Front panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 6

Front panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 6

Front panel LED power fault codes ............................................................................................................... 7

Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 8

Rear panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 9

System board components ..................................................................................................................................... 10

DIMM slot locations ..................................................................................................................................... 11

PCIe expansion slot definitions ................................................................................................................... 11

System maintenance switch ........................................................................................................................ 11

NMI functionality .......................................................................................................................................... 12

Drive numbering ..................................................................................................................................................... 13

Hot-plug drive LED definitions ................................................................................................................................ 14

Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................................... 15

Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 16

Power up the server ............................................................................................................................................... 16

Power down the server ........................................................................................................................................... 16

Install the bezel ...................................................................................................................................................... 16

Remove the bezel .................................................................................................................................................. 17

Install the access panel .......................................................................................................................................... 17

Remove the access panel ...................................................................................................................................... 18

Install the air baffle ................................................................................................................................................. 19

Remove the air baffle ............................................................................................................................................. 20

Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 21

Optional installation services .................................................................................................................................. 21

Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 21

Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 21

Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 21

Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 22

Electrical grounding requirements ............................................................................................................... 22

Server warnings and cautions ................................................................................................................................ 22

Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton ............................................................................................ 23

Installing hardware options ..................................................................................................................................... 23

Installing the operating system ............................................................................................................................... 23

Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode ................................................................................. 24

Registering the server ............................................................................................................................................ 24

Hardware options installation .................................................................................................................. 25

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 25

Front PCI fan option ............................................................................................................................................... 25

Slim optical disk drive option .................................................................................................................................. 26

350W power supply option (E-star 2.0) .................................................................................................................. 30

Redundant power supply enablement option ......................................................................................................... 32

Drive options .......................................................................................................................................................... 38

Drive installation guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 38

Installing a non-hot-plug drive ..................................................................................................................... 39

Installing a hot-plug drive............................................................................................................................. 41

Drive cable options ................................................................................................................................................. 42

Host Bus Adapter Mini-SAS cable option .................................................................................................... 42

Smart Array Controller Mini-SAS cable option ............................................................................................ 43

Controller options ................................................................................................................................................... 44

Storage controller installation guidelines ..................................................................................................... 45

Installing a storage controller and FBWC module options........................................................................... 45

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