Temperature requirements................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Power requirements.................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Electrical grounding requirements....................................................................................................................................................46
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source.............................................................................................................46
Server warnings and cautions............................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Rack warnings.................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton..........................................................................................................................49
Installing hardware options ................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Installing the server into the rack........................................................................................................................................................................49
Operating system......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Installing the operating system with Intelligent Provisioning.......................................................................................... 50
Selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode....................................................................................................................................................51
Selecting boot options...............................................................................................................................................................................................51
Registering the server................................................................................................................................................................................................51
Hardware options installation...................................................................................... 52
Hewlett Packard Enterprise product QuickSpecs......................................................................................................................................52
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
Installing a redundant hot-plug power supply............................................................................................................................................ 52
Memory options.............................................................................................................................................................................................................53
DIMM and NVDIMM population information.............................................................................................................................. 53
DIMM-processor compatibility............................................................................................................................................................ 54
HPE SmartMemory speed information...........................................................................................................................................54
Installing a DIMM.........................................................................................................................................................................................54
HPE 16GB NVDIMM option.................................................................................................................................................................. 55
HPE Persistent Memory option.......................................................................................................................................................... 59
Installing a high-performance fan.......................................................................................................................................................................62
Drive options................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Hot-plug drive guidelines.......................................................................................................................................................................65
Removing the hard drive blank...........................................................................................................................................................65
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive....................................................................................................................................... 65
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive..........................................................................................................................66
Installing the NVMe drives.....................................................................................................................................................................66
Removing and replacing an NVMe drive.......................................................................................................................................68
Installing a uFF drive and SCM drive carrier............................................................................................................................... 68
Removing and replacing a uFF drive............................................................................................................................................... 69
Installing an 8 SFF optical drive..........................................................................................................................................................70
Universal media bay options..................................................................................................................................................................................72
Installing a 2 SFF SAS/SATA drive cage....................................................................................................................................... 72
Installing a 2 SFF NVMe drive cage option..................................................................................................................................74
Installing a 2 SFF HPE Smart Carrier M.2 (SCM) drive cage..............................................................................................77
Installing an 8 SFF display port/USB/optical blank option.................................................................................................80
Installing the 4 LFF optical drive option......................................................................................................................................................... 81
Installing the rear drive riser cage option.......................................................................................................................................................84
Primary PCI riser cage options..............................................................................................................................................................................87
Installing an optional primary PCI riser board .......................................................................................................................... 87
Installing the SATA
M.22280 riser option..................................................................................................................................89
Installing an expansion board in the primary riser cage...................................................................................................... 91
Installing an accelerator or GPU in the primary riser cage................................................................................................. 93
Secondary PCI riser options....................................................................................................................................................................................94
Installing a secondary full-height PCI riser cage option.......................................................................................................94
Installing a secondary low-profile PCIe slot riser cage option..........................................................................................98
Installing an expansion board in the secondary riser cage.................................................................................................99
Installing an accelerator or GPU in the secondary riser cage.........................................................................................102
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