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
3. On the workstation 3.5-inch hard drive power supply wiring harness, use the remaining two in-line
connectors originally dedicated to the two upper 3.5-inch hard drive bays to provide power to SFF
hard drive number 4 and number 5 (as shown in the following figure).
Figure 13 Power and SATA data cable connections to six SFF hard drives by drive number (HP
xw8600 Workstation only)
4. Configure the second adapter power cable (supplied with the second bay converter kit) to provide
power to SFF hard drive number 6 as follows (see the following figure):
a. Attach the white 4-pin connector (B) to the white mating four-pin connector (C) on the adapter
power cable installed earlier for the first SFF hard drive carrier.
ENWW Step 3–Configuring a second SFF hard drive carrier for the HP xw8600 Workstation 13