HP proliant DL380 GEN9 User Manual page 4

Hardware options installation .................................................................................................................. 43
Hewlett Packard Enterprise product QuickSpecs ................................................................................................... 43
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 43
Hot-plug drive guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 43
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................................... 43
Removing the hard drive blank .................................................................................................................... 44
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive ...................................................................................................... 44
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive............................................................................................ 45
Installing the NVMe drives ........................................................................................................................... 45
6SFF NVMe Express Bay drive cage ..................................................................................................................... 46
Installing the airflow labels........................................................................................................................... 47
Installing the Express Bay drive cage.......................................................................................................... 48
Redundant hot-plug power supply option ............................................................................................................... 55
High-performance fan option .................................................................................................................................. 56
Processor and fan option ....................................................................................................................................... 58
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................................... 63
Memory-processor compatibility information ............................................................................................... 64
SmartMemory .............................................................................................................................................. 65
Memory subsystem architecture.................................................................................................................. 66
DIMM ranks ................................................................................................................................................. 67
Identifying DIMM and NVDIMMs ................................................................................................................. 67
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................ 68
General DIMM and NVDIMM-N slot population guidelines ......................................................................... 70
Identifying the processor type...................................................................................................................... 71
Memory installation...................................................................................................................................... 71
Universal media bay option .................................................................................................................................... 75
2-slot PCI riser cage option .................................................................................................................................... 78
3-slot PCI riser cage option .................................................................................................................................... 80
GPU enablement kit ............................................................................................................................................... 82
Eight-bay SFF front drive cage option for bay 1 ..................................................................................................... 87
Eight-bay SFF front drive cage option for bay 2 ..................................................................................................... 91
Three-bay LFF rear drive cage option .................................................................................................................... 94
Two-bay SFF front drive cage option ..................................................................................................................... 99
Two-bay SFF rear drive cage option .................................................................................................................... 103
Systems Insight Display power switch module option .......................................................................................... 110
Location Discovery Services ear option ............................................................................................................... 112
Smart Storage Battery .......................................................................................................................................... 114
FlexibleLOM option .............................................................................................................................................. 115
Expansion board options ...................................................................................................................................... 117
Removing an expansion slot blank ............................................................................................................ 117
Installing an expansion board .................................................................................................................... 118
HPE H240 Smart HBA/P440, P840 Smart Array Controller ................................................................................. 119
HPE P440ar/P840ar Flexible Smart Array Controller ........................................................................................... 121
12G SAS Expander Card ..................................................................................................................................... 123
Rear serial port option .......................................................................................................................................... 130
M.2 SSD Enablement Board option ..................................................................................................................... 131
Installing an SSD module on the M.2 SSD Enablement Board ................................................................. 131
Installing an M.2 SSD enablement board .................................................................................................. 132
Dual 8Gb microSD Enterprise Midline USB device .............................................................................................. 134
750 W Flex Slot Hot Plug Battery Backup Module ............................................................................................... 134
Flex slot battery backup module configuration load support ..................................................................... 134
Installing the FSBBU ................................................................................................................................. 135
HP Trusted Platform Module option ..................................................................................................................... 136
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ............................................................................................ 137
Retaining the recovery key/password........................................................................................................ 138
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ...................................................................................................... 139
Cabling .................................................................................................................................................. 140
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................................. 140
Two-bay SFF drive cage option cabling ............................................................................................................... 140
Three-bay LFF rear drive cage cabling ................................................................................................................ 144
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