HPE ProLiant XL270d Gen9 - Page 4

Installing a hot-plug drive........................................................................................................35
Processor option................................................................................................................................36
Processor and heatsink installation warnings and cautions................................................... 36
Installing the processor and heatsink..................................................................................... 37
Memory options.................................................................................................................................40
DIMM specifications................................................................................................................41
SmartMemory......................................................................................................................... 41
Memory subsystem architecture.............................................................................................42
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs..................................................................................... 42
DIMM identification ................................................................................................................ 42
Memory configurations........................................................................................................... 43
Advanced ECC memory configuration.........................................................................43
Online Spare memory configuration............................................................................ 44
General DIMM slot population guidelines .............................................................................. 44
Advanced ECC population guidelines..........................................................................44
Online spare population guidelines..............................................................................44
Population order...........................................................................................................44
Installing a DIMM....................................................................................................................45
PCI riser module options................................................................................................................... 45
Installing the 4:1 PCI riser modules........................................................................................ 45
Installing the 8:1 PCI riser modules........................................................................................ 56
Storage controller options..................................................................................................................66
Storage controller installation guidelines................................................................................ 66
Installing the HPE Smart Array P542D Controller module......................................................66
Installing an HPE Host Bus Adapter.......................................................................................69
Installing the Smart Array P440 Controller............................................................................. 72
Installing the B140i SATA cables............................................................................................ 77
Installing an HPE Smart Storage Battery................................................................................78
GPU accelerator options................................................................................................................... 79
Supported GPU accelerator power cables............................................................................. 79
GPU accelerator population guidelines.................................................................................. 79
High-performance mode for 4:1 and 8:1 PCI riser modules........................................ 80
Peer-to-peer mode for 4:1 PCI riser modules.............................................................. 80
Peer-to-peer mode for 8:1 PCI riser modules.............................................................. 80
Installing the GPU accelerator blank...................................................................................... 80
Installing the NVIDIA K40 GPU enablement kit...................................................................... 82
Installing the NVIDIA K80/M40/P40/P100 GPU enablement Kit.............................................87
Installing the AMD FirePro S9150 GPU enablement kit......................................................... 94
Expansion board options.................................................................................................................101
Expansion board installation guidelines................................................................................101
Installing the expansion board..............................................................................................102
Dedicated iLO management port module option.............................................................................104
Rules and limitations for installing the dedicated iLO management port module................. 104
Installing a dedicated iLO management port module........................................................... 104
Enabling the dedicated iLO management module................................................................107
HP Trusted Platform Module option.................................................................................................107
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board....................................................................... 108
Retaining the recovery key/password...................................................................................109
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module..................................................................................110
Cabling...................................................................................................... 111
Power cabling...................................................................................................................................111
Drive backplane power cabling............................................................................................. 111
PCI riser module power cabling............................................................................................ 111
GPU power cabling............................................................................................................... 111
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