HP PCIe IO Accelerator For Proliant Rackmount Servers And BladeSystems

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Table of Contents Overview & Features... 3 QuickSpecs...3 HP Supported Operating Systems... 4 HP Supported Driver/Firmware Revisions... 4 General Notes & Recommendations... 5... 7 Proliant DL (Rack-Optimized)... 7 DL100 Series...7 DL320 & 360 Series...8 DL380 Series... 9 DL380 Series cont d...10 ML300 Series (MicroServers)...10 ML300 Series... 11 DL500 & 900 Series... 12 BladeSystems... 13 BL400c Series... 13 BL400c & 600c Series...14 BL600c G7 Series... 15 Hyperscale Servers...16 Sl6500 Chassis Based...16 SL Series Continued... 17 SL4500 Series Server... 17 2

Overview & Features Overview & Features HP IO Accelerators for ProLiant Servers are PCIe card-based direct-attach solid state storage technology solutions for application performance enhancement. Based on Multi-Level Cell (MLC) and Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash technology, these devices are ideal for low-latency workloads requiring high transaction-rates and real-time data access. Rackmount: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/solidstate/index.html?jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0014 BladeSystem: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/io_accelerator/index.html QuickSpecs Rackmount: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13587_div/13587_div.pdf BladeSystem: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13220_div/13220_div.pdf Description Part Number First Generation IO Accelerators (Please check with HP for availability) HP 160GB Single Level Cell PCIe iodrive for ProLiant Servers (EOL) 600278-B21 HP 320GB Multi Level Cell PCIe iodrive for ProLiant Servers 600279-B21 HP 320GB Single Level Cell PCIe iodrive Duo for ProLiant Servers 600281-B21 HP 640GB Multi Level Cell PCIe iodrive Duo for ProLiant Servers 600282-B21 HP 1.28TB Multi Level Cell PCIe iodrive Duo for ProLiant Servers 641027-B21 HP 320GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-class (G7 and previous) HP 640GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-class (G7 and previous) AJ878B BK836A Second Generation IO Accelerators HP 365GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe iodrive 2 for ProLiant Servers 673642-B21 HP 785GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe iodrive2 for ProLiant Servers 673644-B21 HP 1205GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe iodrive2 for ProLiant Servers 673646-B21 HP 2410GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe iodrive2 Duo for ProLiant Servers 673648-B21 HP 3TB G2 FH/HL PCIe iodrive2 IO Accelerator for ProLiant Servers 721458-B21 HP 365GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-class (G8 only) HP 785GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-class (G8 only) HP 1.2 TB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-class (G8 only) QK761A QK762A QK763A NOTE: Some First Generation IO Accelerators are EOL, please check with HP for availability. 3

Overview & Features HP Supported Operating Systems CentOS 5, 6 Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (OEL 5) Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 (OEL 6) RHEL 4,5,6 (64-bit support only) SLES 10, 11 (64-bit support only) Solaris x86 10, 11 Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1, VMWare ESXi 4.1 VMware ESXi 5.0/5.1 Windows Server x86-64 2003, 2008 (64-bit support only), 2008 R2, 2012 NOTE: The HP IO Accelerators are currently not supported as boot devices. HP Supported Driver/Firmware Revisions The HP IO Accelerator requires a driver from HP and matching firmware revision on the HP IO accelerator. Each driver version is only compatible with a specific firmware revision. In a system, all Fusion iomemory iodrive and iodrive Duo cards must be at the correct firmware revision for the currently installed driver. Release Firmware Revision Comment 2.3.1 101971 For use with first generation IO Accelerators only 2.3.10 5.0.7.107503 For use with first generation IO Accelerators only 3.1.5 7.0.2.108609 All 3.x VSL versions support power override 3.2.2 7.1.13.109322 Currently available on HP.com 3.2.3 7.1.13.109322 Currently available on HP.com 3.2.4 7.1.15.110536 Currently available on HP.com HP drivers for all current iodrive products can be downloaded at the following link: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-search.html?tab=1#/qryterm=io%20accelerator&searchtype=s-002 4

Overview & Features General Notes & Recommendations The following guidelines were referenced from HP document titled: HP ROM-Based Utility Setup Utility User Guide HP Part Number: 347563-409 Published: September 2013 Edition: 1 Aux Power for HP IO Accelerators 4AA4 4296ENW HP Technical White Paper Configuring and Tuning HP ProLiant Servers for Low-Latency Applications White Paper HP Part Number: 581608-005 Published April 2013 Edition: 5 BIOS: upgrade the BIOS to the most recent version. Firmware: be sure that all platform firmware is up to date. Cooling: HP recommends that all customers using HP IO Accelerators set the BIOS option for Increased Cooling instead of the default Optimal Cooling. Also, always use the latest available BIOS as many platforms have had their BIOS updated specifically to increase fan speeds to deliver more cooling to devices like the HP IO Accelerator. Power: HP does not qualify external power on the Gen 1 & Gen 2 iodrive Duo. The power cable that normally ships with Fusion iomemory products does not ship with any HP products. Power management: Later-generation HP servers have a power management setting that, by default, adjusts the power to CPUs dynamically. This setting can be problematic when using HP IO Accelerators. The options are: HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode (default) HP Static Low Power Mode HP Static High Performance Mode OS Control Mode HP recommends that this setting be changed to Static High Performance Mode 5

