HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 servers

and 1+0 will continue to support selected G6 and G7 non-hot plug and cold plug models

with no

fee.

For more information about the B110i SATA Software RAID, download the B110i user guide at

http://

h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01706551/c01706551.pdf

Smart Array Advanced Pack

HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) firmware provides advanc

ed functionality within Smart Array

controllers. This firmware further enhances performance, reliability, and data availability. The Smart

Array controller firmware stack supports SAAP. It can be enabled on the P212, P410, P410i, and

P411 controllers.

SAAP requires a license key for activation. After activation, administrators can employ several

capabilities:

 RAID 6 with Advanced Data Guarding (ADG) protects against failure of any two drives. It requires

a minimum of four drives, but only two will be available for data. ADG can tolerate multiple

simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss, and it is ideal for applications requiring

large logical volumes because it can safely protect a single volume of up to 56 disk drives. RAID

ADG also offers lower implementation costs and greater usable capacity per U than RAID 1.

 RAID 60 allows administrators to split the RAID storage across multiple external boxes. It requires a

minimum of eight drives, but only four will be available for data.

 Advanced Capacity Expansion (ACE) automates higher capacity migration using capacity

transformation to remove logical drives by shrinking and then expanding them online. Standard

drive migration and expansion remain unchanged.

 Mirror Splitting and Recombining in Offline Mode breaks a RAID 1 configuration into two RAID 0

configurations. This is similar to a scaled down rollback functionality that requires two disk drives.

 Drive Erase completely erases physical disks or logical volumes. This capability is useful when

decommissioning, redeploying, or returning hard drives.

 Video On Demand Performance Optimization decreases latency and improves video streaming.

More information about SAAP is available at

www.hp.com/go/SAAP

NOTE:

At a minimum, a 256 MB cache and battery kit is required to enable the SAAP

license key. SAAP is not available on Zero Memory Configurations.

Solid state drives

HP has introduced the second generation of solid state drives (SSD) for ProLiant servers. These solid

state drives are 3 Gb/s SATA interface in both 60GB and 120GB capacities. These drives, based on

NAND Single Level Cell flash technology, are implemented as SFF and LFF hot plug devices on the HP

universal drive carrier for general use across the ProLiant portfolio. They deliver higher performance,

lower latency, and low power solutions when compared with traditional rotating media.

You can use the HP second generation SSDs with the present generation Smart Array controllers

(based on the PM8011 SRC MIPS processor) on select ProLiant G6 and G7 servers. See the server

QuickSpecs to confirm that SSDs are supported.

Non-hot plug models cable hard drives directly from the motherboard. Cold plug models utilize a hard drive backplane but

do not contain a hot plug HDD controller. These models can be upgraded to hot plug with the B110i software RAID advanced

pack license, or with the introduction of a Smart Array hardware-based controller.