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HP Z840 Workstation
More power to you
Push your computing boundaries with the HP Z840 Workstation that helps you
keep up with your biggest projects. Built for high-end computing and
visualization, it delivers outstanding performance in one of the industry's most
expandable chassis.

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Chassis and system highlights ......................................................................................................................................... 2
System architecture ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
I/O slot optimizations .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Storage configurations and RAID ....................................................................................................................................... 11
High-density storage option ...............................................................................................................................................20
Memory configurations and optimization..................................................................................................................... 22
New UEFI BIOS and features/legacy support ...................................................................................................................25

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    HP Z840 Workstation More power to you Push your computing boundaries with the HP Z840 Workstation that helps you keep up with your biggest projects. Built for high-end computing and visualization, it delivers outstanding performance in one of the industry’s most expandable chassis.

  • Page 2: Chassis And System Highlights

    Mobility and flexibility With integrated front and rear full-grip carrying handles and slick foot pads, the HP Z840 can be easily moved to a new location or to gain better access. The flexible HP Z840 design can be used in desk-side installations, or rack-mounted using HP’s enterprise-class, fully extendable rails.

  • Page 3: Speed

    Due to the tool-free ease of use, HP understands system and component security may be a concern; therefore, several security features have been incorporated. The side access panel key lock and a security slot are included standard, and a system intrusion switch is available as an optional accessory.

  • Page 4: System Architecture

    New Intel® Processor micro-architecture The HP Z840 Workstation uses the Intel® C612 chipset to support the latest up to eighteen-core Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processor series (Haswell, 22 nm), including processors of up to 160 W. Intel® Haswell processors feature a new micro- architecture and a new instruction set including AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions 2.0) and FMA (Floating-point fused...
  • Page 5 USB charging ability The HP Z840 Workstation equips the top-most of the front USB 3.0 ports with power charging ability. The port is able to provide fast charge (up to 1.5A) to a portable device in the following states: System On, System Sleep, System Hibernate and System Off.

  • Page 6: Other Features

    In the rear I/O area, the HP Z840 provides four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, two gigabit ethernet LAN ports, audio Line-In, audio Line-Out, PS/2, and a serial port. Additional rear I/O ports can be added via PCIe add-in cards.

  • Page 7: Clock

    Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation HP Z840 supported CPU line-up Table 2. Clock speed Memory QPI speed Hyper- Turbo Boost Turbo Boost Model Segment (GHz) Cores Cache (MB) speed (MHz) (CT/s) Threading vPro Technology Steps (min/max) TDP (W) E5-2699 v3 Seg.

  • Page 8: I/O Slot Optimizations

    Integrated PCI and PCI-Express 3.0 The HP Z840 uses the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-1600 v3 and E5-2600 v3 series, with integrated PCI-Express 3.0 controllers delivering a peak bandwidth of 16 GB/s per direction. PCI-Express 3.0 is backward compatible with 1.0 and 2.0, and slots will train to the highest common speed.

  • Page 9: Speed

    I/O slot options The HP Z840 provides a total of up to seven high-performance graphics and I/O slots, including support for up to three PCIe 3.0 graphics cards in PCIe 3.0 x16 slots. In a single-CPU configuration, slot 5 is connected to the chipset at PCIe 2.0 speed with four lanes.
  • Page 10 Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation Table 3: HP Z840 I/O slot recommended load order Load order (depending on slot availability) Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3* Slot 4* Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 CPU0 Mechanical...

  • Page 11: Storage Features

    0, 1, 1E, 10 Option ROM Launch Policy In the Pre-OS environment, HP Workstations can use either Option ROM (OROM) or a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) driver for configuration and management of the RAID controllers. The default shipping configuration is set to All Legacy OROM.

  • Page 12: Speed

    Technology The default SATA emulation mode on HP Workstations is RAID (RAID + AHCI) unless SEDs are installed. If SEDs are installed, the SATA emulation mode will be set to AHCI. The SATA emulation mode can be changed in BIOS setup under Advanced >...
  • Page 13 Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) AHCI is a technical standard developed by Intel for the hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with SATA (Serial ATA) devices. It is enumerated as a PCI device and transfers data between system memory and SATA devices.
  • Page 14 Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation Creating RAID Arrays on the SATA and sSATA controllers RAID arrays on SATA and sSATA controllers can be created through Option ROM (OROM) at power on, UEFI driver within 3rd Party Option ROM Management from the BIOS Startup Menu, DOS utilities, EFI shell utilities, Windows command line utilities, or from a graphical user interface (GUI) within the Windows OS.
  • Page 15 Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation 2. RAID creation using the UEFI driver within 3rd Party Option ROM Management in BIOS setup In order to create RAID arrays using the UEFI driver within 3rd Party Option ROM Management in the BIOS, the Option ROM Launch Policy in BIOS must be set to All UEFI or All UEFI Except Video.
  • Page 16 (RSTCLI) for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. RSTCLI is included in the Intel® RSTe driver package for your system, downloadable from hp.com. The RSTCLI must be executed from an administrator command prompt. If you attempt to execute the RSTCLI utility from a non-administrator command prompt, you will receive the following message: “Could not obtain system information to display middleware version.”...
  • Page 17 The RSTe GUI provides an easy method for creating RAID arrays. The RSTe GUI is pre-installed on systems shipped from the factory, and can also be installed from the latest driver package available on hp.com. Launch Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise GUI by navigating to it from the start menu, or press the Windows key and then start typing “Intel”...

  • Page 18: Performance Considerations

    Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation To add hot spares to an existing volume on the SAS controller: After creating a volumes consisting of mirrored disks you can optionally add hot spares (up to a maximum of 2 hot spares on the controller) that will automatically replace a disk that has failed.
  • Page 19 Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation Storage Caching Options HP Workstations ship with default storage cache settings that balance performance with data protection. The balance of performance and protection can be adjusted by changing one or more of these settings.

  • Page 20: High-Density Storage Option

    Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation High-density storage option HP has developed an innovative SAS/SATA storage solution for the Z840 Workstation. The features • Transforms the four standard internal 3.5" form factor drive bays into eight 2.5" bays • Compatible with industry standard SAS and SATA 2.5" drives (HDD and SSD) •...
  • Page 21 0A, 0B, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B. Drive cage module Conclusion HP is excited to extend the leadership position of the Z840 Workstation. With the high-density storage solution, the HP Z840 offers an unprecedented level of capability and configurability.

  • Page 22: Memory Configurations And Optimization

    Memory configurations and optimization The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the memory configurations for the HP Z840 Workstation and to provide recommendations to optimize performance. Supported memory modules Types of memory supported on an HP Z840 are: •...
  • Page 23 Proper individual DIMM capacity selection is essential to maximizing performance. Refer to Optimal configurations table below for more information. Table 4: Optimal configurations for the HP Z840 (Note: The following table does not include all available orderable configurations) CPU0...

  • Page 24: Figure

    Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation CPU0 CPU1 Notes DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM5 DIMM6 DIMM7 DIMM8 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM5 DIMM6 DIMM7 DIMM8 Rating 8 GB Fair 16 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB Good 8 GB...

  • Page 25: New Uefi Bios And Features/Legacy Support

    New BIOS core The HP Z440, Z640, and Z840 Workstations all share the same BIOS image, for which the family name is M60. The M60 BIOS is the first to use a new common core that will be shared with HP Commercial Desktops and Notebooks.
  • Page 26 Administrators can set up their own update servers and update policy. Details on network BIOS update are available in appendix B of the technical white paper called “HP Business Notebook and Desktop PC F10 Setup overview”, available at h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA5-2078ENW.pdf.
  • Page 27 HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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