Installing A Hard Disk Drive; Installing An Hdd In An Hp Z210 Cmt Workstation - HP Z210 Series User Manual

Drive and cable configuration
HDD bays are numbered 4 through 6 on the chassis. Each
HDD bay contains a mounting sled, allowing tool-less
installation and removal of hard disk drives.
The cables plug into the system board connectors in the
following manner:
SATA HDD cables plug into SATA ports starting at SATA
●
port zero.
Blue SATA ports (labeled zero and one) support SATA
●
Gen 3 (6 Gbit/sec). For best performance, use SATA
Gen 3 data cables to connect primary (SATA Gen 3)
hard disk drives to SATA ports zero and one.
HDD installation order

Installing a hard disk drive

This section describes how to install a hard disk drive in the workstation.

Installing an HDD in an HP Z210 CMT Workstation

To install an HDD:
1. Follow the procedures described in
the workstation for component installation.
ENWW
Z210 CMT
Preparing for component installation on page 34
Z210 SFF
Drive and cable configuration
The HDD bays are not labeled on the chassis.
The cables plug into the system board connectors in the
following manner:
SATA HDD cables plug into SATA ports starting at SATA
●
port zero.
Blue SATA ports (labeled zero and one) support SATA
●
Gen 3 (6 Gbit/sec). For best performance, use SATA
Gen 3 data cables to connect primary (SATA Gen 3)
hard disk drives to SATA ports zero and one.
HDD installation order
Installing a hard disk drive
to prepare
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