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Installing a storage controller and FBWC module ........................................................................................ 40
Installing a Smart Storage Battery ................................................................................................................ 42
Drive cable options ................................................................................................................................................... 43
Mini-SAS cable options ................................................................................................................................. 43
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................................... 45
Redundant fan option ............................................................................................................................................... 46
Fan population guidelines ............................................................................................................................. 47
Installing a hot-swap fan module................................................................................................................... 47
Memory options ........................................................................................................................................................ 49
Memory-processor compatibility information ................................................................................................ 49
SmartMemory ................................................................................................................................................ 50
Memory subsystem architecture ................................................................................................................... 51
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ........................................................................................................... 51
DIMM identification ........................................................................................................................................ 52
Memory configurations .................................................................................................................................. 52
General DIMM slot population guidelines ..................................................................................................... 53
Identifying the processor type ....................................................................................................................... 54
Installing a DIMM ........................................................................................................................................... 54
Processor option....................................................................................................................................................... 55
Processor installation cautions...................................................................................................................... 56
Installing a processor .................................................................................................................................... 56
FlexibleLOM option .................................................................................................................................................. 61
Full-height half-length riser option ............................................................................................................................ 63
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................................... 65
M.2 SSD enablement option .................................................................................................................................... 68
Dual 8Gb microSD Enterprise Midline USB device ................................................................................................. 70
Redundant power supply option............................................................................................................................... 71
Power input module and RPS backplane characteristics ............................................................................. 71
Installing the redundant power supply option ............................................................................................... 71
HP Trusted Platform Module option ......................................................................................................................... 76
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ............................................................................................... 76
Retaining the recovery key/password ........................................................................................................... 78
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module .......................................................................................................... 78
Cabling ...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Cabling overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Storage cabling......................................................................................................................................................... 80
Four-bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cabling ...................................................................................................... 80
Four-bay LFF hot-plug drive cabling ............................................................................................................. 81
M.2 SSD cabling ............................................................................................................................................ 83
FBWC cabling........................................................................................................................................................... 85
Smart Storage battery cabling .................................................................................................................................. 87
Power supply cabling ............................................................................................................................................... 88
Optical drive cabling ................................................................................................................................................. 89
Front I/O cabling ....................................................................................................................................................... 89
Software and configuration utilities ........................................................................................................... 90
Server mode ............................................................................................................................................................. 90
Product QuickSpecs ................................................................................................................................................. 90
HPE iLO .................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Active Health System .................................................................................................................................... 91
RESTful API support for iLO ......................................................................................................................... 92
Integrated Management Log ......................................................................................................................... 92
Intelligent Provisioning ............................................................................................................................................. 92
HPE Insight Diagnostics ................................................................................................................................ 93
HPE Insight Diagnostics survey functionality ................................................................................................ 93
Erase Utility ................................................................................................................................................... 93
Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux .................................................................................................................. 94
Service Pack for ProLiant ......................................................................................................................................... 94
HP Smart Update Manager ........................................................................................................................... 94
HPE UEFI System Utilities ....................................................................................................................................... 94
Using UEFI System Utilities .......................................................................................................................... 95