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
NOTE: It may be necessary to engage the final two locking pins on drives number 2 and number
1 at the same time.
5. In the workstation chassis (see the following figure), remove the mounting rails from the two 3.5-
inch hard drive bays in which the SFF hard drive carrier will be installed (the bottom two bays in
the HP xw8600 Workstation). To unlock and remove a rail, simultaneously press the two locking/
release tabs at the upper end of the mounting rails inward (toward each other) while pulling upward.
Figure 5 Removing hard drive mounting rails from the HP xw8600 Workstation chassis
ENWW Step 2–Configuring the SFF hard drive carrier for SFF hard drives number 1, 2, and 3 7