HP Z440 Technical White Paper

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Technical white paper | HP Z440 Workstation
Creating RAID Arrays on the SATA and sSATA controllers
RAID arrays on SATA and sSATA controllers can be created through Option ROM (OROM) at power on, UEFI driver within
3rd Party Option ROM Management from the BIOS Startup Menu, DOS utilities, EFI shell utilities, Windows command
line utilities, or from a graphical user interface (GUI) within the Windows OS.
1. Pre-OS RAID creation through the Option ROM (OROM)
In order to use the OROM for conguration of RAID arrays, the Option ROM Launch Policy in BIOS must be set to All
Legacy. This is the default as shipped conguration and can be changed in BIOS Setup under Advanced > Option ROM
Launch Policy.
To access the OROM, press Ctrl-I as soon as you see Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - <controller name>
Option ROM, where controller name is the name of the controller (either SATA or sSATA) where you want to set up the
RAID array.
The OROM will only display at power on if there are two or more RAID capable devices attached to the controller, or a
single device is attached that contains RAID metadata. In the later case, the OROM will show that the RAID is failed or
degraded.
Once in the OROM, you can Create RAID Volumes, Delete RAID Volumes, Reset Disks to Non-RAID, or Exit. The keys
available for use are listed at the bottom of the screen.
Example: RAID volume creation on the SATA or sSATA controllers through OROM.
a) Use the Up/Down arrows to navigate to “1. Create RAID Volume” if not already selected.
b) Enter the desired volume name and press Tab or Enter.
c) Use the Up/Down arrows to scroll through available RAID levels. A description of the level will appear in the “HELP”
box. Select the desired RAID level and press Tab or Enter.
d) Press Enter to open the “SELECT DISKS” window.
e) Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight a desired disk and press Space to select the disk. Press Enter after you have
selected all of the disks that you want to be included in the RAID.
f) If you are creating a RAID array that is striped, you can use the Up/Down arrows to change strip size if desired. Press
Enter when done.
g) Capacity will be automatically calculated for you based on the RAID type. The capacity shown may be around 95%
of the actual available capacity. In a mirrored array, the reserved space helps to ensure that a failed drive can be
replaced with another drive of the same listed capacity even if the actual capacity is slightly less than the listed
capacity. Press Enter to accept the default capacity.
h) Press Enter to create the volume.
Similarly a user can Delete RAID volumes or reset disks to Non-RAID status by following the on screen prompts and using
the keys listed at the bottom of each screen.

HP Z440 Specifications

General

Tcase	66.2 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	R2
FSB Parity	No
Processor cache	10 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	E5-1620V3
System bus rate	0 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-1600 v3
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Haswell
Number of QPI links	0
Processor frequency	3.5 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
PCI Express configurations	1x4, 1x8, 1x16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 W
Number of processors installed	1
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	40
Memory types supported by processor	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1333, 1600, 1866, 2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	68 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Memory slots	8x DIMM
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory channels	Quad-channel
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Maximum internal memory	128 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Total storage capacity	256 GB
BD interface type	SATA
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
Recovery operating system	Windows 8.1 Pro
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
PS/2 ports quantity	2
USB 2.0 ports quantity	5
Chassis type	Mini Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Audio system	HD
Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C612
Scalability	1S
Processor code	SR20P
Processor ARK ID	82763
Intel TSX-NI version	0.00
Processor package size	52.5 x 45.0 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00
Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA)	-
Power supply	700 W
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	445 mm
Width	169 mm
Height	432 mm
Weight	11000 g