Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 6

Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 6

SAS and SATA device numbers ..................................................................................................................... 7

Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 8

Rear panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 8

PCI expansion slot definitions ........................................................................................................................ 9

System board components ............................................................................................................................ 9

System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 10

NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 11

System board LEDs ..................................................................................................................................... 11

Fan locations ............................................................................................................................................. 12

Battery pack LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 12

FBWC module LEDs .................................................................................................................................... 14

Operations................................................................................................................................. 15

Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 15

Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 15

Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................. 15

Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 16

Remove the air baffle .................................................................................................................................. 16

Remove the PCI riser board assembly ........................................................................................................... 16

Install the PCI riser board assembly .............................................................................................................. 17

Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 19

Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 19

Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................. 19

Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 19

Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 20

Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 20

Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 21

Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 21

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 22

Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 22

Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 22

Installing the operating system ..................................................................................................................... 22

Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 22

Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 23

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 23

Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 23

Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 23

Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 24

DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 24

General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 25

Installing DIMMs .............................................................................................................................. 26

Hard drive options ..................................................................................................................................... 26