Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................... 69
Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter........................................................................................70
Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter.............................................................................................71
Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier............................................................................ 71
Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier............................................................................72
Removing a hard drive.................................................................................................................................................. 73
Installing a hard drive.....................................................................................................................................................74
Removing the drive from the drive carrier................................................................................................................. 75
Installing a drive into the drive carrier......................................................................................................................... 76
System memory...................................................................................................................................................................76
System memory guidelines...........................................................................................................................................76
General memory module installation guidelines..........................................................................................................77
Mode-specific guidelines...............................................................................................................................................78
Removing a memory module.........................................................................................................................................81
Installing a memory module...........................................................................................................................................81
Processors and heat sinks..................................................................................................................................................82
Removing a processor and heat sink module.............................................................................................................82
Installing a processor and heat sink module............................................................................................................... 83
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module...................................................................... 84
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module.............................................................................. 85
Internal PERC riser.............................................................................................................................................................. 87
Removing the internal PERC riser............................................................................................................................... 87
Installing the internal PERC riser................................................................................................................................. 88
Removing the PERC card from the internal PERC riser.......................................................................................... 89
Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser..................................................................................................... 90
Expansion cards and expansion card risers.......................................................................................................................91
Expansion bus specifications........................................................................................................................................ 91
Installing an expansion card riser................................................................................................................................. 92
Removing an expansion card riser...............................................................................................................................93
Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser..................................................................................94
Installing the expansion card into the expansion card riser......................................................................................96
Internal PERC riser........................................................................................................................................................ 99
M.2 SSD module................................................................................................................................................................ 103
Installing the M.2 SSD module....................................................................................................................................103
Removing the M.2 SSD module................................................................................................................................. 104
Optional MicroSD or vFlash card.....................................................................................................................................105
Removing the MicroSD card...................................................................................................................................... 105
Installing the MicroSD card.........................................................................................................................................106
Optional IDSDM or vFlash module................................................................................................................................... 107
Removing the optional IDSDM or vFlash card..........................................................................................................107
Installing optional IDSDM or vFlash card...................................................................................................................108
LOM riser card................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Removing the LOM riser card.................................................................................................................................... 109
Installing the LOM riser card....................................................................................................................................... 110
Hard drive backplane...........................................................................................................................................................111
Hard drive backplane details.........................................................................................................................................111
Installing the hard drive backplane .............................................................................................................................112
Removing the hard drive backplane .......................................................................................................................... 113
Cable routing....................................................................................................................................................................... 114
System battery ...................................................................................................................................................................118
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