Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 41
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 41
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 42
Online spare memory .................................................................................................................... 43
Mirrored memory .......................................................................................................................... 44
Memory boards and FBDIMMs........................................................................................................ 45
Hot-plug hard drive options ...................................................................................................................... 48
Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 59
Performance balancing .................................................................................................................. 60
Installing expansion boards ............................................................................................................ 61
Removing expansion boards ........................................................................................................... 62
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 72
SAS cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 73
CD-ROM drive cabling............................................................................................................................. 74
Video cabling ......................................................................................................................................... 75
Parallel/serial port cabling ....................................................................................................................... 75
Diskette drive cabling .............................................................................................................................. 76
BBWC option cabling .............................................................................................................................. 76
Internal USB connector............................................................................................................................. 77
Configuration and utilities ............................................................................................................ 78
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 78
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 78
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 79
Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................................. 80
Auto-configuration process.............................................................................................................. 81
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 82
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 82
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 82
Management Agents...................................................................................................................... 84
HP Systems Insight Manager ........................................................................................................... 84
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................ 84
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