Contents 4
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Secondary processor memory board option ................................................................................................ 35
Processor options .................................................................................................................................... 37
Installing a processor option ........................................................................................................... 37
Memory configurations ............................................................................................................................ 43
Population order ............................................................................................................................ 43
Population rules ............................................................................................................................. 44
Population guidelines ..................................................................................................................... 44
Online Spare memory population guidelines ..................................................................................... 44
Memory bus speed ........................................................................................................................ 45
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 46
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 46
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 47
Installing DIMMs on the primary processor memory board .................................................................. 47
Installing DIMMs on the secondary processor memory board .............................................................. 49
Hot-plug hard drive option ........................................................................................................................ 50
Redundant hot-plug power supply option .................................................................................................... 52
Internal solid state drive expansion bay option ............................................................................................ 53
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 54
Installing an expansion board ......................................................................................................... 54
Securing an expansion board for shipping ....................................................................................... 55
Installing the PCI Express I/O expansion board ................................................................................. 57
Installing the PCI-X/PCI Express I/O expansion board ........................................................................ 59
HP NC524SFP Dual Port 10GbE Module option ......................................................................................... 61
Battery-backed write cache module ............................................................................................................ 63
FBWC module and capacitor pack option .................................................................................................. 65
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 67
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 68
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 68
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 70
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 71
DVD-ROM drive cabling ........................................................................................................................... 71
Server software and configuration utilities ...................................................................................... 72
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 72
SmartStart software ........................................................................................................................ 72
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ............................................................................................................ 72
Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................................. 75
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................. 75
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ........................................................................... 76
Management tools ................................................................................................................................... 76
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 76
ROMPaq utility .............................................................................................................................. 77
Integrated Lights-Out 3 technology ................................................................................................... 77
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 77
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................ 78
USB support .................................................................................................................................. 78
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 79
HP Insight Diagnostics .................................................................................................................... 79
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality ........................................................................................ 79
Integrated Management Log ........................................................................................................... 79
Remote support and analysis tools ............................................................................................................. 80
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................. 80
