HP Z640 Workstations — LSI 9217-4i4e RAID controller guidelines
See
HP Z640 Workstation system board components on page 11to determine the location of system board
connectors.
NOTE: Hard drives attached to RC J8 are designated by the 9217-4i4e BIOS to be boot devices. If the hard
drive connected to RC J8 is a member of a RAID array, the RAID array is the boot device.
System board connector
Drive installation scenarios
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RC – Port 0 SAS HDD 1 SAS HDD 1-B SATA HDD 1-B
RC – Port 1 SAS HDD 2 SATA HDD 2-D SAS HDD 2-D
RC – Port 2 SAS HDD 3 SATA HDD 3-D SAS HDD 3-D
RC – Port 3 SAS HDD 4 SATA HDD 4-D SAS HDD 4-D
SATA 0 ODD 1 ODD 1 ODD 1
SATA 1 ODD 2 ODD 2 ODD 2
sSATA 0 — — —
sSATA 1 — — —
sSATA 02 eSATA (top) eSATA (top) eSATA (top)
sSATA 3 eSATA (bottom) eSATA (bottom) eSATA (bottom)
eSATA = external SATA (2 ports per cable assembly)
HDD = hard drive
ODD = optical drive
NOTE: If there are fewer than three hard drives in the configuration, the cables from HDD bays 1 and 2 are pre-
plugged to the RAID card adapter ports.
NOTE: Only the most common configurations are shown here.
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