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HP 2312fc and 2324fc Modular Smart Array user guide

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Overview

The 2312fc Modular Smart Array and 2324fc Modular Smart Array are high-performance storage solutions

that combine outstanding performance with high reliability, availability, flexibility, and manageability.

Features and benefits

Product features and supported options include:

Supported servers
• HP ProLiant servers
• HP ProLiant C-Class Blade servers
• HP Integrity servers
• Certain PA-RISC servers
• Supports most multi-vendor industry standard 32-bit and 64-bit Intel and AMD-based (X86) servers

Primary supported operating systems
• Microsoft Windows Server
• VMware
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SuSE Linux
• HP-UX

IMPORTANT:

This product contains one or more features which allow remote connection to HP or HP’s

authorized representatives for the benefit of the customer (such as troubleshooting). This feature is enabled

by default. Your use of this product indicates your acceptance of this feature. This feature cannot be

disabled.

NOTE:

Check the QuickSpecs for a complete list of servers. QuickSpecs can be found from your HP MSA

products page at

http://www.hp.com/go/msa

. Select MSA SAN Arrays, and then select your product.

The link for QuickSpecs will be on the right.

Capacity up to 99 small form factor (SFF) drives with MSA2324fc and three MSA70 enclosures

Capacity up to 60 LFF drives with MSA2312fc and four MSA2000 3.5 12-drive enclosures

Capacity up to 60 drives in a mixed drive environment: one MSA2324fc (24 SFF) and three MSA2000

3.5 12-drive enclosures (36 LFF)

Supported drives:
• MSA2 3.5-inch LFF drives:

• 450GB/300GB/146GB 15K RPM DP SAS
• 1TB/750GB/500GB 7.2K RPM DP SATA

• HP ProLiant 2.5-inch SFF drives:

• 72GB/36GB 15K RPM SP SAS
• 72GB/36GB 15K RPM DP SAS
• 146GB/72GB 10K RPM SP SAS
• 146GB/72GB 10K RPM DP SAS
• 120GB/60GB 5.4K RPM SATA
• 250GB 5.4K RPM SATA

• Two 4-Gb FC ports per controller
• 1-GB cache module per controller
• Battery-free cache backup (with super-capacitor and CompactFlash card)