HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 2 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 2 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- Customer self repair
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Required tools
- Safety considerations
- Preparation procedures
- Access panel
- SAS hard drive blank
- Hot-plug SAS hard drive
- Power supply blank
- Hot-plug power supply
- DC power supply
- Media drive or blank
- Hot-plug fan
- Power supply cage assembly
- Battery-backed write cache procedures
- Air baffle
- Processor fan bracket
- Front bezel
- Systems Insight Display
- Fan board
- Processor fan bracket plate
- Media drive ejector assembly
- PPM
- PPM retainer
- Heatsink
- Processor
- DIMMs
- Power supply backplane
- Hard drive backplane
- Hard drive backplane retainer
- PCI riser cage
- Expansion slot covers
- Expansion slot cover retainer (slots 1 and 2)
- Expansion boards
- Battery
- System board
- I/O fan bracket
- Cabling
- Diagnostic tools
- Component identification
- Front panel components
- Front panel LEDs and buttons
- Rear panel components
- Rear panel LEDs and buttons
- System board
- Systems Insight Display LEDs
- Systems Insight Display LEDs and internal health LED combinations
- Device numbers
- SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs
- SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations
- PCI riser cage LED
- Battery pack LEDs
- Hot-plug fans (6-fan configuration)
- Hot-plug fans (12-fan configuration)
- Fan board components
- Specifications
- Acronyms and abbreviations

Removal and replacement procedures 68
5.
Remove the battery.
IMPORTANT: Replacing the system board battery resets the system ROM to its default
configuration. After replacing the battery, reconfigure the system through RBSU.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
For more information about battery replacement or proper disposal, contact an authorized reseller or an
authorized service provider.
System board
To remove the component:
1. Power down the server (on page 29).
2. Remove all power supplies ("Hot-plug power supply" on page 33).
3. Extend or remove the server from the rack ("Extend the server from the rack" on page 28, "Remove
the server from the rack" on page 30).
4. Remove the access panel ("Access panel" on page 31).
5. Remove the power supply cage assembly ("Power supply cage assembly" on page 38).
6. Remove the power supply backplane ("Power supply backplane" on page 60).
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the server or expansion boards, power down the server and
remove all AC power cords before removing or installing the PCI riser cage.
7. Remove the PCI riser cage ("PCI riser cage" on page 62).
8. Remove expansion boards from slots 1 and 2 ("Expansion board (slots 1 and 2)" on page 65).
9. Remove the battery pack ("Removing the battery pack" on page 40).
10. Remove the air baffle ("Air baffle" on page 41).
IMPORTANT: For this procedure, you do not need to remove the hot-plug fans from the
processor fan bracket. When reinstalling the processor fan bracket, press the top of each fan
to be sure it seats securely.










