SATA optical drive .................................................................................................................................. 31
USB tape drive ........................................................................................................................................ 32
Full-height tape drive ................................................................................................................................ 34
Diskette drives ......................................................................................................................................... 36
Expansion boards ................................................................................................................................... 38
Installing expansion boards ............................................................................................................ 39
PCI-X extender board ............................................................................................................................... 40
SAS controller ......................................................................................................................................... 41
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 48
Server cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 48
SATA hard drive cabling .......................................................................................................................... 49
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................ 49
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 50
SmartStart software ........................................................................................................................ 50
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ............................................................................................................ 51
Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................................. 52
Embedded SATA RAID ................................................................................................................... 53
Management tools ................................................................................................................................... 56
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 56
ROMPaq utility .............................................................................................................................. 57
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 57
Management Agents ...................................................................................................................... 58
HP Systems Insight Manager ........................................................................................................... 58
USB support .................................................................................................................................. 58
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 59
HP Insight Diagnostics .................................................................................................................... 59
Integrated Management Log ........................................................................................................... 60
ROMPaq disaster recovery ............................................................................................................. 60
Keeping the system current ....................................................................................................................... 61
Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 61
ProLiant Support Packs ................................................................................................................... 61
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................. 61
Care Pack .................................................................................................................................... 62
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 63
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