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Contents 
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 7 
Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 7 
Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 8 
Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 9 
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 10 
System board components .......................................................................................................................... 11 
System board LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 13 
NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 14 
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 14 
SAS/SATA device numbers ......................................................................................................................... 15 
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs ................................................................................................................... 16 
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 17 
Battery pack LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 18 
FBWC module LEDs .................................................................................................................................... 19 
Fan locations and configurations ................................................................................................................. 20 
Operations................................................................................................................................. 24 
Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 24 
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 24 
Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 24 
Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................. 25 
Access the server rear panel (rack model) ..................................................................................................... 25 
Open or remove the tower bezel ................................................................................................................. 25 
Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 26 
Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 27 
Remove the media bay blank ...................................................................................................................... 27 
Remove the large redundant fan air baffle .................................................................................................... 27 
Remove the DIMM baffle ............................................................................................................................. 28 
Remove a fan blank .................................................................................................................................... 29 
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 30 
Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 30 
Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 30 
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 30 
Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 31 
Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 32 
Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 32 
Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................. 32 
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 32 
Contents of the tower server shipping carton ................................................................................................. 33 
Contents of the rack server shipping carton ................................................................................................... 33 
Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 34 
Setting up a tower server ............................................................................................................................ 34 
Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 35 
Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 36 
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 36 
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 36