Installing A Hard Disk Drive In The Hard Drive Bay; Hard Disk Drive Cable Configuration - HP Z800 - Workstation - 6 GB RAM Maintenance And Service Manual

Installing a hard disk drive in the hard drive bay

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

Hard disk drive cable configuration

The hard drive bays are labeled 0 (top bay), 1, 2, and 3. (See
Side access panel service label to locate the hard drive bays.)
The hard drive bays provide four data cables. They are labeled HDD BAY 0, HDD BAY 1, HDD BAY
2, and HDD BAY 3.
The hard drive bay data cables are connected from the factory in the following manner:
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SATA hard drive cables are plugged into SATA data port connectors on the system board, starting
at SATA data port connector zero.
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SAS hard drive cables are plugged into SAS data port connectors on the system board, starting at
SAS data port connector zero.
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If the last (highest drive bay number) hard drive plugged in is SAS, cables from empty hard drive
bays are plugged into SAS data port connectors on the system board.
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If the last (highest drive bay number) hard drive plugged in is SATA, cables from empty hard drive
bays are plugged into SATA data port connectors on the system board.
You may need to reconfigure data cables if you install additional or replacement hard disk drives that
are different than the previously installed drives. (See
access panel service label to locate hard drive bays and data cable connectors.)
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