HP xw8600 - Manual (Page 17)

Tower configuration
Quantity Supported Position Supported Controller
Minitower
Optional Diskette Drive 1 3 IDE
5.25" Storage Drive Bays
Third external 5.25" bay is not
full-depth, bottom bay is
limited to 200mm device
depth. 3 1, 2, 3 IDE
3.5" Storage Drive Bays with
acoustic dampening rail
assemblies
SFF SATA drives have 2:3
bay adapter, so they can
convert 2 bays to 3 or 4 bays
to 6, enabling up to 6 hard
drives. 4 5
(4 standard drive bays native)
SATA or SAS
3.5" Storage Drive Bay 1 6
(5 th drive is supported here,
tools required for attach, no
acoustic dampening)
SATA or SAS
SATA and SAS may be only
mixed in a Windows
configuration. Here are the
rules for mixing hard drives:
The boot/data drive
must be SATA to load
before any SAS drive. 1.
Any size or speeds may
be chosen for drives 1-
3. 2.
However, hard drive 4
must be the same
size/speed as hard
drive 3 3.
Hard drive 5 must be
the same as hard drive 4.
QuickSpecs
HP xw8600 Workstation
Storage
DA - 12849 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 10 — 6.1.2008 Page 17