HP Z840 Workstation User Manual

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Technical white paper | HP Z840 Workstation
Storage
The HP Z840 has an embedded LSI 2308 SAS controller which supports eight 6 Gb/s SAS/SATA ports, and SW RAID
modes 0, 1, and 10. The C612 chipset supports two SATA AHCI controllers, sSATA and SATA. The sSATA controller supports
four 6 Gb/s ports and RAID modes 0, 1, 10 and 5. The SATA controller supports two 6 Gb/s ports and RAID modes 0 and 1.
Ports from both controllers can be routed to the rear panel with an eSATA bulkhead option. Note that it is not possible to
RAID across the two SATA controllers.
The optional HP Z Turbo Drive featuring a PCIe connected SSD is supported on this platform and provides performance
levels greater than 1 GB/s. Up to two Z Turbo drives can be congured in the factory. Data RAID is supported through
Microsoft Windows Disk Manager.
External I/O
On the front I/O area, the HP Z840 provides four USB 3.0 ports (the top-most supports battery charging), combo headset
and separate microphone connections.
In the rear I/O area, the HP Z840 provides four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, two gigabit ethernet LAN ports, audio
Line-In, audio Line-Out, PS/2, and a serial port. Additional rear I/O ports can be added via PCIe add-in cards.
Graphics
With the standard 850 W power supply, certain system congurations can support up to two cards totaling 150 W. With
the optional 1125 W supply, certain congurations can support up to two 225 W, or a single 300 W, cards.
Other features
• 850 W power supply, 88% ecient
• Optional 1125 W power supply, 90% ecient
• Rear panel power on/o switch and LED for easier rack maintenance
• ENERGY STAR® qualied congurations, China’s Energy Conservation Program (CECP) congurations, European Union’s
ErP LOT6 2013 power limit of 0.5 W in o mode
• Intel® vPro™
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manageability with support both for DASH and Intel® AMT (Advanced Manageability Technology) on all
the Xeon® processors. IT managers now have increased exibility in optimizing their Enterprise manageability strategy
across HP’s Commercial Notebooks, Desktops, and Workstations.
HP Z840 vs HP Z820 feature comparison
Table 1. HP Z840 vs Z820 feature comparison
HP Z840 HP Z820
Operating System Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit*
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit*
Windows 8 Professional 64-bit*
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit*
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit*
Processors Intel® Xeon® E5-2600v3 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600v2
New instruction set AVX2
AES-NI
AVX
AES
Memory technology DDR4: Registered and LR-DIMMs
Up to 2133 MHz
DDR3: Unbuered ECC, Registered, and LR-DIMMs
Up to 1866 MHz
USB enhancement USB charging port on top-most front port N/A
USB 3.0 ports 4 Rear, 4 Front, 1 Internal 2 Rear, 2 Front, 0 Internal
Manageability Intel® ME 9.1/AMT 9.1, Intel® vPro Intel® ME 8.1/AMT 8.1, Intel® vPro

HP Z840 Workstation Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	Z840 Workstation
Category	Desktop
Language	English