Appendix B Configuring Raid Devices; Supported Hard Drive Maximum And Storage Controller Options - HP Z220 SFF Maintenance And Service Manual

B Configuring RAID devices
This appendix explains how to configure RAID arrays on your workstation. It includes these topics:
Supported hard drive maximum and storage controller options on page 166
Supported RAID configurations on page 167
Configuring Intel SATA RAID on page 168
Configuring RAID on an LSI 2308 or LSI 9212-4i controller on page 171
Configuring RAID on an LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID controller on page 174
Software RAID solution on page 176
For additional information about RAID configuration, go to http://www.hp.com/support/RAID_FAQs.
Supported hard drive maximum and storage
controller options
This section lists the maximum number of hard drives supported on HP workstations for RAID
configurations and storage controller options.
NOTE:
This section applies to internal workstation configurations that do not use add-in cards and
external enclosures.
Table B-1
Z220 SFF
Z220
CMT
Z420
Z620
Z820
166

Appendix B Configuring RAID devices

Topics
Maximum hard drives allowed
Hard Drives
SATA
8.5 mm 6.3 mm 8.5 mm
(3.5 in) (2.5 in) (3.5 in)
2 2 —
3 3 —
4 4 4
4 4 4
6 8 6
SAS Onboard
6.3 mm
RST RSTe
(2.5 in)
— Yes —
— Yes —
4 — Yes
4 — Yes
8 — Yes
Storage Controllers
Optional
LSI LSI
2308 9212-4i
— —
— —
— Yes
— Yes
Yes —
LSI
9260-8i
—
—
Yes
Yes
Yes