Front Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 1

Additional Controls and Indicators........................................................................................................ 2

Hot Swap Hard Drive Indicators ........................................................................................................... 3

Rear Panel ................................................................................................................................................ 4

Applying Power to the HP Server ............................................................................................................. 5

Powering Up the Server ....................................................................................................................... 5

Powering Down the Server................................................................................................................... 5

Connecting Power to Multiple-Server Configurations .......................................................................... 6

Sleep States (ACPI) ............................................................................................................................. 6

2 External Connectors .............................................................................................................................. 7

Mini-DIN (PS/2) for Mouse and Keyboard ................................................................................................ 7

Serial Port ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Parallel Port .............................................................................................................................................. 8

USB........................................................................................................................................................... 8

Standard Video ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Standard SCSI .......................................................................................................................................... 9

Standard LAN ......................................................................................................................................... 10

3 Installing and Configuring................................................................................................................... 11

Opening and Closing the HP Server tc3100........................................................................................... 11

Opening the Upper Bezel ................................................................................................................... 12

Opening the Lower Bezel (Cold Swap Model) ................................................................................... 12

Opening the Side Panel...................................................................................................................... 13

Mass Storage.......................................................................................................................................... 14

Guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 14

Boot Priority ........................................................................................................................................ 15

Installed Mass Storage Devices ......................................................................................................... 16

Installing Hard Disk Drives...................................................................................................................... 16

Flexible Disk Drive.............................................................................................................................. 17

CD-Rom or Optional Tape Disk Drive ................................................................................................ 17

Installing Optional SCSI Accessory Cable ......................................................................................... 18

Installing Optional Internal to External SCSI Cable............................................................................ 19

Installing Cold Swap Hard Drives ........................................................................................................... 20

Removing Cold Swap Hard Drives ......................................................................................................... 21

Installing Hot Swap Hard Drives ............................................................................................................. 22

Removing Hot Swap Hard Drives ........................................................................................................... 23

Memory Modules .................................................................................................................................... 23

Guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 24

Installing Additional DIMMs ................................................................................................................ 24

Removing DIMMs ............................................................................................................................... 26

Processors .............................................................................................................................................. 26

Guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 27

Installing a Second Processor ............................................................................................................ 28

Installing the Heatsink ........................................................................................................................ 30

Removing a Processor and Heatsink ................................................................................................. 31

Firmware and Software Changes ........................................................................................................... 32

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