Sata Guidelines - HP xw4200 Service And Technical Reference Manual

Appendix B SATA Devices
This appendix discusses SATA devices and related issues. This appendix contains the following
sections:
"SATA Guidelines" on page 157
"Boot Order" on page 158
"Hard Drive Configurations" on page 158

SATA Guidelines

NOTE These systems support a mixed configuration of UATA/IDE, SCSI, and SATA hard drives. While
HP supports the presence of IDE drives, it does not ship any configurations using those drives.
NOTE The HP Workstation xw4200 has four SATA ports on the system board to cover all the internal
hard drive mounting points. The first SATA drive (boot drive if booting from SATA) should be connected
to the port labeled SATA0, and a second drive to SATA1 if needed.
When installing and operating SATA devices, you must:
Use the SATA data cables with the 90-degree connector (326965-001) for the hard drive bays. The
90-degree connector goes to the hard drive.
Use the longest data cable with the straight connectors (326965-002) if installing a hard drive in an
optical bay.
When hooking up an IDE drive on an IDE bus that also has an optical drive on it, put the hard drive in
the master position and the optical drive in the slave position.
CAUTION Do not route data cables near the air intake to the power supply. Cables routed in this
manner might block the airflow and cause the workstation to overheat.
For complete and current information on supported accessories and components, visit
www.partsurfer.hp.com.
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