Contents
Operations................................................................................................................................... 7
Power up the server ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Power down the server ................................................................................................................................. 7
Remove the access panel .............................................................................................................................. 7
Remove the tower bezel (ML110 G6 servers) .................................................................................................. 8
Remove the tower bezel (ML150 G6 servers) .................................................................................................. 8
Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Optional installation services ......................................................................................................................... 9
Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................... 9
Optimum environment................................................................................................................................... 9
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 10
Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 11
Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 11
Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 11
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 12
Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 12
Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 12
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 13
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 14
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 14
SAS and SATA hard drive options ............................................................................................................... 17
Hard drive LED cable (ML150 G6 servers and ML110 G6 Servers) ................................................................. 17
Removable media device option (ML110 G6 servers) .................................................................................... 18
Removable media device option (ML150 G6 servers) .................................................................................... 20
Memory options (ML110 G6 servers) ........................................................................................................... 21
Memory subsystem architecture (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................................ 21
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................................... 22
DIMM identification (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................................................ 22
UDIMM maximum memory configurations (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................. 23
General DIMM slot population guidelines (ML110 G6 servers) ............................................................. 23
Memory options (ML150 G6 servers) ........................................................................................................... 24
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 24
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 24
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 25
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 25
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 26
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................................ 28
Expansion board options ............................................................................................................................ 29
Installing a storage controller ....................................................................................................................... 32
Battery-backed write cache battery pack option ............................................................................................. 32
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ........................................................................................... 35
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 36
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 37