Contents 4
DIMM installation guidelines ............................................................................................................. 49
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 50
Hemisphere mode ............................................................................................................................ 52
Memory performance optimization .................................................................................................... 53
Memory RAS ................................................................................................................................... 54
Advanced ECC memory population guidelines .................................................................................... 55
Double Device Data Correction ......................................................................................................... 55
HP Memory Quarantine .................................................................................................................... 56
Online Spare memory population guidelines ....................................................................................... 56
Mirrored Memory population guidelines ............................................................................................. 57
Installing DIMMs (A-side) .................................................................................................................. 57
Installing DIMMs (B-side) ................................................................................................................... 58
Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive option ...................................................................................................... 59
Mezzanine card option .............................................................................................................................. 61
Installing a mezzanine card option (A-side) ......................................................................................... 61
Installing a mezzanine card option (B-side) ......................................................................................... 63
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 65
Installing a cache module .................................................................................................................. 66
Installing a capacitor pack ................................................................................................................ 67
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 68
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 68
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 69
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 70
Server updates with an HP Trusted Platform Module and BitLocker™ enabled ......................................... 70
Additional TPM features .................................................................................................................... 71
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 72
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ......................................................................................................... 72
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices ................................................................... 72
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ........................................................................................... 72
Accessing local media devices .......................................................................................................... 73
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 75
Server blade deployment tools ..................................................................................................................... 75
HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management ................................................................................. 75
Network-based PXE deployment ........................................................................................................ 75
Deployment methods ........................................................................................................................ 77
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 81
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 81
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility .............................................................................................................. 82
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................ 84
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays................................................................................................ 84
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 84
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 85
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 85
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 85
iLO 3 Standard Blade Edition technology ........................................................................................... 86
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 86
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................... 86
USB support and functionality ............................................................................................................ 87
Internal SD support ........................................................................................................................... 87
Diagnostic tools ......................................................................................................................................... 88
HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 88
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality .......................................................................................... 88
