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Hard Drive

Hard Drive
Controllers

Controllers

Factory

Configured

Option Kit

Part Number

Support

Notes

Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Controller

Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Controller, RAID 0, 1,
10, 5 supported

Factory integrated RAID on motherboard for SATA drives

RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array

See note 1

RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array

See note 1

LSI 3041E 4-Port SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID Card

EH417AA

LSI MegaRAID® SAS 8888ELP Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

LSI 8888ELP 8-port SAS HW RAID Card

GE258AA

All RAID arrays must be less than 2 TB in size

NOTE

NOTE 1

1: Requires 2 identical hard drives (speeds, capacity, interface). RAID 1 does not support a 3rd HDD.

No Linux support for SATA RAID.

NOTE:

NOTE: Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this system with Linux.
Please visit:

http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix

for details.

LSI RAID Definitions

LSI RAID Definitions:
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

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00060684/c00060684.pdf

for RAID

capabilities with Linux.
IS: Striping of 2 or more HDDs into a single logical volume
IM: Mirroring of 2 HDDs into a single logical volume
IME: Mirroring of 3 or more HDDs into a single logical volume

NOTE:

NOTE: Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux system.
Please visit:

http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix

for details

QuickSpecs

HP Z600 Workstation

Supported Components

DA - 13277 North America — Version 2 — April 13, 2009

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