- Smart Array PCIe mezzanine card that connects to a HPE 6 Gb/s SAS BL switch through the c-Class enclosure high-speed mid-plane supporting shared SAS storage
- 6 Gb/s SAS physical links distributed across 2 external 2x ports to support SAS switches
- 6 Gb/s SAS physical links distributed across 2 internal 1x ports to support SAS HDDs
The P712m Smart Array solution fulfills all the RAID requirements for the BL280c G6 solutions by allowing the customer the flexibility of purchasing one solution that can perform as an entry-level RAID controller as well as upgrade capability to high end RAID solution with the addition of more cache and/or BBWC module.