HPE Smart Array P542D Controller - 759557-B21

Specifications
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Manufacturer Part Number: 759557-B21
Manufacturer Website Address: http://www.hpe.com
Brand Name: HPE
Product Line: Smart Array
Product Model: P542D
Product Name: Smart Array P542D Controller
Marketing Information: HPE Smart Array P542D Controller

The HPE Smart Array P542D Controller is a PCI-Express (PCIe) 3.0 mezzanine, 4-port, 12Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that supports internal and direct attached storage composed with HPE Synergy Compute Modules. It provides enterpriselevel reliability, connectivity, and performance for HPE Synergy compute and storage modules through its support of the latest SCSI technology and advanced RAID capabilities. The controller supports 2GB flash-backed write cache (FBWC) to maximize data retention in case of a power failure. It features eight external physical links and eight internal physical links within four ports to deliver increased compute module uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online RAID level migration with FBWC, global online spare, and pre-failure alert. With the addition of the HPE Synergy D3940 Storage Module and HPE Synergy 12Gb SAS Connection Module, a logical JBOD can be assigned to a Synergy Compute Module.
Product Type: SAS Controller
Technical Information
Host Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
Controller Type:

• 12Gb/s SAS
• Serial ATA/600

RAID Supported: Yes
RAID Levels:

• 10 ADM
• 1 ADM
• 60
• 6
• 50
• 5
• 10
• 1
• 0

Data Backup Type: Flash Backed Cache
Memory
Cache Memory: 2 GB
Interfaces/Ports
Total Number of SAS Ports: 16
Number of SAS Ports (Internal): 8
Number of SAS Ports (External): 8
Physical Characteristics
Height: 4.9"
Width: 4.4"
Thickness: 1.4"
Form Factor: Mezzanine