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Contents
Component identification .......................................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 8
UID button functionality ................................................................................................................................. 9
Power fault LEDs ......................................................................................................................................... 10
Systems Insight Display LEDs ............................................................................................................................... 10
Systems Insight Display LED combinations ........................................................................................................... 11
Rear panel components ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ................................................................................................................................ 13
System board components ..................................................................................................................................... 14
System maintenance switch ........................................................................................................................ 15
NMI jumper .................................................................................................................................................. 15
DIMM slots................................................................................................................................................... 16
NVDIMM LEDs ............................................................................................................................................ 16
PCIe riser board slot definitions................................................................................................................... 16
Device numbers ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hot-plug SATA/SAS drive LED definitions .................................................................................................. 18
NVMe SSD components.............................................................................................................................. 19
Hot-plug fans .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Powering up the server .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Power down the server ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Extend the server from the rack ............................................................................................................................. 21
Remove the server from the rack ........................................................................................................................... 22
Remove the access panel ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Install the access panel .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Remove the hot-plug fan ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Remove the PCI riser cage .................................................................................................................................... 23
Install the PCI riser cage ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Removing the 8 SFF drive backplane .................................................................................................................... 25
Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Optional services .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 26
Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 27
Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 27
Electrical grounding requirements ............................................................................................................... 28
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source ................................................................................. 28
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................................ 29
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton ............................................................................................ 29
Installing hardware options ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Installing the server into the rack ............................................................................................................................ 30
Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode ................................................................................. 31
Installing the operating system ............................................................................................................................... 32
Registering the product .......................................................................................................................................... 32
Hardware options installation .................................................................................................................. 33
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 33
High-performance fan option .................................................................................................................................. 33
Processor and fan option ....................................................................................................................................... 35
High performance heatsink .................................................................................................................................... 40
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................................... 41
Memory-processor compatibility information ............................................................................................... 42