HP xw8600 manual Storage, Tower configuration

QuickSpecs

HP xw8600 Workstation

Storage

Tower configuration

	Quantity Supported		Position Supported	Controller
Minitower
Optional Diskette Drive		1	3	IDE
5.25" Storage Drive Bays		3	1, 2, 3	IDE
Third external 5.25" bay is not
full-depth, bottom bay is limited
to 200mm device depth.
3.5" Storage Drive Bays with		4	5	SATA or SAS
acoustic dampening rail			(4 standard drive bays native)
assemblies
SFF SATA drives have 2:3 bay
adapter, so they can convert 2
bays to 3 or 4 bays to 6,
enabling up to 6 hard drives.
3.5" Storage Drive Bay		1	6	SATA or SAS
			(5th drive is supported here,
			tools required for attach, no
			acoustic dampening)
				SATA and SAS may be only
				mixed in a Windows
				configuration. Here are the rules
				for mixing hard drives:
				1. The boot/data drive must
				be SATA to load before
				any SAS drive.
				2. Any size or speeds may
				be chosen for drives 1-3.
				3. However, hard drive 4
				must be the same
				size/speed as hard drive
	DA - 12849	North America — Version 9 — May 19, 2008		4.
				Page 21