Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 7

Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 8

Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 9

Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 10

System board components .......................................................................................................................... 11

System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 12

NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 13

System board LEDs ..................................................................................................................................... 13

System LEDs and internal health LED combinations ......................................................................................... 14

DIMM slots ................................................................................................................................................ 15

DIMM identification .................................................................................................................................... 15

SAS and SATA device numbers ................................................................................................................... 17

Hot-plug SATA or SAS hard drive LEDs ......................................................................................................... 18

Fan locations ............................................................................................................................................. 19

Operations................................................................................................................................. 20

Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 20

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 20

Open or remove the tower bezel ................................................................................................................. 20

Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 21

Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 21

Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 22

Remove the air baffle .................................................................................................................................. 22

Configure the air baffle ............................................................................................................................... 22

Remove the media bay blank ...................................................................................................................... 23

Remove a bezel blank ................................................................................................................................ 24

Remove the processor board ....................................................................................................................... 24

Install the processor board .......................................................................................................................... 25

Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 28

Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 28

Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................. 28

Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 28

Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 28

Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 29

Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 30

Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 30

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 30

Identifying the server shipping carton contents ............................................................................................... 31

Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 31

Setting up a tower server ............................................................................................................................ 31

Installing a server in a rack ......................................................................................................................... 32

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 34

Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 34

Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 35