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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 7
System board components ............................................................................................................................ 8
DIMM slot locations ............................................................................................................................ 9
System maintenance switch ................................................................................................................. 9
Drive numbering ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Hot-plug drive LED definitions ...................................................................................................................... 10
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 12
Removing a drive blank .............................................................................................................................. 12
Remove the drive........................................................................................................................................ 13
Remove the server ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the processor air baffle ................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the PCI riser board assembly ........................................................................................................... 14
Remove the drive cage assembly ................................................................................................................. 15
Install the processor air baffle ...................................................................................................................... 17
Install the PCI riser board assembly .............................................................................................................. 17
Install the server ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 20
Setup overview .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Installing the chassis into a rack ................................................................................................................... 20
Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 20
Installing I/O modules and connecting them to the network ............................................................................ 20
Installing a server ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Powering up the chassis .............................................................................................................................. 21
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 22
Installing the system software ....................................................................................................................... 22
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 22
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 23
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 23
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 23
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 26
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 27
Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs ...................................................................................................... 27
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 27
ECC memory ................................................................................................................................... 28
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 28
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 28
Drives ....................................................................................................................................................... 29
Drive guidelines ............................................................................................................................... 30
Installing a hot-plug drive .................................................................................................................. 30
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 31
FBWC cache module and capacitor pack option ................................................................................. 32
