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

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

Power fault LEDs ................................................................................................................................. 9

Systems Insight Display LEDs ....................................................................................................................... 10

Systems Insight Display LED combinations ..................................................................................................... 11

Rear panel components .............................................................................................................................. 12

Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 13

Non-hot-plug PCI riser board slot definitions .................................................................................................. 14

System board components .......................................................................................................................... 15

System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 16

NMI jumper ..................................................................................................................................... 16

DIMM slots ...................................................................................................................................... 17

Device numbers ......................................................................................................................................... 17

Hot-plug drive LED definitions ...................................................................................................................... 18

Hot-plug fans ............................................................................................................................................. 18

Operations................................................................................................................................. 20

Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 20

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 20

Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 20

Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................. 21

Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 21

Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 21

Remove the hot-plug fan .............................................................................................................................. 21

Remove the PCI riser cage ........................................................................................................................... 22

Install the PCI riser cage .............................................................................................................................. 23

Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 25

Support and deployment services ................................................................................................................. 25

Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 25

Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 25

Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 26

Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 27

Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 27

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 27

Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton ...................................................................................... 28

Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 28

Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 28

Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode ........................................................................... 30

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 30

Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 31

Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 32

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 32

Processor and fan option ............................................................................................................................ 32

Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 37

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