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Contents
Operations................................................................................................................................... 6
Power up the server...................................................................................................................................... 6
Power down the server ................................................................................................................................. 6
Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 6
Remove the primary access panel .................................................................................................................. 7
Remove the secondary access panel .............................................................................................................. 7
Remove the PCI riser board assembly............................................................................................................. 7
Install the PCI riser board assembly ................................................................................................................ 8
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 10
Optional installation services.......................................................................................................................10
Rack planning resources .............................................................................................................................10
Optimum environment.................................................................................................................................11
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................11
Temperature requirements .................................................................................................................12
Power requirements ..........................................................................................................................12
Electrical grounding requirements ......................................................................................................12
Rack warnings ...........................................................................................................................................13
Installing hardware options .........................................................................................................................13
Powering up and configuring the server........................................................................................................13
Installing the operating system .....................................................................................................................13
Registering the server..................................................................................................................................14
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 15
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................15
Memory options.........................................................................................................................................15
Interleaving and non-interleaving memory configuration .......................................................................15
Installing DIMMs ..............................................................................................................................15
SAS or SATA hard drive options..................................................................................................................16
SAS hard drive LED cable option .................................................................................................................20
12.7-mm optical drive assembly option ........................................................................................................20
Expansion board option..............................................................................................................................24
PCI-X riser board option..............................................................................................................................25
Storage controller option.............................................................................................................................27
Battery-backed write cache battery option.....................................................................................................28
Dedicated LO100c management port module option .....................................................................................29
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 31
Cabling overview.......................................................................................................................................31
Server cabling ...........................................................................................................................................31
Optional SAS hard drive cabling.................................................................................................................31
Battery cabling for BBWC ...........................................................................................................................32
BBWC battery cabling to an optional controller in slot 1 ......................................................................32
BBWC battery cabling to an optional controller in slot 2 ......................................................................33
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 34
BIOS Setup Utility.......................................................................................................................................34
