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HP ProLiant DL580 Generation 3 Server User Guide
Space and airflow requirements.............................................................................................. 49
Temperature requirements ...................................................................................................... 50
Power requirements ................................................................................................................ 51
Electrical grounding requirements.......................................................................................... 52
Rack warnings and cautions............................................................................................................... 52
Identifying rack server shipping carton contents ............................................................................... 54
Installing hardware options ................................................................................................................ 54
Installing the server into the rack ....................................................................................................... 54
Installing the cable management arm................................................................................................. 55
Powering up and configuring the server ............................................................................................ 55
Installing the operating system........................................................................................................... 55
Registering the server......................................................................................................................... 56
Hardware options installation
57
Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 57
Processor options ............................................................................................................................... 57
Removing the Processor Module ............................................................................................ 58
Installing a processor .............................................................................................................. 59
Hot-plug SCSI hard drive options...................................................................................................... 63
Removing a hard drive blank.................................................................................................. 63
Removing a hot-plug SCSI hard drive.................................................................................... 64
Installing a hot-plug SCSI hard drive ..................................................................................... 65
SAS and SATA hard drive guidelines................................................................................................ 66
Installing the SAS hard drive cage ......................................................................................... 66
Installing a hot-plug SAS hard drive ...................................................................................... 69
Redundant hot-plug power supply ..................................................................................................... 71
Battery-Backed Write Cache.............................................................................................................. 73
DVD, diskette, and CD-RW drives.................................................................................................... 75
Expansion board options
77
Expansion slot overview .................................................................................................................... 77
PCI-X Hot Plug Mezzanine Option ........................................................................................ 79
PCI Express mezzanine options.............................................................................................. 80
Installing the PCI-X Hot Plug Mezzanine Option.............................................................................. 81
Installing the PCI Express mezzanine options ................................................................................... 86
Installing non-hot-plug expansion boards .......................................................................................... 89
Installing hot plug expansion boards.................................................................................................. 91
Removing a PCI-X Hot Plug expansion board .................................................................................. 92
RILOE II Board ................................................................................................................................. 93
Memory options
95
Memory overview .............................................................................................................................. 95
General memory configuration requirements ......................................................................... 96
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs................................................................................................ 97
