Contents 4
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 38
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 38
Security bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 38
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 38
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 39
Installing a non-hot-plug drive .......................................................................................................... 39
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 41
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 42
Installing a storage controller and FBWC module .............................................................................. 42
Installing the battery pack ............................................................................................................... 44
Drive cable options.................................................................................................................................. 45
Mini-SAS cable options .................................................................................................................. 45
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 48
Redundant fan option .............................................................................................................................. 51
Fan population guidelines ............................................................................................................... 52
Installing a hot-swap fan module ...................................................................................................... 52
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 54
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 55
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 55
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 56
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 56
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 58
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 59
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 59
PCIe x8 Full-height riser option .................................................................................................................. 62
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 64
M.2 SSD enablement option ..................................................................................................................... 67
Redundant power supply option ................................................................................................................ 69
GPU enablement option ........................................................................................................................... 71
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 74
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 74
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 76
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 76
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 78
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................... 78
Storage cabling ...................................................................................................................................... 78
Four-bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cabling ............................................................................................ 78
Four-bay LFF hot-plug drive cabling .................................................................................................. 79
Eight-bay SFF hot-plug drive cabling ................................................................................................ 81
M.2 SSD SATA cabling ............................................................................................................................ 82
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 85
HP Smart Storage battery cabling .............................................................................................................. 87
HP Power supply cabling .......................................................................................................................... 87
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 88
Front I/O cabling .................................................................................................................................... 89
GPU cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 90
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 91
Server mode ........................................................................................................................................... 91
Product QuickSpecs ................................................................................................................................. 91
HP iLO ................................................................................................................................................... 91
Active Health System...................................................................................................................... 92
HP RESTful API support for HP iLO ................................................................................................... 93
