HP Z840 Workstation Series User Guide

Table of contents
1 Locating HP resources .................................................................................................................................... 1
Product information .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Product support ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Product documentation ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Product diagnostics ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Product updates .................................................................................................................................................... 4
2 Workstation features .................................................................................................................................... 5
HP Z440 Workstation components ....................................................................................................................... 5
HP Z440 Workstation front panel components .................................................................................. 5
HP Z440 Workstation rear panel components ................................................................................... 6
HP Z640 Workstation components ....................................................................................................................... 7
HP Z640 Workstation front panel components .................................................................................. 7
HP Z640 Workstation rear panel components ................................................................................... 8
HP Z840 Workstation components ....................................................................................................................... 9
HP Z840 Workstation front panel components .................................................................................. 9
HP Z840 Workstation rear panel components ................................................................................. 10
Product specifications ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Workstation weights and dimensions .............................................................................................. 11
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................... 11
3 Setting up the workstation ........................................................................................................................... 12
Ensuring proper ventilation ................................................................................................................................ 12
Setup procedures ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Adding monitors .................................................................................................................................................. 14
Planning for additional monitors ...................................................................................................... 14
Finding supported graphics cards ..................................................................................................... 15
Matching graphics cards to monitor connectors .............................................................................. 16
Identifying monitor connection requirements ................................................................................. 16
Connecting and configuring monitors .............................................................................................. 17
Using a third-party graphics configuration utility ............................................................................ 18
Customizing the monitor display (Windows) .................................................................................... 18
Installing optional components .......................................................................................................................... 18
Security ................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Product recycling ................................................................................................................................................. 19
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HP Z840 Workstation Series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C612
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 series
Storage	Supports SATA, SAS, and SSD
Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro and AMD FirePro options
Expansion Slots	7 PCIe slots
Power Supply	1125W 90% efficient
Operating System	Windows 10 Pro 64, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Ports	USB 3.0, USB 2.0