Contents 4 
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 30 
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 30 
Interleaving and non-interleaving memory configuration ..................................................................... 30 
DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 30 
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 31 
Hard drive options .................................................................................................................................. 31 
Hard drive guidelines..................................................................................................................... 32 
Removing a hard drive blank .......................................................................................................... 32 
Removing a hard drive................................................................................................................... 32 
Installing a hard drive .................................................................................................................... 33 
Installing a four-bay hard drive cage.......................................................................................................... 34 
Optical drive assembly (12.7 mm) option................................................................................................... 36 
Optical drive assembly (9.5 mm) option..................................................................................................... 40 
Expansion board option........................................................................................................................... 42 
PCI-X riser board option ........................................................................................................................... 44 
Storage controller option.......................................................................................................................... 45 
Battery-backed write cache battery option .................................................................................................. 46 
Dedicated iLO2 optional module connector ................................................................................................ 47 
Internal USB connector option................................................................................................................... 48 
SAS/SATA controller cable ...................................................................................................................... 49 
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 51 
Cabling overview.................................................................................................................................... 51 
Server cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 51 
Embedded SATA controller cabling ........................................................................................................... 51 
Embedded SATA controller cabling (standard configuration)............................................................... 51 
Embedded SATA controller cabling (optional hard drive cage configuration) ........................................ 52 
Optional SAS controller cabling................................................................................................................ 52 
Optional SAS controller cabling (standard configuration).................................................................... 52 
Optional SAS controller cabling (optional hard drive cage configuration)............................................. 53 
Battery cabling for BBWC ........................................................................................................................ 54 
BBWC battery cabling to an optional controller in slot 4..................................................................... 54 
BBWC battery cabling to an optional controller in slot 5..................................................................... 54 
Optional internal USB cabling................................................................................................................... 55 
Configuration and utilities............................................................................................................ 56 
Configuration tools.................................................................................................................................. 56 
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 56 
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 57 
Array Configuration Utility.............................................................................................................. 58 
HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack .................................................................................. 59 
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID........................................................................... 59 
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 59 
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 59 
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 60 
Integrated Lights-Out 2 technology................................................................................................... 60 
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 60 
HP Systems Insight Manager........................................................................................................... 61 
Management Agents...................................................................................................................... 61 
USB support and functionality ......................................................................................................... 61 
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 62 
HP Insight Diagnostics.................................................................................................................... 62 
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality ........................................................................................ 62 
Integrated Management Log ........................................................................................................... 62