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Security bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 29
Front video adapter option ....................................................................................................................... 29
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 30
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 31
Drive cable options.................................................................................................................................. 32
Two-port SATA cable option ........................................................................................................... 32
Mini-SAS cable option ................................................................................................................... 33
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 37
Installing a storage controller .......................................................................................................... 37
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ............................................................................... 38
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 40
Hot-plug fan module option ...................................................................................................................... 44
Fan population guidelines ............................................................................................................... 44
Installing a hot-plug fan module if the server is installed in a ball-bearing rail system with the cable management
arm ............................................................................................................................................. 45
Installing a hot-plug fan module if the server is installed in a friction rail system ...................................... 46
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 48
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 49
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 50
Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs .................................................................................................... 50
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 51
Memory protection modes .............................................................................................................. 51
Memory population guidelines ........................................................................................................ 52
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 54
Processor option ...................................................................................................................................... 55
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 60
Graphics card power cable option ............................................................................................................ 61
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 64
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 65
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 66
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 67
Redundant hot-plug power supply option .................................................................................................... 67
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 70
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................... 70
Storage cabling ...................................................................................................................................... 70
Four-bay LFF drive cabling .............................................................................................................. 70
Eight-bay SFF drive cabling ............................................................................................................. 72
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 75
GPU power cabling ................................................................................................................................. 76
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 77
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 77
Server QuickSpecs .................................................................................................................................. 77
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 77
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 77
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................... 79
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................. 81
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................ 81
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ..................................................................................................................... 82
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................. 82
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ..................................................................................................................... 82
Using RBSU .................................................................................................................................. 83