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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA device numbers................................................................................................................... 9
Rear panel components.............................................................................................................................. 9
Rear panel LEDs and buttons..................................................................................................................... 10
PCI expansion slot definitions.................................................................................................................... 10
System board components........................................................................................................................ 11
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 12
System board LEDs .................................................................................................................................. 13
System LEDs and internal health LED combinations....................................................................................... 14
Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Operations................................................................................................................................. 16
Power up the server................................................................................................................................. 16
Power down the server............................................................................................................................. 16
Remove the server from the rack................................................................................................................ 16
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 17
Remove the air baffle............................................................................................................................... 17
Remove the PCI riser board assembly......................................................................................................... 18
Install the PCI riser board assembly............................................................................................................ 18
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 20
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 20
Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 20
Optimum environment.............................................................................................................................. 21
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 21
Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 21
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 22
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 22
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Identifying the server shipping carton contents............................................................................................. 23
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 23
Installing the server into the rack................................................................................................................ 24
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 25
Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 25
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 25
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 26
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 26
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 26
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 27
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 27
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 28
General DIMM slot population guidelines .........................................................................................29
Installing a DIMM.......................................................................................................................... 31