Contents 4
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 36
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 36
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 36
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 42
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 42
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 43
Online spare memory .................................................................................................................... 44
Mirrored memory .......................................................................................................................... 45
Memory boards and FBDIMMs........................................................................................................ 46
Hot-plug hard drive options ...................................................................................................................... 50
Installing a hot-plug hard drive ........................................................................................................ 51
Removing a hot-plug hard drive....................................................................................................... 52
SAS-SATA hard drive cage option ............................................................................................................. 53
Removable media device options .............................................................................................................. 55
Removing the removable media blanks............................................................................................. 55
Installing a half-height or full-height media device .............................................................................. 56
Redundant hot-plug fans option ................................................................................................................. 59
Redundant hot-plug power supply option.................................................................................................... 60
Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 61
Performance balancing .................................................................................................................. 62
Expansion slot cover ...................................................................................................................... 62
Installing expansion boards ............................................................................................................ 63
Removing expansion boards ........................................................................................................... 64
Array controllers and Battery-Backed Write Cache options ........................................................................... 66
Parallel and second serial connector option ................................................................................................ 66
Tower-to-rack conversion option ................................................................................................................ 67
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 75
Storage device cabling guidelines ............................................................................................................. 75
Cable connector identification .................................................................................................................. 75
SAS cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 76
CD-ROM drive cabling............................................................................................................................. 77
Video cabling ......................................................................................................................................... 78
Parallel/serial port cabling ....................................................................................................................... 78
Diskette drive cabling .............................................................................................................................. 79
BBWC option cabling.............................................................................................................................. 79
Internal USB connector............................................................................................................................. 80
Configuration and utilities............................................................................................................ 81
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 81
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 81
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 82
Array Configuration Utility.............................................................................................................. 84
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................. 84
Auto-configuration process.............................................................................................................. 84
HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack .................................................................................. 85
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ........................................................................... 85
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 86
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 86
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 86
System Online ROM flash component utility ...................................................................................... 86
Integrated Lights-Out technology...................................................................................................... 87
StorageWorks library and tape tools................................................................................................ 88
Management Agents...................................................................................................................... 88
