 30
4-bay LFF hot-plug drive cage option .......................................................................................................... 30
8-bay SFF hot-plug drive cage option ......................................................................................................... 33
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Drive installation guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 36
Installing a non-hot-plug drive ..................................................................................................................... 37
Installing a hot-plug drive............................................................................................................................. 39
Drive cable options ................................................................................................................................................. 40
Host Bus Adapter Mini-SAS cable option .................................................................................................... 40
Smart Array Controller Mini-SAS cable option ............................................................................................ 42
Storage controller options ...................................................................................................................................... 44
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