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HP Z820 Workstation Product Specifications

Product description
Product features
Technical specifications
Electrical specifications
Physical specifications
Software/OS
Environmental specifications
Warranty information

Product description

Built for high-end computing and visualization. The dual-processor HP Z820 Workstation delivers outstanding performance, award-winning industrial design, and tool-free serviceability in the industry’s most expandable chassis. With next generation Intel Xeon processors, support for up to 16 processing cores, and the latest professional graphics, can tackle even the most demanding projects like never before.

Product features

Feature
Description
Chipset
Intel C602 chipset
Form Factor
Rackable minitower
Color
Black/Silver
I/O slots (see system board section for more details)
  • 3 PCI Express Gen3 x16 slots
  • 1 PCI Express Gen3 x8 slot - with x16 connector
  • 1 PCI Express Gen3 x4 slot - with x8 connector
  • 1 PCI Express Gen2 x4 slot - with x8 connector
  • 1 PCI 32-bit/33-MHz slot
  • 1 Mechanical-only slot, supporting cards which mount only to the I/O bulkhead and not the motherboard (half-length, full-height)
  • The PCIe x8 connectors are open ended, allowing a PCIe x16 card to be seated in the slot.
Bays
Total Bays = 7
Internal bays
4 internal 3.5-inch bays (4 with acoustic dampening rail assemblies)
External bays
  • 3 external 5.25-inch bays
  • Top bay device depth limit: 175 mm
  • Middle bay device depth limit: 206 mm
  • Bottom bay device depth limit: 206 mm
Front I/O
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • 1 USB 2.0
  • 1 Headphone
  • 1 Microphone, and 1 IEEE 1394a
Rear I/O
  • 1 IEEE-1394a
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • 4 USB 2.0
  • 1 Serial
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse
  • 2 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN
  • 1 Audio Line-In, 1 Audio Line-Out, 1 Microphone
Internal USB
6 USB 2.0 ports available by three 2 x 5 headers
Hard drive controllers supported
SATA and SAS controllers
Memory
16 DIMM slots, up to 512GB, 8-channel ECC DDR3 1600 MHz, 4 channels per CPU
Drive bays
3 external 5.25-inch bays, 4 internal 3.5-inch bays
Ports
  • Front: 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0, 1 IEEE 1394a standard, 1 microphone in, 1 headphone out, HP 22-in-1 Media Card Reader (optional)
  • Rear: 2 USB 3.0, 4 USB 2.0, 1 IEEE 1394a, 1 audio in, 1 audio out, 1 microphone in, 2 PS/2, 2 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN, 1 serial
  • Internal: 6 USB 2.0 ports available by three 2 x 5 headers

Technical specifications

Specification
Description
System board Form Factor
33.02 x 36.19 cm (13 x 14.25 in) Custom Form Factor
Processor socket
Dual LGA2011
CPU bus speed
QPI: Up to 8.0 GT/s
Super I/O controller
Nuvoton NPCD379H
Memory expansion slots
16 slots (8 slots per CPU)
Memory type supported
DDR3, RDIMM (Registered) or UDIMM (Unbuffered), ECC, LR (Load Reduction) DIMMs
Memory modes
NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture), Memory Node Interleave
Memory speed supported
1066-MHz, 1333-MHz, & 1600-MHz
Interfaces supported
  • 2-channel SATA 6.0 Gb/s Interface (2 channels e-SATA configurable)
    4-channel SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface
  • 8-channel 6Gb SAS interface (8 SAS connectors on the motherboard), SAS ports can be ported externally by using the SAS Bulkhead and/or Back Panel connector Kits
  • USB 3.0, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394a
Maximum memory
  • Supports up to 64GB using UDIMMs
  • Supports up to 256GB using RDIMMs
  • Supports up to 512GB using LRDIMMs

Electrical specifications

Specification
Description
Power supply
  • 850 W 88% Efficient wide-ranging, active Power Factor Correction
  • 1125 W 90% Efficient wide-ranging, active Power Factor Correction
Operating voltage range
90-269 V ac

Physical specifications

Specification
Description
Chassis dimensions (H x W x D)
44.4 x 20.3 x 52.5 cm (17.5 x 8.0 x 20.7 in)

Software/OS

Feature
Description
Operating Systems
Preinstalled:
  • Genuine Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
  • Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  • Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • HP Installer Kit for Linux (includes drivers for 64-bit OS versions of RHEL 5 & 6 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (Preinstall not available; 1 year paper license only)
Supported:
  • Genuine Windows 7 Enterprise 32/64
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Software
  • HP Performance Advisor
  • HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) V5
  • HP ProtectTools Security
  • MS Office Home & Business 2010
  • HP Power Assistant
  • Roxio Easy Media Creator (DVD/Blu-ray Disc burner software)
  • Intervideo WinDVD (DVD player/burner software)
  • PDF Complete - Trial Edition

Environmental specifications

Specification
Description
Temperature
  • Operating: 5° to 35°C (40° to 95°F)
  • Non-operating: -40° to 80°C (-40° to 176°F)
Humidity
  • Operating: 8% to 85%
  • Non-operating: 8% to 90%
Maximum altitude (non-pressurized)
  • Operating: 3,000 m (10,000 ft)
  • Non-operating: 9,100 m (30,000 ft)
Dynamic shock1
  • Operating: Half-sine: 40 g, 2-3 ms
  • Non-operating:
    • Half-sine: 160 cm/s, 2-3 ms (upto 100 g)   
    • Square: 422 cm/s, 20 g
Dynamic vibration2
  • Operating: 0.5 g (rms), 5-300 Hz
  • Non-operating: 2.0 g (rms), 10-500 Hz
Cooling
Above 1524 m (5,000 ft) altitude, maximum operating temperature is de-rated by 1°C (1.8°F) per 305 m (1,000 ft) elevation increase.
note:
1: Values represent individual shock events and do not indicate repetitive shock events.
2: Values represent individual shock events and do not indicate repetitive shock events. Values do not indicate continuous vibration.

Warranty information

Terms of warranty apply to the individual model purchased. To see if your HP product is still in warranty, go to the HP Product Warranty Check page.

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