Contents 
Customer self repair ............................................................................................................................. 5 
Parts only warranty service .......................................................................................................................... 5 
Illustrated parts catalog ....................................................................................................................... 16 
Mechanical components / 4 3.5” HDD model ............................................................................................. 16 
Mechanical components / 8 3.5” HDD model ............................................................................................. 17 
Mechanical components / 8 2.5” HDD model ............................................................................................. 18 
Mechanical components / 12 3.5” HDD model ........................................................................................... 19 
Mechanical components / 25 2.5” HDD model ........................................................................................... 20 
System components / 4 3.5” HDD model .................................................................................................... 24 
System components / 8 3.5” HDD model .................................................................................................... 27 
System components / 8 2.5” HDD model .................................................................................................... 30 
System components / 12 3.5” HDD model .................................................................................................. 33 
System components /25 2.5” HDD model ................................................................................................... 36 
HP contact information .............................................................................................................................. 40 
Before you contact HP ............................................................................................................................... 40 
Removal and replacement procedures ................................................................................................... 41 
Hardware configuration tools ..................................................................................................................... 41 
Hardware configuration information ........................................................................................................... 41 
Electrostatic discharge information ......................................................................................................... 41 
Pre-installation procedure ...................................................................................................................... 42 
Post-installation instructions.................................................................................................................... 42 
Server warnings and cautions .................................................................................................................... 42 
HP Trusted Platform Module .................................................................................................................. 43 
Symbols on equipment .............................................................................................................................. 43 
Powering down the server .......................................................................................................................... 44 
System cover ............................................................................................................................................ 45 
Top cover ............................................................................................................................................ 45 
Drives ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 
Cable management .............................................................................................................................. 46 
Cable connections ............................................................................................................................... 47 
Drive bay configuration ........................................................................................................................ 51 
Optical disc drive bay .......................................................................................................................... 54 
Hard drives ......................................................................................................................................... 57 
SAS/SATA HDD backplane .................................................................................................................. 63 
System board configuration ....................................................................................................................... 72 
Processor ............................................................................................................................................ 72 
Memory .............................................................................................................................................. 78 
DIMM identification ............................................................................................................................. 81 
PCI expansion card .............................................................................................................................. 82 
Dedicated management port (Optional) ............................................................................................... 101 
TPM Module (Optional) ...................................................................................................................... 104 
System battery ................................................................................................................................... 106 
BBWC (Optional) .............................................................................................................................. 109 
System board removal and replacement procedure .................................................................................... 111 
Power supply unit (PSU) ........................................................................................................................... 113 
System fan cage ..................................................................................................................................... 116 
System fan ............................................................................................................................................. 121