Rack warnings and cautions................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Preparation procedures............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Power down the server............................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Remove the server from the rack...................................................................................................................................................... 31
Position the tower server for hardware configuration.......................................................................................................... 33
Remove the access panel........................................................................................................................................................................33
Remove the front bezel........................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Remove the PCI air
bale.......................................................................................................................................................................35
Remove the system air bale...............................................................................................................................................................36
Install the system air bale....................................................................................................................................................................37
Install the PCI air
bale............................................................................................................................................................................38
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Install the front bezel................................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Install the server into the rack.............................................................................................................................................................40
Power up the server...................................................................................................................................................................................43
Removing and replacing a drive blank.............................................................................................................................................................43
Removing and replacing an LFF drive blank...............................................................................................................................44
Removing and replacing an SFF drive blank...............................................................................................................................44
Removing and replacing drives............................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Removing and replacing the hot-plug drive................................................................................................................................44
Removing and replacing the non-hot-plug drive..................................................................................................................... 45
Removing and replacing the front panel LEDs cable.............................................................................................................................. 46
Removing and replacing the front panel USB ports cable assembly............................................................................................. 47
Removing and replacing the iLO Service Port cable................................................................................................................................48
Removing and replacing the serial port cable............................................................................................................................................. 49
DIMM-processor compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................51
Removing and replacing the DIMM.................................................................................................................................................. 51
Removing and replacing the optical drive......................................................................................................................................................52
Removing and replacing the four-bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cage.............................................................................................53
Removing and replacing the four-bay LFF drive backplane............................................................................................................... 54
Removing and replacing the eight-bay SFF drive cage assembly................................................................................................... 55
Removing and replacing the M.2 SSD enablement board.................................................................................................................... 57
Removing and replacing the M.2 SSD.............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Removing and replacing the HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device option............................................................................. 59
Removing and replacing the boot device......................................................................................................................................59
Removing and replacing a boot device drive..............................................................................................................................60
Removing and replacing an expansion board..............................................................................................................................................63
Removing and replacing a Smart Array storage controller..................................................................................................................65
Removing and replacing the HPE 12G SAS Expander Card............................................................................................................... 67
Removing and replacing the GPU.......................................................................................................................................................................69
Removing and replacing the internal USB device..................................................................................................................................... 71
Removing and replacing the non-hot-plug power supply....................................................................................................................72
Removing and replacing the power supply blank......................................................................................................................................73
Removing and replacing a Flexible Slot power supply........................................................................................................................... 74
Removing and replacing the redundant power supply backplane module................................................................................ 75
Fan replacement............................................................................................................................................................................................................76
Removing and replacing the default PCI fan.............................................................................................................................. 76
Removing and replacing the default system fan...................................................................................................................... 77
Removing and replacing the redundant fans............................................................................................................................. 78
System battery replacement..................................................................................................................................................................................80
System battery information.................................................................................................................................................................. 80
Removing and replacing the system battery..............................................................................................................................80
Removing and replacing an energy pack ...................................................................................................................................................... 82
Removing and replacing the system board...................................................................................................................................................83
Removing the system board assembly...........................................................................................................................................83
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