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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 9
Access the Systems Insight Display ............................................................................................................. 10
Systems Insight Display LEDs ..................................................................................................................... 11
Systems Insight Display LED combinations ................................................................................................... 12
Rear panel components ............................................................................................................................ 13
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ..................................................................................................................... 14
Non-hot-plug PCI riser board slot definitions ................................................................................................ 14
System board components ........................................................................................................................ 15
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................. 16
NMI functionality ........................................................................................................................... 17
DIMM slot locations ....................................................................................................................... 18
SAS and SATA device numbers ................................................................................................................. 18
Drive LED definitions ................................................................................................................................ 19
PCI riser cage LED ................................................................................................................................... 20
FBWC module LEDs (P222, P420, P421) ................................................................................................... 21
Hot-plug fans .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Operations ................................................................................................................................. 23
Power up the server ................................................................................................................................. 23
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................. 23
Extend the server from the rack ................................................................................................................. 23
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 24
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 25
Access the product rear panel ................................................................................................................... 25
Opening the cable management arm ............................................................................................... 25
Remove the hot-plug fan cage ................................................................................................................... 26
Remove the hot-plug fan ........................................................................................................................... 27
Remove the full-length expansion board ...................................................................................................... 28
Remove the PCI riser cage ........................................................................................................................ 29
Install the PCI riser cage ........................................................................................................................... 30
Secure the full-length expansion board retainer ........................................................................................... 31
Remove the air baffle ............................................................................................................................... 32
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 34
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 34
Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 34
Optimum environment .............................................................................................................................. 34
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 35
Temperature requirements ............................................................................................................... 35
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 36
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 36
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source ........................................................................ 36
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 37
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton .................................................................................... 38
Installing hardware options ....................................................................................................................... 38
Summary of Contents for ProLiant DL380p Gen8
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Page 47: ...Hardware options installation 47 14 Install the heatsink 15 Remove the two fan blanks ...
Page 92: ...Cabling 92 LFF hard drive cabling Optical drive cabling ...
Page 93: ...Cabling 93 FBWC cabling 8 or 16 drive SFF 8 drive LFF ...
Page 98: ...Cabling 98 Connect the cable as indicated ...
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