HP Z840 Workstation Series

HP Z840 Workstation cabling guidelines
See
HP Z840 Workstation system board components on page 18 to determine the location of system board
connectors.
NOTE: Port 0 is the default port for the boot drive (the default port can be changed manually in the BIOS).
System board connector
Drive configuration scenarios
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5 SATA RAID
5 Only
6 SATA RAID
5 Only
SAS 0 HDD 1 HDD 1 eSAS 2 HDD 1 — —
SAS 1 HDD 2 HDD 2 eSAS 2 HDD 2 — —
SAS 2 HDD 3 HDD 3 eSAS 2 HDD 3 — —
SAS 3 HDD 4 HDD 4 eSAS 2 HDD 4 — —
SAS 4 HDD 5 eSAS 1 eSAS 1 HDD 5 — —
SAS 5 HDD 6 eSAS 1 eSAS 1 HDD 6 — —
SAS 6 — eSAS 1 eSAS 1 ODD 1 ODD 1 —
SAS 7 — eSAS 1 eSAS 1 ODD 2 ODD 2 —
SATA 0 ODD 1 ODD 1 ODD 1 eSATA eSATA ODD 1
SATA 1 ODD 2 ODD 2 ODD 2 eSATA eSATA ODD 2
sSATA 0 — — HDD 1 — HDD 1 HDD 1
sSATA 1 — — HDD 2 — HDD 2 HDD 2
sSATA 2 — — HDD 3 — HDD 3 HDD 3
sSATA 3 — — HDD 4 — HDD 4 HDD 4
eSATA = external SATA (2 ports per cable assembly)
HDD = SATA or SSD hard drive
ODD = optical drive
NOTE: Only the most common configurations are shown here.
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