Contents 4
Drive installation guidelines
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30
Installing a non-hot-plug drive
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30
Installing a hot-plug drive
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32
Drive cage options
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33
Four-bay LFF hot-plug drive backplane option
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33
Eight-bay SFF hot-plug drive cage option
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37
Controller options
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39
Installing a storage controller
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39
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack
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40
Optical drive option
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42
Memory options
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44
HP SmartMemory
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45
DIMM identification
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45
Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs
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46
Memory subsystem architecture
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46
ECC memory
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46
General DIMM slot population guidelines
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47
Installing a DIMM
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47
Expansion board options
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48
Dedicated iLO management port option
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52
Enabling the dedicated iLO management port
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53
HP Trusted Platform Module option
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54
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board
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54
Retaining the recovery key/password
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56
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module
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56
RPS enablement option
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57
Cabling
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61
Cabling overview
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61
Storage cabling
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61
Four-bay LFF drive cabling
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61
Eight-bay SFF drive cabling
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63
Media drive cabling
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64
Power supply cabling
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65
Nonredundant power supply cabling
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65
Redundant power supply cabling
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65
Capacitor pack cabling
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66
Software and configuration utilities
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67
Server mode
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67
Server QuickSpecs
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67
HP iLO Management Engine
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67
HP iLO
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67
Intelligent Provisioning
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69
HP Insight Remote Support software
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71
Scripting Toolkit
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71
HP Service Pack for ProLiant
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72
HP Smart Update Manager
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HP ROM-Based Setup Utility
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72
Using RBSU
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Auto-configuration process
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Boot options
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74
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID
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74
Utilities and features
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74