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

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

Systems Insight Display .............................................................................................................................. 9

Rear panel components............................................................................................................................ 10

Rear panel LEDs and buttons..................................................................................................................... 11

Power supply LED.................................................................................................................................... 12

System board components........................................................................................................................ 13

SPI board components ................................................................................................................... 14

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

FBDIMM slot locations ............................................................................................................................. 15

SAS device numbers ................................................................................................................................ 16

SAS hard drive LEDs ...................................................................................................................... 17

SAS hard drive LED combinations.................................................................................................... 17

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

Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Operations................................................................................................................................. 21

Power up the server ................................................................................................................................. 21

Power down the server............................................................................................................................. 21

Extending the server from the rack ............................................................................................................. 21

Removing the access panel....................................................................................................................... 23

Accessing the Systems Insight Display ........................................................................................................ 24

Removing the system battery ..................................................................................................................... 24

Setup......................................................................................................................................... 26

Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 26

Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 26

Optimum environment.............................................................................................................................. 27

Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 27

Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 27

Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 28

Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 28

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 29

Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton.................................................................................... 29

Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 29

Setting up a tower model server ................................................................................................................ 30

Installing the server into the rack................................................................................................................ 31

Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 31

Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 32

Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 32

Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 33

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Processor options .................................................................................................................................... 33

Removing the processor memory module .......................................................................................... 33

Installing a processor ..................................................................................................................... 35

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