Smart Array P711m/1G 6GB FBWC 4-ports Ext Mezzanine SAS Controller

Introduction

The HP Smart Array P711m a 6Gb/s mezzanine form factor array controller supporting direct attach and in the future, shared SAS Storage. It is one of the highest performing controllers in the SAS portfolio and provides new levels of reliability for HP Blade servers, through its support of the latest SAS technology and advanced RAID capabilities. This controller ships standard Flash Backed Write Cache.

Key benefits

Blade environments requiring enhanced external storage via HP Smart Array
- Consistency and Upgradeability give all Smart Array users a common experience across all Smart Array delivery formats.
- GUI based configuration, management and diagnostic software tools.
- Common data format between generations of products.
- Data migration between servers and external StorageWorks Modular Smart Array enclosures.
- 1 GB Flash Backed Write Cache increases performance and eliminates data loss.

Ports & interfaces

Supported storage drive interfaces

SAS

Performance

RAID levels

0,1,3,5,6,10,50