
Contents 4
SmartMemory..............................................................................................................................................44
Memory subsystem architecture..................................................................................................................45
DIMM ranks.................................................................................................................................................45
Identifying DIMM and NVDIMMs.................................................................................................................45
Memory configurations................................................................................................................................47
General DIMM and NVDIMM-N slot population guidelines .........................................................................48
Identifying the processor type......................................................................................................................50
Memory installation......................................................................................................................................50
Drive options ..........................................................................................................................................................53
Removing the hard drive blank....................................................................................................................54
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive......................................................................................................54
Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive....................................................................................................55
Installing the NVMe drives...........................................................................................................................55
2SFF SAS/SATA drive cage assembly option .......................................................................................................57
2SFF Express Bay drive backplane.......................................................................................................................59
4LFF Universal Media Bay option..........................................................................................................................62
8SFF Universal Media Bay option..........................................................................................................................65
10SFF (6 NVMe + 4 SAS/SATA) Express Bay drive backplane............................................................................68
GPU riser and cable option....................................................................................................................................70
Secondary riser options..........................................................................................................................................72
Full height PCIe x16 riser cage assembly option ........................................................................................72
Low-profile PCIe slot riser cage option........................................................................................................75
HPE Smart Storage Battery ...................................................................................................................................76
HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller option............................................................................................................77
HPE Smart Array P440 Controller option...............................................................................................................79
HPE Smart Array P840ar Controller option............................................................................................................81
HPE Smart Array P840 Controller board option.....................................................................................................82
Systems Insight Display module ............................................................................................................................85
FlexibleLOM option ................................................................................................................................................88
Serial cable option..................................................................................................................................................90
Expansion board options........................................................................................................................................91
Removing the expansion slot blanks...........................................................................................................91
Installing an expansion board......................................................................................................................93
Location discovery services ear option ..................................................................................................................94
M.2 SSD Enablement Board option .....................................................................................................................100
Installing an SSD module on the M.2 SSD Enablement Board.................................................................100
Installing an M.2 SSD Enablement Board.................................................................................................101
Dual 8Gb microSD Enterprise Midline USB device..............................................................................................104
750 W Flex Slot Hot Plug Battery Backup Module...............................................................................................104
Flex slot battery backup module configuration load support .....................................................................104
Installing the FSBBU .................................................................................................................................105
Flex slot battery backup module LEDs and buttons..................................................................................106
Trusted Platform Module option...........................................................................................................................107
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board............................................................................................108
Retaining the recovery key/password........................................................................................................109
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module......................................................................................................110
Cabling..................................................................................................................................................111
Cabling overview..................................................................................................................................................111
2SFF embedded SATA backplane cabling ..........................................................................................................111
4LFF Universal Media Bay cabling.......................................................................................................................112
8SFF Universal Media Bay cabling......................................................................................................................113
10SFF (6 NVMe + 4 SAS/SATA) Express Bay Enablement Option cabling........................................................114
HPE Smart Array P440ar controller cabling.........................................................................................................115
HPE Smart Array P440 Controller cabling ...........................................................................................................116
HPE Smart Array P840ar controller cabling.........................................................................................................117
HPE Smart Array P840 Controller cabling ...........................................................................................................118
Embedded SATA cabling.....................................................................................................................................119
M.2 SSD Enablement Board option cabling.........................................................................................................120
Software and configuration utilities.......................................................................................................121
Server mode.........................................................................................................................................................121