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Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 42
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 42
Security bezel option .................................................................................................................................. 42
Drive options ............................................................................................................................................. 42
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................... 43
Installing a non-hot-plug drive ............................................................................................................ 43
Installing a hot-plug drive .................................................................................................................. 45
8-bay SFF hot-plug drive cage option ........................................................................................................... 46
12-bay LFF hot-plug drive enablement option ................................................................................................ 50
Drive cable options .................................................................................................................................... 58
Mini-SAS Y-cable option for 8-bay LFF hot-plug drive configurations ...................................................... 58
Mini-SAS Y-cable option for 8-bay SFF hot-plug drive configurations ...................................................... 61
Controller options ....................................................................................................................................... 64
Storage controller installation guidelines ............................................................................................. 65
Installing the storage controller and FBWC module options................................................................... 65
Installing an HP Smart Storage Battery ................................................................................................ 69
Optical drive cage option ........................................................................................................................... 71
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 74
Redundant fan option ................................................................................................................................. 79
Fan population guidelines ................................................................................................................. 80
Installing the fan option ..................................................................................................................... 80
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 82
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 82
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 83
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 83
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 84
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 84
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 86
Installing a DIMM............................................................................................................................. 87
PCI riser cage assembly options................................................................................................................... 88
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 91
GPU power cable option ............................................................................................................................ 92
FlexibleLOM enablement option................................................................................................................... 95
Dedicated iLO management module option .................................................................................................. 98
Enabling the dedicated iLO management module ................................................................................ 99
Redundant power supply option................................................................................................................. 100
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 105
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 106
Retaining the recovery key/password............................................................................................... 107
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 108
Cabling ................................................................................................................................... 109
Cabling overview ..................................................................................................................................... 109
Storage cabling ....................................................................................................................................... 109
4-bay LFF non-hot-plug SATA drive cabling ....................................................................................... 110
8-bay LFF non-hot-plug SATA drive cabling ....................................................................................... 110
8-bay LFF hot-plug SATA drive cabling ............................................................................................. 111
8-bay LFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ..................................................................................... 111
12-bay LFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ................................................................................... 112
8-bay SFF hot-plug SATA drive cabling ............................................................................................. 113
8-bay SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ..................................................................................... 113
16-bay SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ................................................................................... 114
FBWC module backup power cabling ........................................................................................................ 115
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