Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 34
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 35
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 38
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 39
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 46
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 46
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 47
Media drive option.................................................................................................................................. 50
DC power supply option .......................................................................................................................... 51
Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 54
PCI riser board option.............................................................................................................................. 56
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 58
SAS hard drive cabling ............................................................................................................................ 58
Fan board cabling................................................................................................................................... 59
Battery cabling for BBWC ........................................................................................................................ 59
Media drive bay cabling.......................................................................................................................... 61
Configuration and utilities ............................................................................................................ 62
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 62
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 62
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 63
Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................................. 64
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 66
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 66
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 66
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 67
HP Systems Insight Manager ........................................................................................................... 68
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