
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
RequirementsDescriptionCategory
Type, BIOSSystem
• Enterprise server class systems with
Intel® Tylersburg, Sandy Bridge, or
• “Performance” optimized legacy or
UEFI BIOS.
later class chipset motherboards are
recommended.
• “Performance” optimized legacy or
UEFI BIOS.
CPU type, cores, and cache sizeProcessor
• 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.
System RAMMemory
An Intel 5520 or later generation
chipset is recommended.
TypeChipset
Type, speed, and link widthSlots
• 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.
Slot power consumption and external
supply
Power requirements
• 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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