HP ProLiant ML350 Gen9 User Manual page 4

Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 46
Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode .......................................................................... 47
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................... 47
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 48
Product QuickSpecs ................................................................................................................................. 48
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 48
Security bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 48
Tower to rack conversion ......................................................................................................................... 48
Systems Insight Display option .................................................................................................................. 54
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 56
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 56
Removing a drive blank .................................................................................................................. 57
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 57
Removing a hot-plug drive .............................................................................................................. 58
Storage controller options ......................................................................................................................... 59
Installing an HP Flexible Smart Array Controller option ....................................................................... 59
Installing an HP Host Bus Adapter .................................................................................................... 62
Installing a storage controller and FBWC module option ..................................................................... 65
Installing an HP Smart Storage Battery ............................................................................................. 72
Installing the SAS Expander option .................................................................................................. 74
SAS Expander configurations .......................................................................................................... 77
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 77
Second processor option .......................................................................................................................... 80
Redundant fan option .............................................................................................................................. 86
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 88
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 88
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 88
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 89
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 90
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 90
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 92
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 93
SFF media cage option ............................................................................................................................ 94
LFF media cage option ............................................................................................................................. 98
GPU power cable option ........................................................................................................................ 101
Eight-bay SFF drive cage option .............................................................................................................. 106
Eight-bay LFF drive backplane option ....................................................................................................... 109
Power supply options ............................................................................................................................. 112
Hot-plug power supply module ...................................................................................................... 112
x4 Redundant Power Supply backplane option ................................................................................ 113
HP Trusted Platform Module option .......................................................................................................... 117
Installing the Trusted Platform Module and security rivet .................................................................... 117
Retaining the recovery key/password ............................................................................................ 119
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................. 119
Cabling ................................................................................................................................... 121
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................. 121
Media device data cabling ..................................................................................................................... 121
Optical device cabling ........................................................................................................................... 122
Front I/O module cabling ....................................................................................................................... 123
Systems Insight Display cabling ............................................................................................................... 124
FBWC module backup power cabling ...................................................................................................... 124
HP Smart Storage Battery cabling ............................................................................................................ 126
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