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Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 40
Powering on and selecting boot options ..................................................................................................... 40
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................... 41
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 42
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Processor and fan option .......................................................................................................................... 42
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 49
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 49
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 50
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 50
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 51
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 51
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 53
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 54
Hot-plug hard drive options ...................................................................................................................... 55
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive .................................................................................... 55
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ................................................................................... 56
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing the flash-backed write cache module................................................................................... 58
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ........................................................................ 59
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 63
Redundant hot-plug power supply option .................................................................................................... 65
48V DC power supply option ................................................................................................................... 66
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 70
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 72
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................. 72
Installing a half-length expansion board ........................................................................................... 73
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 73
Secondary PCI riser cage option ............................................................................................................... 74
Hard drive cage option ............................................................................................................................ 76
2U rack bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 85
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 86
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 87
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 88
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 88
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 90
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................ 90
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 91
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 92
Chipset SATA cable option ....................................................................................................................... 93
150W PCIe power cable option ............................................................................................................... 96
Software and configuration utilities ...............................................................................................
98
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 98
HP product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................ 98
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 98
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 98
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................. 100
HP Insight Remote Support software ............................................................................................... 102
Scripting Toolkit .......................................................................................................................... 102
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ................................................................................................................... 102
HP Smart Update Manager ........................................................................................................... 102