Contents
Contents ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Component identification .......................................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons .................................................................................................................................. 8
Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ................................................................................................................................ 10
System board components ..................................................................................................................................... 11
DIMM slots ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
DIMM label identification ............................................................................................................................. 13
Device numbers ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Fan bay numbering ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 15
Power up the server ............................................................................................................................................... 15
Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 17
Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 17
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Installing the operating system ............................................................................................................................... 20
Selecting boot options ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Registering the server ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Hardware options installation .................................................................................................................. 21
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Compute nodes ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
Removing the compute node....................................................................................................................... 21
Installing the compute node......................................................................................................................... 22
Storage nodes ........................................................................................................................................................ 25
Opening the storage node ........................................................................................................................... 25
Closing the storage node............................................................................................................................. 26
Removing the Storage Node ....................................................................................................................... 27
Installing the storage node .......................................................................................................................... 29
2.5" hard disk drives ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Air baffles ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Removing the air baffle................................................................................................................................ 34
Installing the air baffle.................................................................................................................................. 35
Heat sinks ............................................................................................................................................................... 36
Removing the heat sink ............................................................................................................................... 36
Installing the heat sink ................................................................................................................................. 37
Processors ............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Removing the processor.............................................................................................................................. 38
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