HP Ie Workload Accelerators for Servers manual System Recommendations, Hardware Recommendations

A total of 64 NAND placements are on the drive. The 350GB drive has four NAND die per package and the 700GB drive has eight NAND die per package. NAND are placed on both the component and solder sides of the drive along with the component and solder sides of two daughter boards as shown in Figure 1 (page 5) and Figure 2 (page 5).

Figure 1 (page 5) shows the drive’s LEDs. The state of these LEDs, such as color and blinking pattern, convey important information about the drive’s status and behavior. For a description of the LED codes, see “LED Codes” (page 19).

System Recommendations

To help achieve optimal performance for the HP PCIe Workload Accelerator, review the system recommendations listed below. Italics indicate a hardware requirement.

Hardware Recommendations

The following table lists system hardware platform recommendations for using the HP PCIe Workload Accelerator, except where specifically noted.

Table 1

Category	Description
System	Type, BIOS

• “Performance” optimized legacy or

UEFI BIOS.

Processor CPU type, cores, and cache size

Memory	System RAM
Chipset	Type
Slots	Type, speed, and link width

Power requirements	Slot power consumption and external
	supply

Requirements

•Enterprise server class systems with Intel® Tylersburg, Sandy Bridge, or later class chipset motherboards are recommended.

•“Performance” optimized legacy or

UEFI BIOS.

•64-bit processors are required.

•Single, dual, or higher number of processors can be used.

•Intel® Xeon™ (Nehalem-EP) or better processor with four or more cores/processor.

•12MB local cache is recommended.

•Processors with clock speeds greater than 3GHz are recommended for best performance.

A minimum of 6GB DRAM is recommended.

An Intel 5520 or later generation chipset is recommended.

•A PCIe, Gen 2 speed, x8 link width slot is required

•A PCIe Gen 1 slot can be used, but drive performance will be impacted.

•Slots must be at least 25W compatible PCIe.

•No external power connection is required for the P320h drive.

Supported Operating Systems and Software

•Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x86-64)

•Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V (x86-64)

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