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Joe Conforti
– Avid Technology – January 15th 2016
HP Z240 Workstation
– Tower / SFF Rev A Config Guide
Memory Installation (same for SFF and Tower):
HP Z240 Memory DIMM Installation order
DIMMs are labelled on the motherboard 1, 2, 3, 4. Load DIMMs in the following order:
Config
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 3
DIMM 4
8GB (2 x 4GB)
X
X
16GB (4 x 4GB)
X
X
X
X
16GB (2 x 8GB)
X
X
32GB (4 x 8GB)
X
X
X
X
2.) Qualified O.S., Software, Hardware and shared storage supported:
Qualified Operating System
Win 7 Pro 64-bit SP1
Windows 8.1 - Professional (64bit)
Windows 8.1 Enterprise (64bit)
Media Composer
M/C 8.2.5 (minimum)
ISIS 1Gb or (2 x1Gb) Ethernet
Client
v4.7x
ISIS 10Gb Hi-res Ethernet Client
Not Supported
StarTech 1394 PCIe Firewire
adapter. 2 FW800 and 1 FW400
ports. Half height PCIe card
(PEX1394B3)
The StarTech HBA is the only supported interface for 1394 camera or deck.
Can also be used for 1394 disk drives
(recommended only for file transfers).
3.) AVID qualified HBA info
AVID qualified
HBA
SFF Slot
Tower
Slot
Function
Optional - NVIDIA
Quadro K620 or
K1200 PCI-Express
video board
#1
#2
Optional Nvidia Graphics GPU
HP Z Turbo Drive
G2, PCIe Solid
State Storage
#1 or 4
#2 , 3 or 4
HP PCIe solid state drive. Can be used as the boot drive or local storage:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z-turbo-drive-g2.html
SAS Storage
Controller
#1 or 4
#2 , 3 or 4
Local SAS Storage: Suggest Atto Controllers. See section #6 below.
Slot #4 or #2 are preferred
Intel i350-T2
Dual-Port 1Gb
Ethernet Adapter
#4
# 4
Dual Gb connectivity for ISIS
StarTech 1394
PCIe Firewire
adapter. 2 FW800
and 1 FW400 ports.
Half height PCIe
card (PEX1394B3)
#2
#1
1394 connectivity for 1394 camera / deck
(HBA available direct from StarTech)
http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/3-Port-2b-1a-1394-PCI-
Express-FireWire-Card-Adapter~PEX1394B3
