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3 System upgrade

37

Installation precautions

39

ESD precautions

39

Pre-installation instructions

40

Post-installation instructions

40

Opening the server

41

Removing and installing the front bezel

41

Removing and installing the top cover

43

Removing and installing the processor air baffle

45

Configuring hot-pluggable components

48

Removing and installing a hard disk drive

49

Removing and installing the system fan

52

Removing and installing a power supply

56

Removing and installing a PCI card

59

Configuring cold-pluggable components

63

Removing and installing the DVD drive

64

Installing a 5.25-inch drive

66

Upgrading the processor

68

Removing and installing a memory board assembly

74

Installing and removing DIMM modules

77

Removing and installing a non-hot-plug PCI card

82

Configuring server management components

83

Installing and removing the I/O expansion module

83

Installing and removing the ARMC/3 R2 module

86

Configuring the hardware RAID components

89

Installing and removing the SAS module

89

Installing and removing the RAID activation key

 

and RAID cache

93

Installing and removing the RAID BBU

95

4 System BIOS

97

BIOS overview

99

Entering BIOS setup

100

BIOS setup menus

100

BIOS setup keyboard commands

101

Main menu

102

Advanced menu

104

Processor Configuration

105

Memory Configuration

107

Mass Storage Controller Configuration

111

Serial Port Configuration

112

USB Configuration

113

PCI Configuration

115

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