Product description
The HPE StorageWorks 3Gb SAS BL Switch for HPE BladeSystem C-Class enclosures is an integral part of HPE direct connect storage by enabling a straight forward external shared SAS solution. The 3Gb SAS Switch is a single wide interconnect module that enables each server blade with a Smart Array P700m controller card to communicate with the HPE StorageWorks MSA2000sa.
Product features
- Offers flexibility for shared storage
Enables servers within the C-Class BladeSystem enclosure to share external SAS storage array without needing an external SAN infrastructure. Increases storage utilization, flexibility, and enables full virtualization without a SAN. - Storage price/performance ratio
3 Gb/s performance, without the infrastructure expense. Not all data requirements need the top performance and availability of a backend Fiber Channel SAN. - Easy SAS connectivity with C-Class BladeSystem
Centralizes control and reduces storage management cost. Management tools and software included in the price. - Target-based management
Scale capacity by expansion on the external SAS array. Storage is shared, but is managed by a server administrator. Drives are not dedicated to one server. - Boot from shared storage
SAS Smart Array in the server and SAS switch or controller at the back of the enclosure allows you to share SAS storage within the rack. - High availability and path failover
Both SAS switches are active, if one fails the second takes over the entire workload. - Active/active controllers on SAS storage array
RAID level choices provide flexibility. RAID 6 provides additional level of reliability.
