HP xw8600

QuickSpecs
HP xw8600 Workstation
Storage
DA – 12849 Worldwide • Version 10 • June 1, 2008 Page 19
Tower configuration
Quantity Supported Position Supported Controller
Minitower
Optional Diskette Drive 1 3 IDE
5.25" Storage Drive Bays
Third external 5.25" bay is
not full-depth, bottom bay is
limited to 200mm device
depth.
3 1, 2, 3 IDE
3.5" Storage Drive Bays with
acoustic dampening rail
assemblies
SFF SATA drives have 2:3
bay adapter, so they can
convert 2 bays to 3 or 4 bays
to 6, enabling up to 6 hard
drives.
4 5
(4 standard drive bays native)
SATA or SAS
3.5" Storage Drive Bay 1 6
(5
th
drive is supported here,
tools required for attach, no
acoustic dampening)
SATA or SAS
SATA and SAS may be only
mixed in a Windows
configuration. Here are the
rules for mixing hard drives:
1. The boot/data drive
must be SATA to load
before any SAS drive.
2. Any size or speeds
may be chosen for
drives 1-3.