Contents
Component identification.......................................................................6
Front panel components............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons...................................................................................................... 6
Rear panel components................................................................................................................7
Rear panel LEDs and buttons.......................................................................................................8
System board components........................................................................................................... 9
PCIe expansion slot definitions........................................................................................ 10
DIMM slot locations..........................................................................................................10
Drive numbering..........................................................................................................................10
Operations............................................................................................. 12
Power up the server....................................................................................................................12
Power down the server............................................................................................................... 12
Remove the access panel...........................................................................................................12
Install the access panel...............................................................................................................13
Remove the tower bezel............................................................................................................. 14
Install the tower bezel................................................................................................................. 15
Setup...................................................................................................... 16
Optional services.........................................................................................................................16
Optimum environment.................................................................................................................16
Space and airflow requirements.......................................................................................16
Temperature requirements............................................................................................... 16
Power requirements......................................................................................................... 16
Electrical grounding requirements....................................................................................17
Server warnings and cautions.....................................................................................................17
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton.................................................................18
Installing hardware options......................................................................................................... 18
Setting up a tower server............................................................................................................ 18
Installing the operating system................................................................................................... 18
Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Mode.............................................................. 19
Registering the server.................................................................................................................19
Hardware options installation..............................................................20
Introduction................................................................................................................................. 20
Drive options............................................................................................................................... 20
Drive installation guidelines..............................................................................................20
Installing a drive............................................................................................................... 20
Drive enablement option............................................................................................................. 25
Controller options........................................................................................................................27
Installing an HPE H241 host bus adapter........................................................................ 27
Slim optical disk drive enablement option...................................................................................29
Memory options...........................................................................................................................33
Memory subsystem architecture...................................................................................... 33
Single and dual-rank DIMMs............................................................................................34
DIMM identification...........................................................................................................34
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