HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9, User Manual

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Contents 4
Security bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 37
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 37
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 38
Installing a non-hot-plug drive .......................................................................................................... 38
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 40
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 41
Installing a storage controller .......................................................................................................... 41
Installing an FBWC module and an HP Smart Storage Battery ............................................................. 43
Drive cable options.................................................................................................................................. 46
Mini-SAS cable options .................................................................................................................. 47
Optical drive option ................................................................................................................................ 50
Redundant fan option .............................................................................................................................. 53
Fan population guidelines ............................................................................................................... 54
Installing a hot-swap fan module ...................................................................................................... 54
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 57
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 58
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 58
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 58
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 59
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 59
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 61
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 62
Processor option ...................................................................................................................................... 63
Secondary PCIe x16 riser option ............................................................................................................... 68
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................. 69
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 72
M.2 SSD enablement option ..................................................................................................................... 74
Front USB 3.0 option ............................................................................................................................... 77
Redundant power supply option ................................................................................................................ 80
Dedicated iLO management module option ................................................................................................ 82
Enabling the dedicated iLO management module .............................................................................. 84
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 84
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 85
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 86
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................... 87
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 88
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................... 88
Storage cabling ...................................................................................................................................... 88
Four-bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cabling ............................................................................................ 88
Four-bay LFF hot-plug drive cabling .................................................................................................. 89
Eight-bay SFF hot-plug drive cabling ................................................................................................ 90
M.2 SSD cabling .................................................................................................................................... 92
FBWC cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 93
HP Smart Storage Battery cabling .............................................................................................................. 95
FlexibleLOM cabling ................................................................................................................................ 95
Power supply cabling............................................................................................................................... 96
Optical drive cabling ............................................................................................................................... 97
Front I/O cabling .................................................................................................................................... 98
Front USB 3.0 cabling ............................................................................................................................. 99
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................. 100
Server mode ......................................................................................................................................... 100
Product QuickSpecs ............................................................................................................................... 100