Contents 4
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 43
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 43
Security bezel option ............................................................................................................................... 43
Drive options .......................................................................................................................................... 43
Drive installation guidelines ............................................................................................................ 44
Installing a non-hot-plug drive .......................................................................................................... 44
Installing a hot-plug drive ................................................................................................................ 46
8-bay SFF hot-plug drive cage option ......................................................................................................... 47
12-bay LFF hot-plug drive enablement option .............................................................................................. 51
Drive cable options.................................................................................................................................. 59
Mini-SAS Y-cable option for 8-bay LFF hot-plug drive configurations ..................................................... 59
Mini-SAS Y-cable option for 8-bay SFF hot-plug drive configurations .................................................... 63
Controller options .................................................................................................................................... 66
Storage controller installation guidelines ........................................................................................... 66
Installing the storage controller and FBWC module options ................................................................. 67
Installing an HP Smart Storage Battery ............................................................................................. 71
M.2 SSD enablement option ..................................................................................................................... 73
Optical drive cage option ........................................................................................................................ 76
Processor option ...................................................................................................................................... 79
Redundant fan option .............................................................................................................................. 84
Fan population guidelines ............................................................................................................... 85
Installing the fan option .................................................................................................................. 85
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 87
HP SmartMemory .......................................................................................................................... 87
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 88
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 88
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 89
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 89
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 91
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 92
PCI riser cage assembly options ................................................................................................................ 93
Expansion board options .......................................................................................................................... 95
GPU power cable option .......................................................................................................................... 96
FlexibleLOM enablement option ................................................................................................................ 99
Dedicated iLO management module option .............................................................................................. 102
Enabling the dedicated iLO management module ............................................................................ 103
Redundant power supply option .............................................................................................................. 104
HP Trusted Platform Module option .......................................................................................................... 109
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ................................................................................... 110
Retaining the recovery key/password ............................................................................................ 111
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................. 112
Cabling ................................................................................................................................... 113
Cabling overview .................................................................................................................................. 113
Storage cabling .................................................................................................................................... 113
4-bay LFF non-hot-plug SATA drive cabling ..................................................................................... 114
8-bay LFF non-hot-plug SATA drive cabling ..................................................................................... 114
8-bay LFF hot-plug SATA drive cabling ........................................................................................... 115
8-bay LFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ................................................................................... 115
8-bay SFF hot-plug SATA drive cabling ........................................................................................... 116
8-bay SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ................................................................................... 117
16-bay SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA drive cabling ................................................................................. 118
M.2 SSD cabling ......................................................................................................................... 119
