The HP Smart Array P721m Controller is a PCI-Express (PCIe) 3.0 mezzanine card supporting direct attached SAS Storage. It is one of the highest performing controllers in the HP 6Gb/s SAS portfolio and provides new levels of reliability, connectivity, and storage performance for HP Blade servers through its support of the latest SAS technology and advanced RAID capabilities. It supports up to 227 zoned direct attached SAS or SATA hard drives and ships with 512MB or 2GB Flash Backed Write Cache.
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Connectivity
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Connector
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Serial ATA 7-pin
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Connector Type
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SAS
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Slot Type
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PCI-Express
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General
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Adapter Type
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Storage controller
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Performance
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Data Transfer Rate
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768 MB/s
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Compatibility Notes
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Storage interface (SAS/SATA):
6 Gb/s SAS technology delivers up to 600 MB/s per physical link.
6Gb/s SATA technology delivers up to 600 MB/s for directly attached SATA drives.
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives. Deploy drive technology as needed to fit the computing environment.
Support for SAS tape drives, SAS tape autoloaders and SAS tape libraries.
RAID controller features:
512MB or 2GB cache
RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 on P2000sa
RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60, RAID 1 (ADM), RAID 1+0 (ADM)
NOTE: RAID for Shared Storage is controlled by the controller of the array.
Recovery ROM protects against ROM corruption.
Smart Array PCIe mezzanine card that connects to a HP 6Gb/s SAS BL Switch through the c-Class enclosure high-speed mid-plane supporting shared SAS storage.
Eight (8) 6Gb/s SAS physical links distributed across 4 external 2x ports to supports up to 4 6Gb/s SAS Switches.
2G Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC) provides indefinite write cache data retention in the case of unexpected power outage.
Software consistency among all Smart Array family products: Array Configuration Utility, Systems Insight Manager, Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) and SmartStart.
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Contents
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Card, software, documentation
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Memory Notes
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Memory Bus Speed: DDR2-800MHz and 40-bit wide bus
Cache Memory: 256 MB Read/Write
Memory Addressing: 64-bit, supporting servers memory space greater than 4 GB
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Ports/Connectors
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(4) 7-pin SAS ports
PCI-Express connector
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Returns Policy
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This product is subject to our return policy. Please see our complete return policy for details.
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Warranty - Labor
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Call for Warranty
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Warranty - Parts
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3 Years
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