1.6 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................... 44
Maximum supported memory size ..................................................................................... 44
Memory Clock....................................................................................................................45
DIMM installation order......................................................................................................46
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 49
Removal / Replacement ....................................................................................................49
1.7 LAN Mezzanine (N8104-168/N8104-170)........................................................................................50
Installing LAN Mezzanine .................................................................................................. 50
Removing LAN Mezzanine ................................................................................................ 51
1.8 PCI Card .......................................................................................................................................... 52
Precautions for PCI card....................................................................................................52
Supported cards and available slots .................................................................................. 52
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 57
1.9 Use of Internal Hard Disk Drives in the RAID System ..................................................................... 73
Connecting cables .............................................................................................................74
Notes on Building RAID System ........................................................................................75
1.10 Hard Disk Drive................................................................................................................................76
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 77
Removal ............................................................................................................................78
Replacing a hard disk drive in the RAID System (Auto Rebuild) .......................................79
1.11 VMware ESXi Base Kit (N8106-012) ............................................................................................... 80
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 80
OS installation.................................................................................................................... 82
Removal ............................................................................................................................82
1.12 Power Supply Unit ...........................................................................................................................83
Cold Redundant Feature ...................................................................................................83
Replacing a failing power supply unit................................................................................. 83
1.13 TPM kit (N8115-31).......................................................................................................................... 85
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 85
1.14 Additional RS-232C connector (N8117-01A) ...................................................................................86
Installation ......................................................................................................................... 86
2. Installation and Connection.........................................................................................................................87
2.1 Installation........................................................................................................................................87
Installing Rack ................................................................................................................... 87
Installing the server to the rack or removing it from the rack ............................................. 89
Installation/Removal of server module ............................................................................... 94
Installation of blank module (N8141-85F) ..........................................................................96
2.2 Connection.......................................................................................................................................97
Connecting to Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)...........................................................99
Chapter 3 Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 100
1. Turning on the Server................................................................................................................................ 101
1.1 POST ............................................................................................................................................. 103
POST sequence .............................................................................................................. 103
POST error messages ..................................................................................................... 104
2. BIOS Setup Utility (SETUP) ...................................................................................................................... 105
2.1 Overview........................................................................................................................................ 105
2.2 Starting SETUP Utility.................................................................................................................... 105
2.3 Usage of SETUP ........................................................................................................................... 106
2.4 Cases That Require Configuration................................................................................................. 108
3. BMC/CMC................................................................................................................................................. 110
3.1 Overview........................................................................................................................................ 110
3.2 BMC/CMC Network Configuration ................................................................................................. 111
4. EXPRESSBUILDER.................................................................................................................................. 114
4.1 Features of EXPRESSBUILDER ................................................................................................... 114
4.2 Usage of EXPRESSBUILDER ....................................................................................................... 114
5. Installing Software Components ............................................................................................................... 115