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Safety information ············································································ 1
General operating safety ············································································································· 1
Electrical safety ························································································································· 1
ESD prevention ························································································································· 1
Preventing electrostaic discharge ··························································································· 1
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge ································································· 2
Cooling performance ·················································································································· 2
Battery safety ···························································································································· 2
Connecting external cables ································································ 3
Connecting monitors ··················································································································· 3
Connecting the VGA connector to a monitor ·············································································· 3
Connecting a DP connector to a monitor ·················································································· 3
Connecting an Ethernet cable ······································································································· 4
Connecting the power cord ·········································································································· 5
Guidelines ························································································································· 5
Procedure ·························································································································· 5
Powering on and powering off the server ··············································· 7
Powering on the server ··············································································································· 7
Prerequisites ······················································································································ 7
Procedure ·························································································································· 7
Powering off the server ··············································································································· 7
Guidelines ························································································································· 7
Procedure ·························································································································· 7
Installing hardware options ································································· 8
Installing drives ························································································································· 8
Guidelines ························································································································· 8
Preparing for drive installation ································································································ 8
Install a drive in the drive cage ····························································································· 10
Installing a drive at the chassis bottom ··················································································· 11
Completing drive installation ································································································ 11
Verifying the installation ······································································································ 13
Installing DIMMs ······················································································································ 14
Guidelines ······················································································································· 14
Procedure ························································································································ 14
Verifying the installation ······································································································ 15
Installing a storage controller ······································································································ 15
Guidelines ······················································································································· 15
Procedure ························································································································ 16
Installing a GPU module ············································································································ 19
Guidelines ······················································································································· 19
Procedure ························································································································ 19
Installing Ethernet adapters ········································································································ 20
Guidelines ······················································································································· 20
Procedure ························································································································ 20
Installing an optical drive ··········································································································· 21
Connecting internal cables ······························································· 23
Connecting drive cables ············································································································ 23
Connecting drive power cords ······························································································ 23
Connecting drive data cables ······························································································· 24
Connecting optical drive cables ··································································································· 25
Connecting the optical drive power cord ················································································· 25
Connecting the optical drive data cable ·················································································· 26