HP Z640 User Manual

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Technical white paper | HP Z640 Workstation
Storage congurations and RAID
The HP Z640 Workstations includes a 2 port, 6 Gb/s Intel® SATA RAID controller
(SATA) and a secondary 4 port, 6 Gb/s Intel® SATA RAID controller (sSATA).
Storage Features
Controller interfaces and supported drive types
The controllers support the following drive types and max link speeds:
Controller Number of ports Max link speed Interface type Drives supported*
SATA 2 6 Gb/s SATA SSD, SED, HDD, and ODD
sSATA 4 6 Gb/s SATA SSD, SED, HDD, and ODD
* Some encryption software used with SED drives requires that SATA emulation mode be set to AHCI.
RAID Levels
The RAID levels supported are shown in the table below:
Controller Number of ports RAID levels Max RAIDs
SATA 2 0, 1 1
sSATA 4 0, 1, 5, 10 2
Option ROM Launch Policy
In the Pre-OS environment, HP Workstations can use either Option ROM (OROM) or a Unied Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI) driver for conguration and management of the RAID controllers. The default shipping conguration is
set to All Legacy OROM. This can be changed in BIOS Setup under Advanced > Option ROM Launch Policy. Select the
desired Option ROM Launch Policy from the pull down menu.
The OROM or UEFI driver is not available when the SATA or sSATA controllers are set to AHCI.
When the Option ROM Launch Policy is set to All Legacy, the SATA and sSATA 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.
When the Option ROM Launch Policy is set to UEFI, the legacy OROM will not display and management of RAID can be
performed in 3rd Party Option ROM Management from the BIOS Startup Menu.
Controller Enable/Disable
The SATA and sSATA controllers can be Disabled or Enabled individually from the BIOS menu under Advanced > Device
Congurations. Select Enable or Disable from the pull down menu for the controller that you would like to Enable or
Disable.

HP Z640 Specifications

General

Tcase	72.1 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	R2
Processor cache	20 MB
Processor cores	8
Processor model	E5-2630V3
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Processor threads	16
Processor codename	Haswell
Number of QPI links	2
Processor frequency	2.4 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	3.2 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 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	1600, 1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	59 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Memory slots	4x DIMM
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Maximum internal memory	- 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±RW
Card reader integrated	No
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Discrete graphics card	Yes
On-board graphics card	-
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® Quadro® K4200
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity	0
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Placement supported	Vertical
Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C612
Power supply	925 W
HP segment	Business
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Optional operating system supplied	Windows 8.1 Pro
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR206
Processor ARK ID	83356
Processor package size	52.5 x 45 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	0.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	464.8 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	444.5 mm
Weight	1500 g