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

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

Front panel LED power fault codes ..................................................................................................... 8

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

Rear panel LEDs ...................................................................................................................................... 10

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

System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................. 12

NMI functionality ........................................................................................................................... 13

DIMM slot locations ....................................................................................................................... 13

Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................... 14

Drive numbering ..................................................................................................................................... 14

HP SmartDrive LED definitions ................................................................................................................... 16

Operations ................................................................................................................................. 18

Power up the server ................................................................................................................................. 18

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................. 18

Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 18

Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 19

Remove the front bezel ............................................................................................................................. 20

Install the front bezel ................................................................................................................................ 21

Remove the PCI air baffle ......................................................................................................................... 22

Install the PCI air baffle ............................................................................................................................ 22

Remove the system air baffle ..................................................................................................................... 23

Install the system air baffle ........................................................................................................................ 24

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

Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 25

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

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

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

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

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

Server warnings and cautions ................................................................................................................... 27

Identifying tower server shipping carton contents ......................................................................................... 28

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

Setting up a tower server .......................................................................................................................... 29

Installing the server into a rack .................................................................................................................. 29

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 30

Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 31

Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode .......................................................................... 31

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

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

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

Drive cage options .................................................................................................................................. 33

4-bay LFF hot-plug drive cage option ................................................................................................ 33

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