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Where can I find detailed information on the HP SB40c Storage Blade specifications and supported options? |
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You can find detailed information for these specifications and supported options in the SB40c Storage Blade
QuickSpecs.
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How does the HP SB40c Storage Blade provide both direct attached and shared storage? |
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The enclosure backplane provides a PCI Express connection to the adjacent c-Class server blade and enables high performance storage access without any additional cables.
When used as direct attached storage, the SB40c provides RAID functionality through the onboard Smart Array P400 controller with 256 MB battery-backed write cache.
The SB40c can also be used with HP P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) software to create an iSCSI SAN, providing shared storage to the physical and virtual servers inside the enclosure. You can also expand capacity by adding SB40c and HP P4000 VSA within the same enclosure or to additional enclosures.
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What infrastructure components are needed to support the HP SB40c Storage Blade? |
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The SB40c Storage Blade requires the use of the HP BladeSystem c7000 or c3000 Enclosure and connection to a c-Class server blade. For details on the server blade blades and enclosure see the
HP BladeSystem.
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What RAID levels are supported on the HP SB40c Storage Blade? |
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The SB40c Storage Blade supports hardware RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5, and 6 (ADG), using the onboard Smart Array P400 controller.
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Is Battery-Backed Write Cache supported on the HP SB40c Storage Blade? |
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Yes. The SB40c comes standard with 256 MB of battery-backed write cache for the Smart Array P400 controller. |
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What is the Array Configuration Utility? |
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The Array Configuration Utility (ACU) software makes it easy to configure and expand your disk drive arrays. This browser-based graphical tool is very intuitive: by using its Configuration Wizards, your storage array is setup and ready to use in minutes! Plus, the Array Configuration Utility is versatile: use it to configure your array controller, add additional disk drives to an existing configuration, or completely reconfigure your disk drive array. View more information on ACU. |
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