HPE ProLiant SL270s Gen8, User Manual

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Contents
Component identification ....................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 7
Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 8
System board components ....................................................................................................................................... 9
DIMM slot locations ..................................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch ........................................................................................................................ 11
NMI jumper .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Device numbers ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
GPU numbering ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Hot-plug drive LED definitions ................................................................................................................................ 13
Operations ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Power up the server ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Power down the server ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the server from the chassis ...................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the processor air baffle ............................................................................................................................ 15
Setup ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Optional services .................................................................................................................................................... 19
Rack planning resources ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 20
Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 20
Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 21
Electrical grounding requirements ............................................................................................................... 21
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
Contents of the server shipping carton ................................................................................................................... 22
Installing the chassis .............................................................................................................................................. 22
Installing options ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
Installing the components ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Installing the server into the chassis ...................................................................................................................... 23
Powering up the chassis ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Configuring the chassis .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Powering on and selecting boot options ................................................................................................................. 24
Install the system software ..................................................................................................................................... 24
Register the product ............................................................................................................................................... 25
Hardware options installation ............................................................................................................... 26
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Processor option .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................................... 30
HPE SmartMemory...................................................................................................................................... 30
Memory subsystem architecture.................................................................................................................. 31
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs .......................................................................................................... 31
DIMM identification ...................................................................................................................................... 32
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................ 32
General DIMM slot population guidelines .................................................................................................... 34
Installing a DIMM ......................................................................................................................................... 35
Hot-plug hard drive guidelines ................................................................................................................................ 38
Removing the hard drive blank .................................................................................................................... 39
Installing a hot-plug SAS drive .................................................................................................................... 39
Controller options ................................................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the cache module ......................................................................................................................... 41