Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 6
SAS and SATA device numbers................................................................................................................... 7
Rear panel components.............................................................................................................................. 8
Rear panel LEDs and buttons....................................................................................................................... 8
PCI expansion slot definitions...................................................................................................................... 9
System board components..........................................................................................................................9
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
NMI functionality........................................................................................................................... 11
System board LEDs .................................................................................................................................. 11
Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Operations................................................................................................................................. 13
Power up the server................................................................................................................................. 13
Power down the server............................................................................................................................. 13
Remove the server from the rack................................................................................................................ 13
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the air baffle............................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the PCI riser board assembly......................................................................................................... 14
Install the PCI riser board assembly............................................................................................................ 15
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 17
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 17
Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 17
Optimum environment.............................................................................................................................. 17
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 18
Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 18
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 19
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 19
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 20
Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 20
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 20
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 20
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 21
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 21
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 21
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 22
DIMM identification....................................................................................................................... 22
General DIMM slot population guidelines......................................................................................... 23
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 24
Hard drive options .................................................................................................................................. 24
Hard drive guidelines..................................................................................................................... 25
Removing a hard drive blank .......................................................................................................... 25
