Hardware options installation.................................................................. 38
Introduction........................................................................................................................................38
Installing a security bezel option........................................................................................................38
Drive options......................................................................................................................................38
Drive installation guidelines.................................................................................................... 38
Installing a non-hot-plug drive.................................................................................................39
Installing a hot-plug drive........................................................................................................40
Drive cable options............................................................................................................................41
Two-bay LFF Smart Array Controller Mini-SAS cable option..................................................41
Four-bay SFF Smart Array Controller Mini-SAS cable option................................................ 45
Storage controller options..................................................................................................................48
Installing the storage controller and FBWC module options...................................................48
Installing a Smart Storage Battery option............................................................................... 51
M.2 SSD SATA cable and optical drive extension power cable option..............................................53
Installing one M.2 SSD and one optical drive......................................................................... 53
Installing two M.2 SSDs..........................................................................................................60
Memory options.................................................................................................................................65
Memory and processor information........................................................................................ 65
Memory subsystem architecture.............................................................................................67
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs..................................................................................... 67
DIMM identification................................................................................................................. 68
Memory configurations........................................................................................................... 69
Advanced ECC memory configuration.........................................................................69
General DIMM slot population guidelines............................................................................... 69
Identifying the processor type.................................................................................................69
Installing a DIMM....................................................................................................................70
Installing a GPU riser cage assembly................................................................................................70
Installing a FlexibleLOM riser cage assembly................................................................................... 72
Installing a redundant power supply option....................................................................................... 73
Trusted Platform Module option.........................................................................................................78
Installing a Trusted Platform Module board............................................................................ 79
Retaining the recovery key/password.....................................................................................80
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module....................................................................................81
Cabling........................................................................................................82
Cabling overview............................................................................................................................... 82
Storage cabling..................................................................................................................................82
Two-bay LFF non-hot-plug drive cabling................................................................................ 82
Two-bay LFF hot-plug drive cabling........................................................................................83
Four-bay SFF hot-plug drive cabling...................................................................................... 83
M.2 SSD cabling.....................................................................................................................83
FBWC cabling....................................................................................................................................86
Smart Storage Battery cabling...........................................................................................................87
H240 Hot Bust Adapter cabling......................................................................................................... 87
P440 Smart Array Controller cabling.................................................................................................89
Optical drive cabling.......................................................................................................................... 90
Fan cabling........................................................................................................................................91
Front I/O cabling................................................................................................................................92
Power supply cabling.........................................................................................................................92
HPE 290W non-hot-plug power supply cabling...................................................................... 92
Redundant power supply backplane cabling.......................................................................... 93
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