Drive installation and cabling scenarios
This section presents cabling guidelines for the most common maximum storage configurations. If
you add or remove drives, HP recommends you follow these guidelines for highest drive performance
and efficient cable routing.
SFF workstations—SATA cable connection guidelines
Configuration / PCA
SATA connector
HDD x1 ODD x1
HDD x2 ODD x1
Tower workstations—SATA cable connection guidelines
Configuration / PCA
SATA connector
HDD x1 ODD x1
HDD x1 ODD x2
HDD x2 ODD x1
HDD x2 ODD x2
HDD x3 ODD x1
HDD x3 ODD x2
Memory
Supported DIMM configurations
NOTE:
Mirroring and DIMM sparing are not supported.
Platform
SFF
Tower
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SATA 0
1st HDD
1st ODD
1st HDD
2nd HDD
SATA 0
SATA 1
1st HDD
1st HDD
1st HDD
2nd HDD
1st HDD
2nd HDD
1st HDD
2nd HDD
1st HDD
2nd HDD
Four DIMM slots
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Unbuffered ECC/nECC DIMMS only
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Maximum capacity: 32 GB
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Four DIMM slots
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Unbuffered ECC/nECC DIMMS only
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Maximum capacity: 32 GB
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SATA 1
SATA 2
1st ODD
SATA 2
SATA 3
SATA 5
1st ODD
e-SATA
1st ODD
2nd ODD
e-SATA
1st ODD
e-SATA
1st ODD
2nd ODD
e-SATA
3rd HDD
1st ODD
e-SATA
3rd HDD
1st ODD
2nd ODD
Configuration
SATA 5
e-SATA
e-SATA