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Dimensions

4 in x 4.5 in x 0.8 in (10.1 cm x 11.4 cm x 2 cm)

Disk Drive and Enclosure
Protocol Support

SAS protocol: 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s, or 1.5Gb/s
SATA protocol: 3Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s

SAS Connectors

two (2) 1x connectors for cabled drives, two (2) 2x connections for external connection to SAS switch

Memory Bus Speed

DDR2-800MHz and 40-bit wide bus (256MB module)

SAS Port Link Rate

6Gb/s per physical link

Software Upgradeable
Firmware

Yes

Cache Memory

256 MB Read/Write
ECC protection and removable

Logical Drives Supported

Up to 2 logical drives internal, 512 logical drives external

Maximum Capacity

Variable depending upon enclosure

Memory Addressing

64-bit, supporting servers memory space greater than 4 GB

RAID Support

Internal drives support RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1 (Mirroring)
RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 on P2000sa

Upgradeable Firmware

Flashable ROM with redundant firmware images

Environment-friendly
Products and Approach

End-of-life Management
and Recycling

Hewlett-Packard offers end-of-life HP product return, trade-in, and recycling
programs in many geographic areas. For trade-in information, please go to:

http://www.hp.com/go/green

. To recycle your product, please go to:

http://www.hp.com/go/green

 or contact your nearest HP sales office.

Products returned to HP will be recycled, recovered or disposed of in a
responsible manner.

The EU WEEE directive (2002/95/EC) requires manufacturers to provide
treatment information for each product type for use by treatment facilities.
This information (product disassembly instructions) is posted on the Hewlett
Packard web site at: 

http://www.hp.com/go/green

. These instructions may be

used by recyclers and other WEEE treatment facilities as well as HP OEM
customers who integrate and re-sell HP equipment.

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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks or trademarks
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For hard drives, 1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.

QuickSpecs

HP Smart Array P712m Controller

Technical Specifications

DA - 13296   Worldwide — Version 14 — August 30, 2013

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Summary of Contents for Smart Array P712m

Page 1: ...rt for 6 Gb s SAS Support for 6G SAS Switch 2 internal SAS 1x ports and 2 external SAS 2x ports Support for externally attached Shared storage Support for Internal SATA SSD drives on BL280c BL490c and BL495c Models HP Smart Array P712m ZM 2 ports Int PCIe x8 SAS Controller 484299 B21 HP Smart Array P712m 256 6Gb 2 ports Int 2 ports Ext Mezzanine SAS Controller 488348 B21 NOTE In order to support S...

Page 2: ...vers up to 600 MB s per physical link 3 Gb s SATA technology delivers up to 300 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 256 MB cache RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 3 5 6 10 50 on P2000 G3 SA for shared storage NOTE R...

Page 3: ...MB s bandwidth per physical link 256 MB Cache available 256 MB cache enables use of the external ports Capacity Dependent upon attached arrays See drive enclosure QuickSpecs for details Availability Provides increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality Online RAID Level Migration 0 1 Pre Failure Warranty NOTE This is not applicable for P2000 Fault Prevention The following fe...

Page 4: ...div html Fault Recovery Minimizes downtime reconstructs data and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure Recovery ROM This feature provides unique redundancy that protects from a ROM image corruption A new version of firmware can be flashed to the ROM while the controller maintains the last known working version of firmware If the firmware becomes corrupt the controller will revert back to...

Page 5: ...ding Array Configuration Utility Array Diagnostic Utility ADU and Systems Insight Manager This software consistency of tools reduces the cost of training for each successive generation of product and takes much of the guesswork out of troubleshooting field problems These tools lower the total cost of ownership by reducing training and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain HP server...

Page 6: ...server environments that need customization for creation of storage Luns and targets P2000 G3 Arrays can be configured using Storage Management Utility SMU or Command Line Interface CLI both of which are embedded in the P2000 G3 Array controller firmware HP Array Diagnostic Utility ADU In depth diagnostic and reporting utility for all Smart Array controllers QuickSpecs HP Smart Array P712m Control...

Page 7: ...duration of coverage for a period of 1 3 or 5 years Warranty upgrade options can come in the form of Care Packs which are sold at the HP System level this product attaches too HP Care Pack Information HP Care Pack is defined as an upgrade to the product warranty attribute available for a specific duration and hours of coverage Care Packs for this option is sold at the system level this option atta...

Page 8: ...y Hard Drive 581286 B21 HP 146GB 6G SAS 15K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive 512547 B21 NOTE Please see QuickSpecs for Technical Specifications and additional information http h18000 www1 hp com products quickspecs 12244_div 12244_div html Worldwide SAS Hot Plug SFF 2 5 inch Midline MDL Drives NOTE Supports P2000 G3 Array 24 drive bay and the D2700 JBOD 25 drive bay HP...

Page 9: ... mini SAS cables Used with single or dual controller LFF or SFF array head AP843A HP StorageWorks P2000 LFF Drive Enclosure I O Module no cable included Designed exclusively for use with the LFF chassis AP838A to create a single I O JBOD AJ844A HP StorageWorks D2700 SFF Disk Enclosure twenty five 2 5 drive bays w two 5m mini SAS to mini SAS cables Used with single or dual controller LFF or SFF arr...

Page 10: ...ttaching 2 drives to the redundant 6Gb s SAS BL Switch Attaching more than 2 tape drives per switch and transfer sizes greater than 64K could result in a failed backup or restore A future release of firmware on the tape library drives will allow more than 2 tape drives to be attached to a switch QuickSpecs HP Smart Array P712m Controller Related Options DA 13296 Worldwide Version 14 August 30 2013...

Page 11: ... your product please go to http www hp com go green or contact your nearest HP sales office Products returned to HP will be recycled recovered or disposed of in a responsible manner The EU WEEE directive 2002 95 EC requires manufacturers to provide treatment information for each product type for use by treatment facilities This information product disassembly instructions is posted on the Hewlett ...

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