Contents 4
SmartMemory .............................................................................................................................................. 44
Memory subsystem architecture.................................................................................................................. 45
DIMM ranks ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Identifying DIMM and NVDIMMs ................................................................................................................. 45
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................ 47
General DIMM and NVDIMM-N slot population guidelines ......................................................................... 48
Identifying the processor type...................................................................................................................... 50
Memory installation...................................................................................................................................... 50
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................................... 53
Removing the hard drive blank .................................................................................................................... 54
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive ...................................................................................................... 54
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive .................................................................................................... 55
Installing the NVMe drives ........................................................................................................................... 55
2SFF SAS/SATA drive cage assembly option ....................................................................................................... 57
2SFF Express Bay drive backplane ....................................................................................................................... 59
4LFF Universal Media Bay option .......................................................................................................................... 62
8SFF Universal Media Bay option .......................................................................................................................... 65
10SFF (6 NVMe + 4 SAS/SATA) Express Bay drive backplane ............................................................................ 68
GPU riser and cable option .................................................................................................................................... 70
Secondary riser options .......................................................................................................................................... 72
Full height PCIe x16 riser cage assembly option ........................................................................................ 72
Low-profile PCIe slot riser cage option ........................................................................................................ 75
HPE Smart Storage Battery ................................................................................................................................... 76
HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller option ............................................................................................................ 77
HPE Smart Array P440 Controller option ............................................................................................................... 79
HPE Smart Array P840ar Controller option ............................................................................................................ 81
HPE Smart Array P840 Controller board option ..................................................................................................... 82
Systems Insight Display module ............................................................................................................................ 85
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................................ 88
Serial cable option .................................................................................................................................................. 90
Expansion board options ........................................................................................................................................ 91
Removing the expansion slot blanks ........................................................................................................... 91
Installing an expansion board ...................................................................................................................... 93
Location discovery services ear option .................................................................................................................. 94
M.2 SSD Enablement Board option ..................................................................................................................... 100
Installing an SSD module on the M.2 SSD Enablement Board ................................................................. 100
Installing an M.2 SSD Enablement Board ................................................................................................. 101
Dual 8Gb microSD Enterprise Midline USB device .............................................................................................. 104
750 W Flex Slot Hot Plug Battery Backup Module ............................................................................................... 104
Flex slot battery backup module configuration load support ..................................................................... 104
Installing the FSBBU ................................................................................................................................. 105
Flex slot battery backup module LEDs and buttons .................................................................................. 106
Trusted Platform Module option ........................................................................................................................... 107
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ............................................................................................ 108
Retaining the recovery key/password........................................................................................................ 109
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ...................................................................................................... 110
Cabling .................................................................................................................................................. 111
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................................. 111
2SFF embedded SATA backplane cabling .......................................................................................................... 111
4LFF Universal Media Bay cabling ....................................................................................................................... 112
8SFF Universal Media Bay cabling ...................................................................................................................... 113
10SFF (6 NVMe + 4 SAS/SATA) Express Bay Enablement Option cabling ........................................................ 114
HPE Smart Array P440ar controller cabling ......................................................................................................... 115
HPE Smart Array P440 Controller cabling ........................................................................................................... 116
HPE Smart Array P840ar controller cabling ......................................................................................................... 117
HPE Smart Array P840 Controller cabling ........................................................................................................... 118
Embedded SATA cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 119
M.2 SSD Enablement Board option cabling ......................................................................................................... 120
Software and configuration utilities ....................................................................................................... 121
Server mode ......................................................................................................................................................... 121