HP DL980 G7 - Manual (Page 4)

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Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 40
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 41
DIMM installation guidelines ............................................................................................................. 41
Memory cartridge population guidelines ............................................................................................. 42
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 43
Hemisphere mode ............................................................................................................................ 44
Memory performance optimization .................................................................................................... 44
Memory RAS ................................................................................................................................... 45
Advanced ECC memory population guidelines .................................................................................... 46
Online Spare memory population guidelines ....................................................................................... 47
Mirrored Memory population guidelines ............................................................................................. 47
Installing memory ............................................................................................................................. 49
Hot-plug hard drive option .......................................................................................................................... 50
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ...................................................................................................... 52
Internal solid state drive expansion bay option .............................................................................................. 53
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 54
Installing a non-hot-plug expansion board ........................................................................................... 58
Installing the PCI Express I/O expansion board ................................................................................... 60
Installing the PCI-X/PCI Express I/O expansion board ......................................................................... 62
Low profile I/O expander ................................................................................................................. 64
Battery-backed write cache module .............................................................................................................. 66
FBWC module and capacitor pack option .................................................................................................... 68
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 70
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 71
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 71
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 72
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 74
XNC cabling ............................................................................................................................................. 74
DVD-ROM drive cabling ............................................................................................................................. 76
Server software and configuration utilities ...................................................................................... 77
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 77
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 77
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit ................................................................................................................ 77
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................ 77
Using RBSU ..................................................................................................................................... 78
Auto-configuration process ................................................................................................................ 78
Boot options .................................................................................................................................... 79
BIOS Serial Console ......................................................................................................................... 79
Configuring lockstep memory ............................................................................................................ 79
Configuring online spare memory ...................................................................................................... 79
Configuring mirrored memory ........................................................................................................... 80
Array Configuration Utility .......................................................................................................................... 80
HP Insight Control server deployment (formerly RDP) ...................................................................................... 81
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays.......................................................................................................... 81
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ....................................................................................... 81
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 82
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 82
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 82
System Online ROM flash component utility ........................................................................................ 83
iLO 3 technology ............................................................................................................................. 83
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 83
StorageWorks library and tape tools .................................................................................................. 84