HP Z820 Workstation cabling guidelines
See
HP Z820 Workstation system board components on page 33
board connectors.
NOTE:
Port 0 is the default port for the boot drive (the default port can be changed manually in the
BIOS).
System board
connector
SAS 0
SAS 1
SAS 2
SAS 3
SAS 4
SAS 5
SAS 6
SAS 7
SATA 0
SATA 1
SCU 0
SCU 1
SCU 2
SCU 3
eSAS 1 / eSAS 2 = external SAS (HP external SAS back panel or PCI bracket – 4 ports per cable assembly)
eSATA = external SATA (2 ports per cable assembly)
HDD = SATA or SAS hard disk drive
ODD = optical disc drive
NOTE:
Only the most common configurations are shown here.
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Drive configuration scenarios
1
2
HDD 1
HDD 1
HDD 2
HDD 2
HDD 3
HDD 3
HDD 4
HDD 4
HDD 5
eSAS 1
HDD 6
eSAS 1
—
eSAS 1
—
eSAS 1
ODD 1
ODD 1
ODD 2
ODD 2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
to determine the location of system
3
4
SATA RAID
eSAS 2
HDD 1
eSAS 2
HDD 2
eSAS 2
HDD 3
eSAS 2
HDD 4
eSAS 1
HDD 5
eSAS 1
HDD 6
eSAS 1
ODD 1
eSAS 1
ODD 2
ODD 1
eSATA
ODD 2
eSATA
HDD 1
—
HDD2
—
HDD3
—
HDD4
—
5
6
SATA RAID
5 only
5 only
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
ODD 1
—
ODD 2
—
eSATA
ODD 1
eSATA
ODD 2
HDD 1
HDD 1
HDD 2
HDD 2
HDD 3
HDD 3
HDD 4
HDD 4