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Joe Conforti
– Avid Technology – January 15th 2016
HP Z240 Workstation
– Tower / SFF Rev A Config Guide
SLOT CONFIGURATION WARNING:
The Z240 comes in Tower and SFF (Small Form Factor) configurations. These
configurations each use a different system motherboard. As a result there are different slot configuration guidelines for
each model. The SFF is covered in section 4 below. The Tower is covered in section 5 below.
4.) Slot Configuration For SFF [Small Form Factor] Z240:
All slots in SFF model are half length and half height
SFF
Slot #
Electrical
Mechanical
Utilization
1
x16 PCI-E Gen 3
x16
Optional Graphics Card:
Nvidia Quadro K620 or K1200
or
Local Storage HBA
Atto PCIe SAS controller
or
HP Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe Solid State Storage HBA
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z-turbo-drive-g2.html
2
x1 PCI-E Gen 3
x4
StarTech 1394 PCIe Firewire adapter.
Half height PCIe card (PEX1394B3) (Ports - 2 FW800 and 1 FW400).
3
x1 PCI-E Gen 3
x4
Not defined for use.
4
x4 PCI-E Gen 3
x16
Optional Intel i350-T2 Dual-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter:
(ISIS Dual-port Connectivity)
or
Local Storage HBA
Atto PCIe SAS controller
or
HP Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe Solid State Storage HBA
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z-turbo-drive-g2.html
Embedded Intel
i219-LM GbE NIC
Use for connectivity to Avid ISIS
Requires Windows 20.4.1 Intel ProSet Driver (see below):
Embedded Intel
HD P530 graphics
Embedded Intel HD P530 graphics are supported with Media Composer
Dedicated memory for the HD P530 graphics must be set to 1GB via the system BIOS.
x4 PCI-E Gen 3
M.2
M.2 High Performance solid state storage option
