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Installing the server into the rack ................................................................................................................ 38
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 40
Powering on and selecting boot options ..................................................................................................... 40
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................... 41
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 42
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Processor and fan option .......................................................................................................................... 42
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 49
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 50
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 50
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 51
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 51
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 52
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 53
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 55
Hot-plug hard drive options ...................................................................................................................... 55
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive .................................................................................... 56
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ................................................................................... 57
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing the flash-backed write cache module................................................................................... 58
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ........................................................................ 59
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 63
Redundant hot-plug power supply option .................................................................................................... 65
48V DC power supply option ................................................................................................................... 66
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 70
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 72
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................. 72
Installing a half-length expansion board ........................................................................................... 73
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 74
Secondary PCI riser cage option ............................................................................................................... 75
Hard drive cage option ............................................................................................................................ 77
2U rack bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 86
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 87
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 88
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 89
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 89
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 91
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................ 91
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 92
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 93
Chipset SATA cable option ....................................................................................................................... 94
150W PCIe power cable option ............................................................................................................... 97
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 99
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 99
HP product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................ 99
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 99
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 99
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................. 101
Erase Utility ................................................................................................................................ 102
Scripting Toolkit .......................................................................................................................... 103
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ................................................................................................................... 103
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