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HP ProLiant DL580 Generation 3 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
Removing the memory backplane...................................................................................................... 48
Removing a hard drive blank ............................................................................................................. 49
Removing a hot-plug SCSI hard drive ............................................................................................... 50
Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive ................................................................................................ 51
Removing the SAS-SATA hard drive cage........................................................................................ 52
Removing the SAS-SATA backplane ................................................................................................ 56
Removing a PCI-X Hot Plug expansion board .................................................................................. 57
Removing a power supply blank........................................................................................................ 58
Removing a redundant hot-plug power supply .................................................................................. 59
Replacing hot-plug fans ..................................................................................................................... 60
Memory overview .............................................................................................................................. 62
General memory configuration requirements ......................................................................... 62
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs................................................................................................ 64
Advanced ECC memory ......................................................................................................... 64
Online spare memory.............................................................................................................. 66
Hot-plug mirrored memory..................................................................................................... 67
Hot-plug RAID memory......................................................................................................... 69
Configuring the memory......................................................................................................... 70
Memory boards and DIMMs .................................................................................................. 72
Diagnostic tools
77
SmartStart software............................................................................................................................ 77
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit .............................................................................................................. 78
HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition ............................................................................................... 79
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays.............................................................................................. 79
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 80
ROMPaq utility .................................................................................................................................. 80
System Online ROM flash component utility .................................................................................... 81
Integrated Management Log .............................................................................................................. 81
Integrated Lights-Out technology ...................................................................................................... 82
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................... 82
HP Systems Insight Manager ............................................................................................................. 83
HP Insight Diagnostics....................................................................................................................... 83
USB support....................................................................................................................................... 84
Troubleshooting the system using port 85 codes ............................................................................... 84
Processor-related port 85 codes .............................................................................................. 85
Memory-related port 85 codes................................................................................................ 86
Expansion board-related port 85 codes................................................................................... 87
Miscellaneous port 85 codes................................................................................................... 88
Server component identification
91
Front panel components ..................................................................................................................... 92
Front panel LEDs and buttons............................................................................................................ 93
Memory board components and LEDs............................................................................................... 94