HP SAS Expander Card

• Updating supported hard drives.

HP's innovative design and integration work of the Smart Array family of products, including the HP SAS Expander Card connected to a SA-P410 or SA-P410i Controller creates customer value that is unmatched in the industry. Use of Smart Array products across multiple applications results in a much lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) than any other server storage RAID product. The HP Smart Array family brings an unparalleled return on investment through:

NOTE: For more information on features and benefits of Smart Array Controllers please visit: www.hp.com/products/smartarray

• 6 Gb/s SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 600 MB/s per physical link and contains full compatibility with 3.0Gb/s SAS technology and 1.5 and 3.0Gb/sSATA technology. Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives, lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your computing environment.
• Supports up to 24 internal drive bays plus an external connection for tape (supports 3 drive backplanes with each holding 8 drive bays)

• Upgradeable firmware via HP firmware CD or http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl

• 24 internal drive bays plus external port for tape
• 8 Mini SAS 4i ports
• 2 Mini SAS 4i ports intended for attachment to the Smart Array controller (e.g. P410 or P410i)
  • 6 Gb/s Gbps SAS bandwidth = 4800 MB/s
• 6 Mini SAS 4i ports intended for attachment to server drive backplanes
  • Supports up to 24 drive bays (3 drive backplanes with each holding 8 drive bays)
• 1 Mini SAS 4x port
  • Intended for attachment to a SAS tape drive, autoloader, or library
  • 6Gb/s SAS bandwidth = 2400 MB/s

Performance

HP's High Performance Architecture sets new boundaries of industry performance expectations!

• 6Gb/s SAS (600MB/s bandwidth per physical link) 3.0Gb/s SATA (300MB/s bandwidth per physical link)

Given the increasing need for high performance and rapid capacity expansion, the SAS Expander Card and the SA-P410 or SAP410i Controller offers:

• Up to 14TB of total storage with 14 x 1TB 3.5" SATA MDL HDD
• Up to of 7.2 TB total storage with 24 x 300GB 6Gb/s SAS 10K SFF DP ENT HDD

The HP SAS Expander Card helps to minimize downtime.

• Recovery ROM: This feature protects the user from a firmware image corruption by storing a redundant copy of the firmware image. If the active firmware image becomes corrupt, the controller will use the redundant firmware image and continue operating.

Warranty Upgrade Options

• Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4 hours
• Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 9 hours x 5 days to 24 hours x 7 days
• Duration - Select 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

ProLiant DL (rack-optimized):

• HP ProLiant DL170e G6
• HP ProLiant DL370 G6
• HP ProLiant DL380 G6
• HP ProLiant DL380 G7
• HP ProLiant DL385 G5p
• HP ProLiant DL385 G6
• HP ProLiant DL385 G7
• HP ProLiant DL580 G5
• HP ProLiant DL785 G5
• HP ProLiant DL785 G6

ProLiant ML (expansion-optimized):

• HP ProLiant ML350 G6
• HP ProLiant ML370 G6

NOTE: Customer needs to order 8" Mini SAS to Mini SAS cables (496012-B21) when connecting the Smart Array P410 Controller to a SAS Expander Card in a G6 server or ProLiant DL385 G5p. The 8" Mini Sas To Mini SAS cables are not needed when connected the Smart Array P410i Controller to a SAS Expander Card in a G6 server or ProLiant DL385 G5p.

• Services for customers purchasing from HP or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HP order configuration tools.
• Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find HP Care Pack Services at http://www.hp.com/go/lookuptool

• Help improve or maintain system uptime
• Convenient onsite support
• Committed response time

3-Year HP Hardware Support Onsite Service, 4-hour response, 24x7
Provides you with rapid remote support and if required an HP authorized representative who will arrive on site any time and day of the year to begin hardware maintenance service within 4 hours of the service request being logged.

This service provides a trained HP service specialist to perform an installation that meets HP quality standards, for:

• Help improve or maintain system uptime
• Convenient onsite support
• Committed response time

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HP Installation and Startup of HP ProLiant Servers
Provides for the installation of your new HP ProLiant server and operating system to assist you in bringing your new HP ProLiant server and operating system into operation in a timely and professional manner.

This service provides a trained HP service specialist to perform an installation that meets HP quality standards, for:

• Delivery of the service at a mutually scheduled time convenient to your organization
• Availability of an HP service specialist to answer basic questions during the onsite delivery of this service
• Custom installation as detailed in "Delivery specifications" or in a Statement of Work (SOW)
• Verification prior to installation that all service prerequisites are met

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3-Year HP Support Plus 24
As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who need access to responsive 24x7 hardware and software support plus software updates on HP and selected third party products:

For a higher return on your server and storage technology, our 3-year combined reactive support service delivers integrated onsite hardware/software support services available 24x7x365, including access to HP technical resources, 4-hour response onsite hardware support and software updates.

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HP Proactive Select Service
Customer needs on demand access to consulting, technical proactive services and education courses

Provides a flexible way to purchase HP best-in-class consultancy and technical services. You can buy Proactive Select Service Credits when you purchase your hardware and then use the credits over the next 12 months.

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HP eSupport is a portfolio of technology-based services that assist you with managing your business environment - from the desktop to the data center.

Support Portal
The HP support portal provides one-stop access to the information, tools and services you need to manage the daily operations of your IT environment.

Features include:

• Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base)
• Efficient logging and tracking of support cases
• Collaboration with other business and IT professionals
• Download of patches and drivers
• Access to diagnostic tools
• Proactive notification of relevant information

Access to certain features of the support portal requires an HP service agreement. To access the support portal, visit: http://www.hp.com/support

HP Insight Remote Support software delivers secure remote support for your HP Servers and Storage, 24 X 7, so you can spend less time solving problems and more time focused on your business. You can have your systems remotely monitored for hardware failure using secure technology that's been proven at thousands of companies around the world. In many cases, you can avoid problems before they occur.

In today's cost-conscious business environment, IT professionals, developers, consultants and users face an interesting challenge: how to keep up with the latest technologies and expand important skills while delivering profitable results on current projects. To help address this challenge, HP offers innovative training solutions that help keep you up-to-date on virtualization, server, storage, Insight Control, Citrix, Microsoft® and open source/Linux-related topics-while spending less time away from business-critical activities.

HP Technology Services continues to be recognized for service and support excellence by customers, partners, industry organizations and publications around the world. Recent honors and award reflect our services team's dedications, technical expertise, professionalism and uncompromising commitment to customer satisfaction.

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For hard drives, 1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.