Contents  4 
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 37 
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 37 
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 37 
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 44 
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 44 
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 45 
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 45 
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 46 
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 48 
Installing DIMMs .............................................................................................................................. 51 
SAS or SATA hard drive option ................................................................................................................... 52 
Hard drive cage options ............................................................................................................................. 54 
Installing a hard drive expansion cage power cable ............................................................................ 54 
Eight-bay SFF drive cage option......................................................................................................... 57 
Two-bay LFF drive cage option .......................................................................................................... 59 
Removable media device options ................................................................................................................. 63 
Identifying guide screws.................................................................................................................... 63 
Installing a half-height or full-height media device ................................................................................ 63 
Installing the full-height media device shipping screw ........................................................................... 64 
Redundant fan assembly option ................................................................................................................... 65 
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 67 
Power supply configuration ............................................................................................................... 68 
Installing the redundant hot-plug power supply option .......................................................................... 68 
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 69 
Removing the expansion slot cover ..................................................................................................... 70 
Installing an expansion board ........................................................................................................... 71 
PCI-X expansion cage option ....................................................................................................................... 72 
Battery-backed write cache option ............................................................................................................... 78 
FBWC module and capacitor pack option .................................................................................................... 80 
150W PCIe video/graphics controller power cable option ............................................................................ 82 
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 85 
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 85 
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 87 
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 87 
Tower-to-rack conversion option ................................................................................................................... 87 
Configuration and utilities ............................................................................................................ 91 
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 91 
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 91 
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility .............................................................................................................. 92 
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................ 94 
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays................................................................................................ 95 
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 95 
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 96 
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 96 
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 96 
Integrated Lights-Out 2 technology ..................................................................................................... 97 
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 97 
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................... 97 
USB support and functionality ............................................................................................................ 98 
Internal SD support ........................................................................................................................... 98 
Diagnostic tools ......................................................................................................................................... 98 
HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 98