
Safety considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................................40
Symbols on equipment.......................................................................................................................................................................................40
Server warnings and cautions........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Preventing electrostatic discharge..............................................................................................................................................................42
Preparation procedures.......................................................................................................................................................................................................42
Power down the server.......................................................................................................................................................................................42
Extend the server from the rack................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Removing the server from the rack.............................................................................................................................................................43
Accessing the Systems Insight Display.....................................................................................................................................................43
Release the cable management arm ......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing the access panel..............................................................................................................................................................................44
Removing the bezel..............................................................................................................................................................................................45
Removing and replacing a drive blank........................................................................................................................................................................46
Removing and replacing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive..................................................................................................................................47
Removing and replacing an NVMe drive...................................................................................................................................................................47
Removing and replacing the air bale........................................................................................................................................................................49
Removing and replacing the fan cage.........................................................................................................................................................................50
Removing and replacing the fan cage louvers.......................................................................................................................................................50
Removing and replacing the hot-plug fan................................................................................................................................................................51
Removing and replacing the processor mezzanine tray.................................................................................................................................. 52
Removing and replacing a processor...........................................................................................................................................................................53
Removing and replacing a DIMM................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Removing and replacing an NVDIMM......................................................................................................................................................................... 58
DIMM and NVDIMM population information.........................................................................................................................................59
NVDIMM sanitization...........................................................................................................................................................................................59
NVDIMM relocation guidelines...................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Recovering restored data from an NVDIMM-N DRAM....................................................................................................................60
Configuring the server for NVDIMMs .......................................................................................................................................................61
Removing and replacing an HPE Persistent Memory module......................................................................................................................62
HPE Persistent Memory module-processor compatibility.............................................................................................................63
Configuring the server for HPE Persistent Memory......................................................................................................................... 63
HPE Persistent Memory module relocation guidelines...................................................................................................................63
HPE Persistent Memory module sanitization........................................................................................................................................65
Removing and replacing the CPU Mezzanine UPI performance kit...........................................................................................................65
Removing and replacing a 4-port NVMe mezzanine card.............................................................................................................................. 67
Removing and replacing a Systems Insight Display or Power Switch module....................................................................................68
Removing and replacing a PCIe riser cage............................................................................................................................................................... 69
Removing an expansion slot blank............................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Removing and replacing an expansion board........................................................................................................................................................ 72
Removing and replacing a GPU card........................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Removing and replacing the HPE 12G SAS Expander Card..........................................................................................................................73
Removing and replacing a 940QSFP 56 x16 adapter and auxiliary card..............................................................................................74
Removing and replacing a riser board........................................................................................................................................................................78
Removing and replacing the FlexibleLOM................................................................................................................................................................79
Removing and replacing an energy pack.................................................................................................................................................................. 80
Removing and replacing an eight-bay SFF HDD cage...................................................................................................................................... 81
Removing and replacing an eight-bay NVMe SSD drive cage......................................................................................................................83
Removing and replacing a universal media bay....................................................................................................................................................84
Removing and replacing a two-bay SFF drive cage............................................................................................................................................85
Removing and replacing the optical drive................................................................................................................................................................86
Removing and replacing a power supply blank.....................................................................................................................................................88
Removing and replacing a power supply.................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Removing and replacing a Smart Array controller.............................................................................................................................................. 89
Removing and replacing a type-a controller..........................................................................................................................................89
Removing and replacing a type-p controller......................................................................................................................................... 90
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