HP ML100 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Operations................................................................................................................................... 7
Power up the server ................................................................................................................................... 7
Power down the server............................................................................................................................... 7
Remove the access panel............................................................................................................................ 7
Remove the tower bezel (ML110 G6 servers) ................................................................................................ 8
Remove the tower bezel (ML150 G6 servers) ................................................................................................ 8
Setup........................................................................................................................................... 9
Optional installation services ...................................................................................................................... 9
Rack planning resources............................................................................................................................. 9
Optimum environment................................................................................................................................ 9
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 10
Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 11
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 11
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 11
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 12
Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 12
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 12
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 14
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 14
SAS and SATA hard drive options............................................................................................................. 17
Hard drive LED cable (ML150 G6 servers).................................................................................................. 17
Removable media device option (ML110 G6 servers) .................................................................................. 18
Removable media device option (ML150 G6 servers) .................................................................................. 20
Memory options (ML110 G6 servers)......................................................................................................... 21
Memory subsystem architecture (ML110 G6 servers) .......................................................................... 21
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs (ML110 G6 servers)............................................................................. 22
DIMM identification (ML110 G6 servers).......................................................................................... 22
UDIMM maximum memory configurations (ML110 G6 servers) ........................................................... 23
General DIMM slot population guidelines (ML110 G6 servers)............................................................ 23
Memory options (ML150 G6 servers)......................................................................................................... 24
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 24
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 24
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 25
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 25
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 26
Installing DIMMs ..................................................................................................................................... 28
Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 29
Installing a storage controller .................................................................................................................... 32
Battery-backed write cache battery pack option........................................................................................... 32
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 35
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 35
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 37