Quickspecs, Hp z400 workstation supported components – HP Z400 User Manual
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Up to (4) 3.5-inch 7200 rpm SATA drives:160, 250, 320, 500, 1000, 1500 GB; 6.0 TB max
Up to (4) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SATA drives:160, 300 GB 1.2 TB max
Up to (4) 3.5-inch 15K rpm SAS devices: 146, 300, 450, 600 GB; 2.42 TB max
Removable Boot Drive option
SATA Hard Drives
SATA (Serial ATA) Hard Drives for HP Workstations
160 GB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5"
Hard Drive
Y
Y
PV944A
250 GB 7,200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s with NCQ 3.5"
Hard Drive
Y
Y
EA788AA
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
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:
QuickSpecs
HP Z400 Workstation
Supported Components
DA - 13276 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 1 — 3.30.2009
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