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Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 31
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 32
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 32
Installing a non-hot-plug drive .......................................................................................................... 33
Mini-SAS cable option ............................................................................................................................. 34
Installing the 700 mm Mini-SAS cable .............................................................................................. 34
Installing the 800 mm Mini-SAS cable .............................................................................................. 35
VGA power cable option ......................................................................................................................... 36
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 38
Installing a storage controller .......................................................................................................... 38
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ............................................................................... 39
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 42
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 45
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 47
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 47
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 48
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 48
Memory protection modes .............................................................................................................. 48
Memory population guidelines ........................................................................................................ 49
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 51
Processor and fan module option .............................................................................................................. 52
Installing the front video adapter cable ...................................................................................................... 57
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 58
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 59
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 60
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 61
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 61
Installing an expansion board ......................................................................................................... 61
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 63
Common slot power supply option ............................................................................................................. 64
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 67
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................... 67
Drive cabling .......................................................................................................................................... 67
LFF drive cabling ........................................................................................................................... 67
SFF drive cabling ........................................................................................................................... 69
Power cabling......................................................................................................................................... 70
Server power cabling ..................................................................................................................... 70
FBWC capacitor pack cabling .................................................................................................................. 72
Front panel cabling ................................................................................................................................. 72
Internal USB cabling ................................................................................................................................ 73
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 74
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 74
HP product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................ 74
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 74
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 74
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................... 76
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................. 78
Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................ 78
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ..................................................................................................................... 78
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................. 79
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ..................................................................................................................... 79
Using RBSU .................................................................................................................................. 80
