HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 User Manual page 4

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 39
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton .................................................................................... 40
Installing hardware options ....................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the server into the rack ................................................................................................................ 40
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 42
Powering on and selecting boot options ..................................................................................................... 42
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................... 43
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 44
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 44
Processor option ...................................................................................................................................... 44
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 52
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 54
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 55
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 55
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 56
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 57
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 57
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 58
Hot-plug hard drive options ...................................................................................................................... 59
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive .................................................................................... 59
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ................................................................................... 60
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 61
Installing the flash-backed write cache module................................................................................... 62
Installing the FBWC capacitor pack ................................................................................................. 63
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 66
Redundant hot-plug power supply option .................................................................................................... 68
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 69
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 71
Removing the expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................. 71
Installing a half-length expansion board ........................................................................................... 72
Installing a full-length expansion board ............................................................................................. 73
Secondary PCIe riser cage option.............................................................................................................. 74
Hard drive cage option ............................................................................................................................ 76
2U rack bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 86
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 86
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 87
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 89
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 89
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 90
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................ 90
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 91
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 92
Chipset SATA cable option ....................................................................................................................... 93
150W PCIe power cable option ............................................................................................................... 97
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 98
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 98
HP product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................ 98
HP iLO Management Engine ..................................................................................................................... 98
HP iLO ......................................................................................................................................... 98
Intelligent Provisioning .................................................................................................................. 100
HP Insight Remote Support software ............................................................................................... 102
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