HP ProLiant DL380p User Manual

Contents 4
Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 36
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 38
Powering on and selecting boot options ....................................................................................................... 38
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 39
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 40
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 40
Processor and fan option ............................................................................................................................ 40
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 47
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 48
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 48
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 48
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 49
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 50
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 51
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 52
Hot-plug hard drive options ......................................................................................................................... 53
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ...................................................................................... 53
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ..................................................................................... 54
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 55
Installing the flash-backed write cache module .................................................................................... 56
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ......................................................................... 57
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................... 59
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 61
FlexLOM option ......................................................................................................................................... 62
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 64
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................... 64
Installing a half-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 65
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................... 66
Secondary PCI riser cage option .................................................................................................................. 67
Hard drive cage option .............................................................................................................................. 69
2U rack bezel option .................................................................................................................................. 78
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 79
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 80
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 81
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 81
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 83
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 83
Optical drive cabling .................................................................................................................................. 84
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 85
Chipset SATA cable option ......................................................................................................................... 86
150W PCIe power cable option .................................................................................................................. 89
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 90
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 90
Server QuickSpecs ..................................................................................................................................... 90
HP iLO Management Engine ....................................................................................................................... 90
HP iLO ............................................................................................................................................ 90
Intelligent Provisioning ...................................................................................................................... 92
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 93
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................... 94
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ........................................................................................................................ 94
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 94

HP ProLiant DL380p Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Processor Sockets	2
Memory	Up to 768GB DDR3
Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Expansion Slots	Up to 6 PCIe 3.0 slots
Form Factor	2U rack
Storage	Up to 25 SFF or 12 LFF drive bays
RAID Support	Smart Array P420i controller, supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Network	4x 1GbE embedded ports
Power Supply	Up to 2x 460W, 750W, or 1200W PSUs
Operating System Support	Windows Server, RHEL, SUSE, VMware