Overview & Features A list of additional parameters to consider adjusting for low-latency applications is provided below. Parameter Value Description Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Hyperthreading Options Intel Turbo Boost Technology Disabled (unless using VMware) Enabled Disabled Allows Virtual Machine Managers to utilize virtualization hardware capabilities Allows Hyperthreading, which adds logical cores but increases computational jitter Allows processors to increase frequency as power and temperature permits, which induces computational jitter Intel VT-d Disabled Enables virtualized Directed I/O Thermal Configuration Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring Memory Pre-Failure Notification HP Power Profile HP Power Regulator Intel QPI Link Power Management Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State Energy/Performance Bias Increased Cooling* Disabled Disabled Maximum Performance HP Static High Performance Mode Disabled No C-states No Package State Maximum Performance Runs fans at higher than normal speed. Useful to keep processors in Turbo mode longer Disables ilo Processor State Mode Switching and Insight Power Manager Processor Utilization Monitoring, and its associated SMI Disables Memory Pre-Failure Notification and its associated SMI Disables all power management options that may negatively affect performance Keeps processors in their maximum power/performance state Precludes placing unutilized QPI links into low power state Precludes processor transitions into low-power core C-States Precludes processor transitions into low-power package C-States Configures processor subsystems for high-performance/low-latency Collaborative Power Control Disabled Precludes the OS from changing clock frequency DIMM Voltage Preference Optimized for Performance Runs DIMMs at a higher voltage if it increases performance 6

Proliant DL (Rack-Optimized) This listing encompasses current shipping HP servers and does not include older models that may still support IO Accelerators. DL100 Series DL100 Servers DL160 G6 DL160 G8 Six Core Intel Xeon 5600, Quad Core Intel Xeon 5600 & Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 series Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series 8/6/4/2 Core Max Memory Slots 18 DDR3 24 DDR3 4 3.5 Drives or 8 2.5 Drives 4 3.5 Drives or 8 2.5 Drives Current BIOS Version 2013.07.01 (A) 14 Aug 2013 (J03) 2013.09.01 (B) 29 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 1U 1U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 3.0 2 Slots One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH or HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x8/x4 slot; LP (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale 2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 2 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 slot; LP Internal Only (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 DL100 Servers (cont d) DL165 G7 DL180 G6 AMD Opteron 6000 Series Four, Eight, Twelve and Sixteen core processors Six Core Intel Xeon 5600, Quad Core Intel Xeon 5600 & Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 series Max Memory Slots 24 DDR3 12 DDR3 4 3.5 Drives or 8 2.5 Drives 14 3.5 Drives or 25 2.5 Drives Current BIOS Version 2012.10.17 (A) 27 Nov 2012 2013.07.01 (A) 13 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 1U 2U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 2 Slots One PCIe2.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe2.0; x8/x4 slot; LP (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 4 Slots One PCIe2.0; x16/x16 slot; LP Two PCIe2.0; x8/x8 slot; FL/FH One PCIe2.0; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH (3) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1)1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.6TB ioscale2 Total 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 10.2TB iodrive2 or 11.2TB ioscale2 7

DL320 & 360 Series DL320 & 360 Servers DL320e Gen8 DL360 G7 CPUs Max. Intel Xeon E3-1200v2 Processors (Quad-Core and Dual-Core) Max. 1 Intel 5500/5600 Series Xeon Processors (Six-Core, Quad-Core and Dual-Core) Max. 2 Max Memory Slots 4 DDR3 18 DDR3 8 SFF Drive Bays standard or 4 LFF drive bays total 4 SFF Drive Bays standard with options for up to 8 SFF drive bays total Current BIOS Version (J05) 2013.08.24 14 Aug 2013 (P68) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 1U 1U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 & PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0 2 Slots One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; LP One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; HL/FH 1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 2 Slots One PCIe 2.0; x8/x8 slot; LP One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 DL360 Servers DL360e Gen8 DL360p Gen8 Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series processors (8/6/4 Cores) Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series processors (8/6/4 Cores) Max Memory Slots 12 DDR3 24 DDR3 4 LFF Drive Bays or 8 SFF Drives Bays 4 LFF Drive Bays or 8 SFF Drives Bays Current BIOS Version (P73) 2013.07.01 14 Aug 2013 (P71) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor 1U 1U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 & PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0 2 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; LP 1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 2 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 slot; LP One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; HL/FH (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 4.2 TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 8

