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Drive options ............................................................................................................................................. 31
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................... 32
Installing a hot-plug drive .................................................................................................................. 32
Drive cable options .................................................................................................................................... 33
Two-port SATA cable option .............................................................................................................. 33
Mini-SAS cable option ...................................................................................................................... 35
Mini-SAS Y-cable option ................................................................................................................... 36
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 38
Installing a storage controller ............................................................................................................. 38
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ................................................................................. 39
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................... 42
Hot-plug fan module option ......................................................................................................................... 44
Fan population guidelines ................................................................................................................. 45
Installing a hot-plug fan module if the server is installed in a ball-bearing rail system with the cable management
arm ................................................................................................................................................ 45
Installing a hot-plug fan module if the server is installed in a friction rail system ...................................... 47
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 49
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 50
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 51
Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs ...................................................................................................... 51
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 52
Memory protection modes ................................................................................................................. 52
Memory population guidelines .......................................................................................................... 53
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 55
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 56
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 61
GPU power cable option ............................................................................................................................ 62
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 65
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 66
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 67
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 68
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 68
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 71
Cabling overview ....................................................................................................................................... 71
Storage cabling ......................................................................................................................................... 71
Four-bay LFF drive cabling ................................................................................................................ 71
Eight-bay SFF drive cabling ............................................................................................................... 73
Optical drive cabling .................................................................................................................................. 77
GPU power cabling .................................................................................................................................... 78
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 79
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 79
HP product QuickSpecs .............................................................................................................................. 79
HP iLO Management Engine ....................................................................................................................... 79
HP iLO ............................................................................................................................................ 79
Intelligent Provisioning ...................................................................................................................... 81
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................... 82
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................... 83
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ........................................................................................................................ 83
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 83
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................ 83
Using RBSU ..................................................................................................................................... 84
Auto-configuration process ................................................................................................................ 84
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