HP BladeSystem Deployment Guide for Solutions with 6Gb SAS BL Switches and External SAS Storage Enclosures

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.
P731m (2GB cache)
P721m (2GB
cache)
P721m (512MB
cache)
P711m (1GB
cache)
P712m (512MB
cache)
SASSAS/SATA
MDS600
SASSAS
D6000
SAS/SATASAS/SATASAS/SATA
D2600
SAS/SATA/SSD
SAS/SATA/
SSD
SAS/SATA/
SSD
D2700
SAS/SATASAS/SATASAS/SATASAS/SATASAS/SATA
P2000 G3
MSA
SAS/SSDSAS/SSDSAS/SSDSAS/SSD
MSA 2040
SAS
Tape
Cabling method support matrix
The following table lists the matrix for supported cabling methods.
P731m
(2GB
cache)
P721m
(512MB
cache)
P711m
(1GB
cache)
P712m
(512MB
cache)Cabling method
Drive
typeStorage enclosure
Single or dual domain, standard cabling
SAS
MDS600
Single domain, high performance cabling
Single domain, high performance cabling,
max performance
Single Domain, standard cabling
SATA
Single domain, high performance cabling
Single domain, high performance cabling,
max performance
Single or dual domain, standard cabling
SAS
D6000
Single domain, high performance
Single domain, high performance, max
performance
Single domain, standard cabling
SATA
Single domain, high performance
Single domain, high performance, max
performance
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