HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 - Customer Self Repair

Contents 4
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 35
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 35
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 36
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................................ 37
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 37
Memory configurations ............................................................................................................................... 38
Intel Gen8 supported memory bandwidth ........................................................................................... 38
RDIMM maximum memory configurations ........................................................................................... 39
UDIMM maximum memory configurations ........................................................................................... 39
Advanced ECC memory configuration ................................................................................................ 40
Lockstep memory configuration .......................................................................................................... 40
Online Spare memory configuration ................................................................................................... 40
General DIMM slot population guidelines ..................................................................................................... 40
Advanced ECC population guidelines ................................................................................................ 41
Lockstep Memory population guidelines.............................................................................................. 41
Online Spare population guidelines ................................................................................................... 42
Installing a DIMM ....................................................................................................................................... 43
Hot-plug drive guidelines ............................................................................................................................ 44
Removing the drive blank .................................................................................................................. 44
Installing a hot-plug drive .................................................................................................................. 44
DVD-ROM and DVD-RW drive option ........................................................................................................... 45
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 49
FBWC option ................................................................................................................................... 49
FBWC capacitor pack ...................................................................................................................... 51
Installing the front video adapter cable ......................................................................................................... 53
FlexibleLOM option .................................................................................................................................... 54
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 56
Installing an expansion board ........................................................................................................... 56
Common slot power supply option ............................................................................................................... 57
Rack bezel option ...................................................................................................................................... 59
Remove the rack bezel ...................................................................................................................... 59
Install the rack bezel ......................................................................................................................... 60
VGA power cable option ............................................................................................................................ 60
Mini-SAS cable option ................................................................................................................................ 61
Installing the 700mm mini-SAS cable ................................................................................................. 62
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 62
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 63
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 65
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 65
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 66
Cabling overview ....................................................................................................................................... 66
Data cabling.............................................................................................................................................. 66
P420 Smart Array Controller cabling ................................................................................................. 66
SATA cabling .................................................................................................................................. 67
Power cabling............................................................................................................................................ 67
Server power cabling ....................................................................................................................... 67
FBWC capacitor pack cabling..................................................................................................................... 68
Front panel cabling .................................................................................................................................... 69
Internal USB cabling ................................................................................................................................... 69
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 71
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 71
Server QuickSpecs ..................................................................................................................................... 71