Document Outline

• HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 2 Server User Guide
• Notice
• Contents
• Component identification
  • Front panel components
  • Front panel LEDs and buttons
  • Systems Insight Display LEDs
  • Rear panel components
    • PCI expansion slot definitions
    • PCI riser board expansion slot definitions
  • Rear panel LEDs and buttons
  • System board
    • System board components (6-fan configuration)
    • System board components (12-fan configuration)
    • DIMM slots
    • System maintenance switch
    • NMI functionality
  • Systems Insight Display LEDs and internal health LED combina
  • Device numbers
  • SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs
  • SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations
  • PCI riser cage LED
  • Battery pack LEDs
  • Hot-plug fans (6-fan configuration)
  • Hot-plug fans (12-fan configuration)
  • Fan board components
• Operations
  • Power up the server
  • Power down the server
  • Extend the server from the rack
  • Remove the access panel
  • Install the access panel
  • Remove the air baffle
  • Install the air baffle
  • Remove the PCI riser cage
  • Install the PCI riser cage
  • Access the product rear panel
    • Cable management arm with left-hand swing
    • Cable management arm with right-hand swing
  • Hot-plug fan operation
• Setup
  • Optional installation services
  • Rack planning resources
  • Optimum environment
    • Space and airflow requirements
    • Temperature requirements
    • Power requirements
    • Electrical grounding requirements
  • Rack warnings
  • Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton
  • Installing hardware options
  • Installing the server into the rack
  • Powering up and configuring the server
  • Installing the operating system
  • Registering the server
• Hardware options installation
  • Introduction
  • Processor option
  • Memory options
    • Advanced ECC memory
    • DIMM installation guidelines
    • Installing DIMMs
  • Hot-plug SAS hard drive options
    • Installing a hot-plug SAS hard drive
    • Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive
  • Media drive option
  • Redundant hot-plug AC power supply option
  • DC power supply option
  • Expansion board options
    • Installing an expansion board (slot 2)
    • Removing an expansion slot cover (slot 3, 4, or 5)
    • Installing an expansion board (slot 3, 4, or 5)
  • PCI riser board option
• Cabling
  • SAS hard drive cabling
    • PCI SAS cabling to an HP Smart Array P400i Controller
    • PCI SAS cabling to an optional expansion board controller
  • Fan board cabling
  • Battery cabling for BBWC
  • Systems Insight Display cabling
  • Hard drive backplane power cabling
  • Media drive bay cabling
  • PCIe x16 riser board power cabling
• Configuration and utilities
  • Configuration tools
    • SmartStart software
    • HP ROM-Based Setup Utility
    • Array Configuration Utility
    • Option ROM Configuration for Arrays
    • HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
    • Re-entering the server serial number and product ID
  • Management tools
    • Automatic Server Recovery
    • ROMPaq utility
    • System Online ROM flash component utility
    • Integrated Lights-Out 2 technology
    • Erase Utility
    • StorageWorks library and tape tools
    • HP Systems Insight Manager
    • Management Agents
    • Redundant ROM support
    • USB support
  • Diagnostic tools
    • HP Insight Diagnostics
    • HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality
    • Integrated Management Log
    • Array Diagnostic Utility
  • Remote support and analysis tools
    • HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition
    • Web-Based Enterprise Service
    • Open Services Event Manager
  • Keeping the system current
    • Drivers
    • ProLiant Support Packs
    • Operating system version support
    • Change control and proactive notification
    • Care Pack
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting resources
  • Pre-diagnostic steps
    • Important safety information
    • Symptom information
    • Prepare the server for diagnosis
  • Loose connections
  • Service notifications
  • Troubleshooting flowcharts
    • Start diagnosis flowchart
    • General diagnosis flowchart
    • Server power-on problems flowchart
    • POST problems flowchart
    • OS boot problems flowchart
    • Server fault indications flowchart
  • POST error messages and beep codes
• Battery replacement
• Regulatory compliance notices
  • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • FCC rating label
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
  • Modifications
  • Cables
  • Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
  • European Union regulatory notice
  • Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
  • Japanese notice
  • BSMI notice
  • Korean notice
  • Laser compliance
  • Battery replacement notice
  • Taiwan battery recycling notice
  • Power cord statement for Japan
• Electrostatic discharge
  • Preventing electrostatic discharge
  • Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge
• Specifications
  • Environmental specifications
  • Server specifications
• Technical support
  • Before you contact HP
  • HP contact information
  • Customer Self Repair
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index