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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel components.............................................................................................................................. 9
Rear panel LEDs and buttons..................................................................................................................... 10
System board components........................................................................................................................ 11
NMI jumper.................................................................................................................................. 12
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 12
System board LEDs .................................................................................................................................. 13
System LEDs and internal health LED combinations....................................................................................... 14
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs................................................................................................................. 15
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations .............................................................................................. 15
Operations................................................................................................................................. 17
Power up the server ................................................................................................................................. 17
Power down the server............................................................................................................................. 17
Extend the server from the rack ................................................................................................................. 17
Remove the server from the rack................................................................................................................ 18
Access the server rear panel (rack model)................................................................................................... 18
Open or remove the tower bezel............................................................................................................... 18
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 19
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 20
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 21
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 21
Optimum environment.............................................................................................................................. 21
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 21
Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 22
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 23
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 23
Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 24
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Contents of the tower server shipping carton............................................................................................... 24
Contents of the rack server shipping carton................................................................................................. 25
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 25
Setting up a tower server.......................................................................................................................... 25
Installing the server into the rack................................................................................................................ 26
Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 27
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 28
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 28
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 29
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 29
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 36
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 36
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 36
