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HP Memory Quarantine .................................................................................................................... 45
Online Spare memory population guidelines ....................................................................................... 45
Mirrored Memory population guidelines ............................................................................................. 46
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive option ...................................................................................................... 47
Mezzanine card option .............................................................................................................................. 49
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 51
Installing a cache module .................................................................................................................. 51
Installing a capacitor pack ................................................................................................................ 53
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 54
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 55
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 56
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 56
Server updates with an HP Trusted Platform Module and BitLocker™ enabled ......................................... 57
Additional TPM features .................................................................................................................... 57
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 58
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ......................................................................................................... 58
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices ................................................................... 58
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ........................................................................................... 58
Accessing local media devices .......................................................................................................... 59
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 61
Server blade deployment tools ..................................................................................................................... 61
HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management ................................................................................. 61
Network-based PXE deployment ........................................................................................................ 61
Deployment methods ........................................................................................................................ 63
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 67
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 67
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility .............................................................................................................. 68
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................ 71
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays................................................................................................ 71
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 72
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 72
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 72
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 73
iLO 3 Standard Blade Edition technology ........................................................................................... 73
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 73
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................... 74
USB support and functionality ............................................................................................................ 74
Internal SD support ........................................................................................................................... 75
Diagnostic tools ......................................................................................................................................... 75
HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 75
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality .......................................................................................... 75
Integrated Management Log .............................................................................................................. 75
Remote support and analysis tools ............................................................................................................... 76
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................... 76
Keeping the system current .......................................................................................................................... 77
Drivers ............................................................................................................................................ 77
Version control ................................................................................................................................. 77
ProLiant Support Packs ...................................................................................................................... 77
Operating System Version Support ..................................................................................................... 78
Firmware ......................................................................................................................................... 78
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 78
