Power up the server ................................................................................................................................... 7

Power down the server............................................................................................................................... 7

Remove the access panel............................................................................................................................ 7

Remove the tower bezel (ML110 G6 servers) ................................................................................................ 8

Remove the tower bezel (ML150 G6 servers) ................................................................................................ 8

Setup........................................................................................................................................... 9

Optional installation services ...................................................................................................................... 9

Rack planning resources............................................................................................................................. 9

Optimum environment................................................................................................................................ 9

Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 10

Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 11

Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 11

Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 11

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 12

Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 12

Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 12

Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 13

Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 14

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 14

Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 14

SAS and SATA hard drive options ............................................................................................................. 17

Hard drive LED cable (ML150 G6 servers).................................................................................................. 17

Removable media device option (ML110 G6 servers) .................................................................................. 18

Removable media device option (ML150 G6 servers) .................................................................................. 20

Memory options (ML110 G6 servers)......................................................................................................... 21

Memory subsystem architecture (ML110 G6 servers) .......................................................................... 21

Single- and dual-rank DIMMs (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................................. 22

DIMM identification (ML110 G6 servers) .......................................................................................... 22

UDIMM maximum memory configurations (ML110 G6 servers) ........................................................... 23

General DIMM slot population guidelines (ML110 G6 servers)............................................................ 23

Memory options (ML150 G6 servers)......................................................................................................... 24

Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 24

Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 24

DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 25

Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 25

General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 26

Installing DIMMs ..................................................................................................................................... 28

Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 29

Installing a storage controller .................................................................................................................... 32

Battery-backed write cache battery pack option........................................................................................... 32

HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 35

Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 35

Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 37