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SATA optical drive .................................................................................................................................. 32
USB tape drive........................................................................................................................................ 33
Full-height tape drive................................................................................................................................ 35
Diskette drives......................................................................................................................................... 37
Installing a legacy diskette drive ...................................................................................................... 37
Installing a USB diskette drive ......................................................................................................... 39
Expansion boards ................................................................................................................................... 39
Removing the expansion slot cover .................................................................................................. 39
Installing expansion boards ............................................................................................................ 40
PCI-X extender board............................................................................................................................... 41
SAS controller......................................................................................................................................... 42
Parallel and second serial connector.......................................................................................................... 42
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 44
Server cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 44
SATA hard drive cabling.......................................................................................................................... 45
SAS hard drive cabling............................................................................................................................ 45
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 46
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 46
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 46
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 47
Array Configuration Utility.............................................................................................................. 48
Embedded SATA RAID ................................................................................................................... 49
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................. 51
HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack .................................................................................. 51
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ........................................................................... 52
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 52
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 52
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 52
Integrated Lights-Out 2 technology................................................................................................... 53
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 53
Management Agents...................................................................................................................... 53
HP Systems Insight Manager ........................................................................................................... 53
USB support.................................................................................................................................. 54
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 55
HP Insight Diagnostics.................................................................................................................... 55
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality ........................................................................................ 55
Integrated Management Log ........................................................................................................... 56
ROMPaq disaster recovery ............................................................................................................. 56
Keeping the system current ....................................................................................................................... 57
Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 57
ProLiant Support Packs ................................................................................................................... 57
Operating system version support .................................................................................................... 57
HP Smart Update Manager............................................................................................................. 57
Change control and proactive notification ........................................................................................ 58
Care Pack .................................................................................................................................... 58
Battery replacement .................................................................................................................... 59
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 60
Troubleshooting resources ........................................................................................................................ 60
Pre-diagnostic steps ................................................................................................................................. 60
Important safety information............................................................................................................ 60
Symptom information ..................................................................................................................... 62
