Installing A Hard Disk Drive; Installing An Hdd In An Hp Z400 Workstation - HP Z600 - Workstation - 6 GB RAM User Manual

Drive and cable configuration
The HDD bays are not labeled on the
chassis.
The cables plug into the system board
connectors in the following manner:
●
SATA HDD cables are plugged into
SATA ports, starting at SATA port
zero.
●
SAS HDD cables do not plug into
system board connectors, but into a
separate SAS controller card.
HDD installation order

Installing a hard disk drive

This section describes how to install a hard disk drive in the workstation.

Installing an HDD in an HP Z400 Workstation

To install an HDD:
1. Follow the procedures described in
workstation for component installation.
2. Select a drive bay in which to install the hard disk drive.
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Z400
Drive and cable configuration
The HDD bays are labeled 0 (top bay)
and 1.
The bays provide two data cables. They
are labeled HDD BAY 0, and HDD BAY
1.
The cables plug into the system board
connectors in the following manner:
●
●
HDD installation order
Z600
SATA HDD cables are plugged into
SATA ports, starting at SATA port
zero.
If the last HDD plugged in is SATA,
cables from empty HDD bays are
plugged into SATA ports.
NOTE: This would be the first
HDD (empty second bay). Also, if
your HDD is different than the
existing drive, you may have to
disconnect/reconnect the data
cable to the correct controller.
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Z800
Drive and cable configuration
The HDD bays are labeled 0 (top bay),
1, 2, and 3.
The bays provide four data cables. They
are labeled HDD BAY 0, HDD BAY 1,
HDD BAY 2, and HDD BAY 3.
The cables plug into the system board
connectors in the following manner:
●
SATA HDD cables are plugged into
SATA ports, starting at SATA port
zero.
● If the last HDD plugged in is SATA,
cables from empty HDD bays are
plugged into SATA ports.
NOTE: This would be the first
HDD (empty second bay). Also, if
your HDD is different than the
existing drive, you may have to
disconnect/reconnect the data
cable to the correct controller.
●
SAS HDD cables are plugged into
SAS ports, starting at SAS port
zero.
● If the last HDD plugged in is SAS,
cables from empty HDD bays are
plugged into SAS ports.
HDD installation order
to prepare the
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