HP SATA/SAS hard drive and Solid State Drive installation

If installing a SAS drive:
1. Use the following table to determine the correct adapter and cable configuration for your
workstation. Figure 7 shows examples of adapter types A and B.
Figure 7 Attaching the SAS-to-SATA adapter or SAS —to-SATA cable
Table 1 SAS-to-SATA adapter options
Adapter
type
Work-
station
Hard drive
bay
Cabling with adapter installed
AHP Z400
HP Z420
HP Z600
HP Z620
HP Z800
HP Z820
External hard
drive bays
Plug in power cable (1) and right angle side of SATA cable (2) into
adapter; plug opposite end (straight angle) of SATA cable into system
board or SATA/SAS RAID controller PCI card
BHP Z400
HP Z420
Internal hard
drive bays
Plug in power cable (1) and right angle side of SATA cable (2) into
adapter; plug opposite end (straight angle) of SATA cable into system
board or SATA/SAS RAID controller PCI card
2. Connect the power and data cables for your adapter type according to the instructions in Table 2.
Figure 8 Install power and data cables in SAS drive
10 HP SATA/SAS hard drive and Solid State Drive installation