Table Of Contents - HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2 User Manual

Table of Contents

Contents

Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6

Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 6

Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 7

System board components ............................................................................................................................ 8

DIMM slot locations ............................................................................................................................ 9

System maintenance switch ................................................................................................................. 9

Drive numbering ........................................................................................................................................ 10

Hot-plug drive LED definitions ...................................................................................................................... 10

Operations................................................................................................................................. 12

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 12

Removing a drive blank .............................................................................................................................. 12

Remove the drive........................................................................................................................................ 13

Remove the server ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Remove the processor air baffle ................................................................................................................... 14

Remove the PCI riser board assembly ........................................................................................................... 14

Remove the drive cage assembly ................................................................................................................. 15

Install the processor air baffle ...................................................................................................................... 17

Install the PCI riser board assembly .............................................................................................................. 17

Install the server ......................................................................................................................................... 18

Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 20

Setup overview .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Installing the chassis into a rack ................................................................................................................... 20

Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 20

Installing I/O modules and connecting them to the network ............................................................................ 20

Installing a server ....................................................................................................................................... 20

Powering up the chassis .............................................................................................................................. 21

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 22

Installing the system software ....................................................................................................................... 22

Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 22

Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 23

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 23

Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 23

Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 26

Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 27

Single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs ...................................................................................................... 27

DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 27

ECC memory ................................................................................................................................... 28

General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 28

Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 28

Drives ....................................................................................................................................................... 29

Drive guidelines ............................................................................................................................... 30

Installing a hot-plug drive .................................................................................................................. 30

Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 31

FBWC cache module and capacitor pack option ................................................................................. 32

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