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Setup ............................................................................................................................................................... 30
Optional installation services
.............................................................................................................. 30
Optimum environment
........................................................................................................................ 31
Space and airflow requirements
........................................................................................ 31
Temperature requirements
................................................................................................ 32
Power requirements
........................................................................................................... 32
Electrical grounding requirements
..................................................................................... 32
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source
....................................................... 33
Rack warnings
.................................................................................................................................... 34
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton
........................................................................ 34
Installing hardware options
................................................................................................................. 34
Installing the server into the rack
........................................................................................................ 35
Installing the operating system
........................................................................................................... 37
Citrix XenServer
................................................................................................................. 37
VMware vSphere
............................................................................................................... 37
Powering on and selecting boot options ............................................................................................. 38
Registering the server
........................................................................................................................ 38
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39
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 39
Memory options
.................................................................................................................................. 39
HP SmartMemory ..............................................................................................................
40
Memory subsystem architecture
........................................................................................ 40
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................
41
DIMM identification ............................................................................................................
41
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................... 42
Advanced ECC memory configuration
.............................................................. 43
Online Spare memory configuration
.................................................................. 43
Lockstep memory configuration ........................................................................
43
General DIMM slot population guidelines
.......................................................................... 44
Advanced ECC population guidelines
............................................................... 44
Online spare population
.................................................................................... 44
Lockstep Memory population guidelines
........................................................... 45
Population order
................................................................................................ 45
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................... 45
Hot-plug hard drive options
................................................................................................................ 46
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive
.................................................................... 47
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ..................................................................
48
Controller options
............................................................................................................................... 48
Installing the flash-backed write cache module .................................................................
49
Installing the flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ......................................................
50
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