HP Z210 Series User Manual

Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ......................................... 26
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .......................................................................................... 27
Verifying hardware compatibility .............................................................................. 27
Installing from RHEL optical media ............................................................................. 27
Installing with the HP driver CD ................................................................................. 27
Setting up Novell SLED ........................................................................................................... 28
Setting up SLED on preloaded systems ....................................................................... 28
Installing from SLED optical media ............................................................................. 28
Installing with the HP driver CD ................................................................................. 28
Updating the workstation ........................................................................................................ 29
Updating the workstation after first boot ..................................................................... 29
Upgrading the BIOS ................................................................................................ 29
Determining current BIOS .......................................................................... 29
Upgrading BIOS ...................................................................................... 30
Upgrading device drivers ......................................................................................... 30
5 Restoring the operating system ....................................................................................... 31
Restore method ...................................................................................................................... 31
Ordering backup software ...................................................................................................... 32
Restoring Windows 7 ............................................................................................................. 32
Ordering the HP Recovery Manager media ................................................................ 32
Restoring the operating system .................................................................................. 32
Restoring Novell SLED ............................................................................................................ 33
Creating restore media ............................................................................................ 33
6 Preparing for component installation .............................................................................. 34
Disassembly and installation preparation .................................................................................. 34
Preparing the workstation for component installation .................................................................. 34
7 Installing memory .......................................................................................................... 38
Supported memory configurations ............................................................................................ 38
Installing a DIMM .................................................................................................................. 39
8 Installing PCI/PCIe devices .............................................................................................. 41
Expansion card slot identification ............................................................................................. 41
Power limitations for graphics cards ......................................................................................... 42
Installing an expansion card .................................................................................................... 42
9 Installing hard disk drives .............................................................................................. 44
HDD configuration ................................................................................................................. 44
Installing a hard disk drive ...................................................................................................... 45
Installing an HDD in an HP Z210 CMT Workstation .................................................... 45
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HP Z210 Series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C206 Chipset
Networking	Integrated Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet
Processor Options	Intel Xeon E3-1200 series, Intel Core i3, i5, i7 processors
Memory	Up to 32 GB DDR3
Storage Options	SATA HDD or SSD
Graphics Options	Integrated Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA Quadro, AMD FirePro
Operating System	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Form Factor	Convertible Mini-Tower
Optical Drive	DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW
Audio	Integrated HD audio
Expansion Slots	PCIe x16, PCIe x1, PCI
Ports	USB 2.0, USB 3.0, serial, parallel, PS/2
Power Supply	400W 90% efficient