Introduction. ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Controllers .......................................................................................................................................... 40
Cooling ............................................................................................................................................... 43
Drive cages. ........................................................................................................................................ 44
Energy pack options ........................................................................................................................... 46
Hard drives. ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Management ....................................................................................................................................... 51
Memory. .............................................................................................................................................. 56
Networking .......................................................................................................................................... 58
OS boot device. .................................................................................................................................. 70
Power supply options ......................................................................................................................... 75
Rack mounting options ....................................................................................................................... 83
Riser and riser cage options ............................................................................................................... 93
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Minimum firmware versions ..................................................................................................... 47
Smart Storage Battery. ............................................................................................................ 47
Drive guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 48
Installing a DIMM blank ........................................................................................................... 56
Installing a DIMM. .................................................................................................................... 57
Processor cautions .................................................................................................................. 76
Installing the processor ............................................................................................................ 77
Rack mounting interfaces ........................................................................................................ 84
Rail identification markers ........................................................................................................ 84
Installing the rack rails ............................................................................................................. 85
PCIe5 slot description .............................................................................................................. 93