Quickspecs, Hp z400 workstation supported components – HP WORKSTATION Z400 User Manual
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160 GB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5" Hard
Drive
Y
Y
PV944A
250GB SATA 7200 rpm 3Gb/s 3.5" HDD (for HP Z-
Workstations)
Y
Y
PY278AA
320 GB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5" Hard
Drive
Y
Y
FH963AA
500 GB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5" Hard
Drive
Y
Y
PV943A
1 TB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5" Hard
Drive
Y
Y
GE262AA
160 GB 10K rpm SATA with NCQ 2.5" Hard Drive
Y
Y
EW222AA
300 GB 10K rpm SATA with NCQ 2.5" Hard Drive
Y
Y
FM802AA
NOTE: SAS Controller, not integrated, is required)
For hard drives, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes; TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to
12 GB of hard drive (or system disk) is reserved for the system recovery software (XP and XP
Pro). Up to 3 GB of system disk is reserved for system recovery software (Vista).
Hard Drive
Controllers
Factory
Configured
Option
Kit
Option Kit
Part
Number
Support
Notes
Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Controller
Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Y
N
Factory integrated RAID on motherboard for SATA drives
RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array
Y
N
See note 1
RAID 0 Data Configuration -- Boot/OS Drive +
2 Drive Striped Array
Y
N
See note 1
RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array
Y
N
See note 1
LSI 3041E 4-Port SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID Card
LSI 3041E 4-Port SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID Card
Y
Y
EH417AA
See note 2
and 3
LSI MegaRAID® SAS 8888ELP Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
LSI 8888ELP 8-port SAS HW RAID Card
N
Y
GE258AA
SATA hardware RAID is not supported on Linux systems. The Linux kernel, with built-in software
RAID, provides excellent functionality and performance. It is a good alternative to hardware-based
RAID. Please visit
for RAID
capabilities with Linux.
All drives must be identical in type and capacity
All RAID arrays must be less than 2 TB
NOTE 1: Requires identical hard drives (speeds, capacity, interface. Specific user-configured
hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux system. Please visit:
for details.
NOTE 2: Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux
system. Please visit:
NOTE 3: Not supported when HD drive 1 is SATA
QuickSpecs
HP Z400 Workstation
Supported Components
DA - 13276 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 4 — 4.17.2009
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