HP xw6600 and HP xw8600 Workstations - Small form factor bay converter and hard drive installation
Table Of Contents
- Small form factor bay converter and hard drive installation
- HP xw6600 and HP xw8600 Workstations
- Kit contents
- Warnings and cautions
- System requirements
- Tools required
- Step 1–Preparing the workstation
- Step 2–Configuring the SFF hard drive carrier for SFF hard drives number 1, 2, and 3
- Step 3–Configuring a second SFF hard drive carrier for the HP xw8600 Workstation
- Step 4–Reassembling the workstation

b. Attach the black right angle connector (A) to the SAS-to-SATA connector adapter on SFF hard
drive number 1 (see the following two figures).
Figure 10 Adapter power cable supplied with each carrier kit
A
B
C
NOTE: Connector C on the adapter power cable can be used to provide power to either an
optical drive bay or to a second adapter power cable and SFF hard drive carrier in the HP
xw8600 Workstation.
Figure 11 Attaching the adapter power cable to SFF hard drive number 1 (HP xw8600
Workstation chassis)
A
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