Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 7

Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 8

Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 9

Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 10

System board components .......................................................................................................................... 11

System board LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 13

NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 14

System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 14

SAS/SATA device numbers ......................................................................................................................... 15

SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs ................................................................................................................... 16

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 17

Battery pack LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 18

FBWC module LEDs .................................................................................................................................... 19

Fan locations and configurations ................................................................................................................. 20

Operations................................................................................................................................. 24

Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 24

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 24

Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 24

Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................. 25

Access the server rear panel (rack model) ..................................................................................................... 25

Open or remove the tower bezel ................................................................................................................. 25

Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 26

Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 27

Remove the media bay blank ...................................................................................................................... 27

Remove the large redundant fan air baffle .................................................................................................... 27

Remove the DIMM baffle ............................................................................................................................. 28

Remove a fan blank .................................................................................................................................... 29

Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 30

Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 30

Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 30

Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 30

Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 31

Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 32

Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 32

Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................. 32

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 32

Contents of the tower server shipping carton ................................................................................................. 33

Contents of the rack server shipping carton ................................................................................................... 33

Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 34

Setting up a tower server ............................................................................................................................ 34

Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 35

Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 36

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 36

Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 36

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