HP Z 440 Owners Manual

Expansion slots 
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HP Z440 Workstation slot LdentL

HP Z440 Workstation installation sequence recommendationsLoad 
orderCard descriptionSlot 1Slot 2Slot 3Slot 4Slot 5Slot 61First PCIe graphic card Only    2Second PCIe graphic card or 
Tesla C2075    Only 3Third PCIe graphic card   Only  4Fourth PCIe graphic card  Only   5SAS card  2nd1st3rd 6Z Turbo Drive 1st  3rd1st2nd 7Z Turbo Drive 2nd  2nd 1st 8PCIe 1394b card1st 2nd   9PCIe audio card1st 2nd3rd4th 10PCIe NIC card (LAN)1st 2nd3rd4th 11e-SATA bulkhead kit  2nd3rd 1st12Second serial port kit  2nd3rd...

HP Z640 Workstation slot LdentL

Load 
orderCard descriptionSlot 1Slot 2Slot 3Slot 4Slot 5Slot 63
Second PCIe graphic card or 
High Performance GPU 
Compute card
    Only 
4PCIe 1394b card  Only   5Third PCIe graphics card  Only   6Fourth PCIe graphics card   Only  7SAS card  1st2nd3rd 8Z Turbo Drive 1st  3rd1st2nd 9Z Turbo Drive 2nd  2nd 1st 10PCIe audio card4th 1st2nd3rd 11PCIe Network (LAN) card4th 1st2nd3rd 12eSATA bulkhead kit  4th1st2nd3rd13Serial port bulkhead   3rd2nd1stNOTE:Slot sequenced from the rear I/O aperture to the board...

HP Z840 Workstation slot LdentL

HP Z840 Workstation installation sequence recommendations      Requires 2nd processor   Load 
orderCard descriptionType
Slot 
0
(Mech 
only)
Slot 
1
(PCI e3 
x8)
Slot 
2
(PCI e3 
x16)Slot 
3
(PCIe
3 x8)
Slot 
4
(PCIe
3 x16)
Slot 5(PCIe2 
x8) (PCIe3 x8  [2nd CPU])Slot 6 
(PCIe3  x16)Slot 7 (PCIe2 x1)1
1st high 
performance GPU 
Compute card
PCIe-x16      Only 2
2nd high 
performance GPU 
Compute card 
(requires 2nd CPU 
and 1125w PSU)
PCIe-x16  Only     
31st PCIe graphics 
cardPCIe-x16  1st 1 3rd 2nd...

      Requires 2nd processor   Load 
orderCard descriptionType
Slot 
0(Mech  only)Slot 
1(PCI e3 
x8)Slot 
2(PCI e3 
x16)Slot 
3(PCIe 3 x8)Slot 
4(PCIe 3 x16)Slot 5(PCIe2 
x8) (PCIe3 x8  [2nd CPU])Slot 6 
(PCIe3  x16)Slot 7 (PCIe2 x1)10Z Turbo Drive 2nd 
card (M.2)PCIe-x4     2nd1st 11PCIe 1394b cardPCIe-x1       Only612PCIe Network 
(LAN)PCIe-x1; 
x4;x8 1st 4th5th2nd3rd 13eSATA bulkhead kitN/A1st      2nd14MiniSAS-4x Cable 
(PCI Bulkhead)N/AOnly       
15
MiniSAS- 4x Cable 
(Chassis Panel 
Opening)N/A...

Hard drives and optical drives
Handling hard drives
CAUTION:Take proper precautions when handling hard drives to prevent loss of work and damage to the 
computer or drive.

HP Z440 Workstations t Intel AHCI SATA controller guidelines
See HP Z440 Workstation system board components on page 5 to determine the location of system board 
connectors.
NOTE:Port 0 is the default port for the boot drive (the default port can be changed manually in the BIOS).RAID card (RC) or system  board (SB) connectorDrive installation scenarios123RC J8 SAS HDD 1SAS HDD 1-BSATA HDD 1-BRC J7SAS HDD 2SATA HDD 2-DSAS HDD 2-DRC J6SAS HDD 3SATA HDD 3-DSAS HDD 3-DRC J5SAS HDD 4SATA HDD 4-DSAS HDD 4-DSB...