12. Make sure that the board is firmly seated on the slot.
13. Close the PCIe slot cover retainer.
14. Connect the M.2 SATA SSD cables.
15. Install the system air baffle.
16. Install the PCI air baffle.
18. Do one of the following:
• Server in rack mode:
Install the server into the rack.
• Server in tower mode: Return the server to an upright position.
19. Connect all peripheral cables to the server.
20. Connect each power cord to the server.
21. Connect each power cord to the power source.
The installation is complete.
To configure the M.2 SATA SSDs, see the HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 Configuration Guide at the
Internal USB device option
The server provides one internal USB 2.0 port and one USB 3.0 port. You can use these two ports to install internal USB
devices such as USB flash media devices. These devices are rarely removed and are used for booting up from flash
solutions or for data backup/redundancy.
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