P542D Controller Components - HPE Synergy 12Gb SAS Storage User Manual

12Gb/s SAS technology delivers up to 1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical link
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6Gb/s SATA technology delivers up to 600 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical link for
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directly attached SATA drives
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Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller. Deploy drive technology as needed to
fit the computing environment
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RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60, 1 ADM, 10 ADM
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Recovery ROM protects against ROM corruption
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Capable of supporting legacy and UEFI boot operation
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RAID or HBA mode
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HPE SSD Smart Path
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Optional HPE SmartCache
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Optional HPE Secure Encryption
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PCIe Gen3 x8 link
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If there is an unexpected power outage, 2GB FBWC provides read ahead caching and write back
caching with indefinite write cache data retention
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Manually managed features
P542D internal ports
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RAID 50 & 60
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Smart cache (requires license)
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FBWC (other than default setting)
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Stripe Size (other than default setting)
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Spare drive
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Spare activation modes
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Multiple logical drives in a single array
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P542D controller components

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