HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro PCIe-4x16 NVMe Carrier

Overview

Introduction

The demands on Workstations continue to increase, especially in segments like digital media or imaging, where resolutions and file sizes are increasing. SSD technology is improving to enable greater bandwidth at lower costs/GB. The most intense workflows require greater capacity and greater performance than individual M.2 modules can offer. Combining 4 modules into a card that occupies only one PCIe x16 slot is efficient and meets the requirements for performance and capacity.

Performance

The HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro enables up to four M.2 PCIe SSD modules to be connected to one PCIe Gen4 x16 slot. This M.2 form factor device uses PCIe Gen4 x4 which enables sequential performance levels greater than 4GB/s for each module.

The devices can be set up with RAID for additional performance and redundancy using software RAID, or by using VROC technology from Intel.

NOTE: There are restrictions to using RAID with boot volumes when using software RAID. RAID volumes created by using VROC technology can be enabled for boot, provided all M.2 devices are connected to the same PCIe root port.

Benefits of Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro

Supports up to four PCIe M.2 SSD modules (NVMe) in one card, with up to 16TB storage capacity. PCIe Gen4 x16 or PCIe Gen5 x16 slot required.
The active cooling solution ensures that the M.2 SSD modules will not throttle to low performance levels due to overheating.
Support for single and double sided PCIe M.2 SSDs, up to 80 mm in length.
One of the M.2 SSD modules on the card can be used as a Boot device, and the other devices can be used as Data storage. Alternatively, all of the M.2 SSD modules can be used as Data devices.
Additional storage devices, e.g. HDDs, SATA SSDs, can be used in combination with the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro.
Multiple HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro cards can be installed into HP Z Workstations. A card with 3 or 4 M.2 SSD modules requires a PCIe Gen4 x16 slot.

Models

Product Name	Part Number
HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro PCIe-4x16 NVMe Carrier	7H9Z3AA
HP Z Turbo 512GB PCIe-4x4 TLC SSD Module	38T80AA
HP Z Turbo 512GB 2280 PCIe-4x4 SED OPAL2 TLC M.2 SSD Module	38T81AA
HP Z Turbo 1TB PCIe-4x4 TLC SSD Module	38T77AA
HP Z Turbo 1TB 2280 PCIe-4x4 SED OPAL2 TLC M.2 SSD Module	38T76AA
HP Z Turbo 2TB PCIe-4x4 TLC SSD Module	38T75AA
HP Z Turbo 2TB 2280 PCIe-4x4 SED OPAL2 TLC M.2 SSD Module	38T79AA
HP Z Turbo 4TB 2280 PCIe-4x4 TLC M.2 SSD Module	5S496AA
HP Z Turbo 4TB 2280 PCIe-4x4 SED OPAL2 TLC M.2 SSD Module	5S497AA

Compatibility

The HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro is supported on the HP Z4, Z6, Z8 and Z8 Fury G5 Workstations. It will support storage configurations as a Boot device and as a Data device. It also can be configured with other storage components including SATA and SAS drives and controllers. Not all configurations are available from the factory.

NOTE 1: Kit includes quad pro carrier and heatsink. Requires separate purchase of HP Z Turbo PCIe 4x4 M.2 SSD Modules.

NOTE 2: HP Z Turbo PCIe 4x4 M.2 SSD Modules sold separately.

NOTE 3: Maximum bandwidth up to PCIe Gen4 specification.

Recommended Slot Order

For all HP Workstation platforms the tested and approved slots for the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro are as follows (in order of preference):

Z4 G5: Slot #4 or #5
Z6 G5: Slot #4 or #5
Z8 G5: Slot #1, #2 (requires 2nd CPU), and #6 (requires 2nd CPU)
Z8 Fury G5: Slot #7 or #5 or #1

NOTE 1: Z8 Fury G5 Slot #1 is PCIe Gen5. HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro maximum bandwidth up to PCIe Gen4 specification.

NOTE 2: Z8 Fury G5, Z8 G5, and Z6 G5 Slot #6 is PCIe Gen3. HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro maximum bandwidth up to PCIe Gen3 specification.

RAID Support

The HP Z Turbo Drive Dual Pro Carrier can support various RAID configurations via software RAID. Being managed by software RAID does present some differences and restrictions when compared to hardware RAID (noted below).

On Z8 Fury G5, Z8 G5, Z6 G5, and Z4 G5, both bootable and data RAID support can be configured via VROC. VROC is an Intel technology that allows NVMe devices to be configured and included in RAID arrays.

There are two versions of VROC available to customers:

Standard: This version enables RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10. RAID volumes are bootable as long as the configured devices are all on the same VMD domain (configured with the Intel VROC software).
Premium: This version enables all RAID levels available in the Standard version and adds RAID 5.

NOTE 1: RAID 5 and RAID 10 configurations are only available when a VROC RAID Volume has been created containing 3 or more SSDs. These RAID levels cannot be created with a single HP Z Turbo Drive Dual Pro as it can only host up to two SSDs.

NOTE 2: Any RAID Volume created that contains more than one VMD domain can only be used as a DATA volume and will not be bootable.

NOTE 3: RAID 1 can be set up, yet will not provide complete, redundant protection as the boot partition is not replicated on both drives. An OS boot partition cannot be protected by software RAID 1.

NOTE 4: Limited testing has been done with Linux® to confirm RAID support and performance characteristics.

NOTE 5: When using more than one HP Z Turbo Drive Dual Pro Carriers in a system, please ensure that the card ID switches are set up correctly. See installation guide for complete details.

Service and Support

The HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro Carrier has a one-year Limited Warranty or the remainder of the warranty of the HP supported product in which it is installed.

Technical Specifications

Device Interface Protocol	PCI Express 4.0 x4 electrical
Devices Supported	HP qualifies and supports certain M.2 PCIe SSD modules, purchased separately.
Bus Type	PCIe card, full height PCIe slots
BIOS	Minimum BIOS required
Temperature - Operating	Ambient: 5° to 40°C (40° to 104°F)
Operating Systems Supported	Genuine Windows 10 64-bit, Genuine Windows 11 64-bit, RHEL 6, SLED 11 SP3, Ubuntu 14.04.
Kit Contents	HP Z Turbo Quad Pro PCIe 4x16 Carrier, full height bulkhead bracket, install guide, product notices, warranty card.

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