HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions Depoyment Guide

12 External SAS device, controller, drive, and cabling
support matrices
External SAS device, controller, and drive support matrix
The following table provides a matrix for external SAS devices, showing the supported SAS
controllers. Supported drive types are also indicated.
P700m (512MB)P700m (256MB)Storage enclosure
nl
MDS600
SAS/SATA
nlnl
MSA2000 G2
nl
MSA2000
SAS/SATASAS/SATA
nlnl
Tape
SAS/SATASAS/SATA
Cabling method support matrix
The following table lists the matrix for supported cabling methods.
P700m
(512MB)
P700m
(256MB)
Cabling method
Drive
nl
typeStorage enclosure
Single or dual domain, standard cabling
SAS
MDS600
Single or dual domain, high performance cabling
Single domain, standard cabling
SATA
*
Single domain, high performance cabling
*
Single domain, high performance cabling, max
performance
Single or dual domain, standard cabling
SAS
MSA2000 G2
nl
MSA2000
Single or dual domain, optimal cabling
Single domain, standard cabling
SATA
Single domain, optimal cabling
* When using SATA drives in high performance configurations, all drive bays of the MDS600 storage enclosure
drawer must be populated with drives.
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