HP Workstatio D8D17UT#ABA manual HP Z420 Workstations LSI 9212-4i RAID controller guidelines

HP Z420 Workstations — LSI 9212-4i RAID controller guidelines

See HP Z420 Workstation system board components on page 19 to determine the location of system board connectors.

NOTE: Hard disk drives attached to RC J8 are designated by the 9212-4i BIOS to be boot devices. If the hard disk drive connected to RC J8 is a member of a RAID array, the RAID array is the boot device.

RAID card (RC) or		Drive installation scenarios
system board (SB)
	1	2	3
connector
RC J8	SAS HDD 1	SAS HDD 1-B	SATA HDD 1-B
RC J7	SAS HDD 2	SATA HDD 2-D	SAS HDD 2-D
RC J6	SAS HDD 3	SATA HDD 3-D	SAS HDD 3-D
RC J5	SAS HDD 4	SATA HDD 4-D	SAS HDD 4-D
SB SATA 0	—	—	—
SB SATA 1	—	—	—
SB SATA 2	ODD 1	ODD 1	ODD 1
SB SATA 3	ODD 2	ODD 2	ODD 2
SB SATA 4	eSATA (top)	eSATA (top)	eSATA (top)
SB SATA 5	eSATA (bottom)	eSATA (bottom)	eSATA (bottom)
SB SCU 0	—	—	—
SB SCU 1	—	—	—
SB SCU 2	—	—	—
SB SCU 3	—	—	—

eSATA = external SATA (2 ports per cable assembly) HDD = hard disk drive

ODD = optical disc drive

NOTE: Only the most common configurations are shown here.

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