DL380 Series DL380 Series Servers DL380 G6 DL380 G7 Intel 5500/5600 Series Xeon Processors (Six-Core, Quad-Core and Dual-Core) Intel 5500/5600 Series Xeon Processors (Six-Core, Quad-Core and Dual-Core) Max Memory Slots 18 DDR3 18 DDR3 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 6 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage) 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 6 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage) Current BIOS Version (P62) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 (P67) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 2U 2U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 Two PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/HH (2) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (4) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Two PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/HH (2) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (4) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 10.8TB iodrive2 or 13TB ioscale 2 10.8 TB iodrive2 or 13TB ioscale 2 DL380 Series Servers DL380e G8 DL380p G8 Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series processors (8/6/4 Cores) Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series processors (8/6/4 Cores) Max Memory Slots 12 DDR3 24 DDR3 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 8 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 8 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage Current BIOS Version (P73) 2013.07.01 14 Aug 2013 (P70) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor 2U 2U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 & PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0 & PCI Express 3.0 One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH Two PCIe 3.0; x8/x16;hl/fh One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8;hl/fh One PCIe 3.0; x4/x8; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; LP (5)3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Two PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH Three PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH (6) 3.0TB iodrive2 or (6) 3.2TB ioscale2 Total 16.2TB iodrive2 or 17.6TB ioscale2 18TB iodrive2 or 19.2TB ioscale2 9

DL380 Series cont d DL380 Series Servers DL385 G7 DL385p G8 AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processors (12-Core, and 8-Core) AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors (16/12/8/4-Core) Max Memory Slots 24 DDR3 24 DDR3 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 6 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage) 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 8 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage Current BIOS Version (A18) 2012.12.08 10 Jan 2013 (A28) 2013.06.09 11 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor 2U 2U PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 Two PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH Two PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH Two PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/HH (4) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (2) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; HL/FH Two PCIe 2.0; x8/x8 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH (6) 3.0TB iodrive2 or (6) 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 14.4 TB iodrive2 or 15.2TB ioscale2 18TB iodrive2 or 19.2TB ioscale2 ML300 Series (MicroServers) ML300 Series Servers ML310 Gen8 ML330 G6 CPUs Intel Xeon E3-1200v 2 Intel Core i3-3200 Intel Pentium Intel Celeron 4/2 Core (Max. 1) Intel Xeon 5500 series Intel Xeon 5600 series 6/4 Core ( Max. 2) Max Memory Slots 4 DDR3 18 DDR3 4 LFF NHP SAS/SATA 4 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 LFF NHP SAS 4 LFF NHP SATA Current BIOS Version (P78) 2013.09.01 11 Sep 2013 (W07) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 4U Tower 5U Tower PCIe Bus Type 2 PCI Express 3.0 2 PCI Express 2.0 4 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x1/x8 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x1/x4 slot; HL/FH 4 PCI Express 2.0 4 Slots Two PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16; HL/FH One PCIe 1.0; x1/x8; HL/FH (2) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 (3) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 Total 6TB iodrive2 or 6.4TB ioscale 2 9 TB iodrive2 or 9.6TB ioscale 2 10

ML300 Series ML300 Series Servers ML350 G6 ML350e Gen8 Intel 5500/5600 Series Xeon Processors (Six-Core, Quad-Core and Dual-Core) Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series 8/6/4 Core Max Memory Slots 18 DDR3 12 DDR3 16 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD 24 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 18 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (D22) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 (J02) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 5U Tower or 5U Rack 5U Tower or 5U Rack PCIe Bus Type 6 PCI Express 2.0 2 PCI Express 2.0 4 PCI Express 3.0 6 Slots One PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x8/x8 slot; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH 6 Slots One PCIe 2.0; x1/x4 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 3.0; x8/x16; FL/FH Two PCIe 3.0; x16/x16; FL/FH One PCIe 3.0; x4/x8; FL/FH (6) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 (5) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 Total 18TB iodrive2 or 19.2TB ioscale 2 15 TB iodrive2 or 16TB ioscale 2 ML300 Series Servers ML350p Gen8 ML/DL370 G6 Intel Xeon E5-2600 8/6/4 Core Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series processors (8/6/4 Cores) Max Memory Slots 24 DDR3 18 DDR3 24 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 18 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD 16 SFF (with optional SFF drive cage) or up to 8 LFF (with optional LFF drive cage Current BIOS Version (P72) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 (P63) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 5U Tower or 5U Rack 4U Tower or 4U Rack PCIe Bus Type 1 PCI Express 2.0 8 PCI Express 3.0 Three PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH One PCIe 3.0; x8/x16; FL/FH Five PCIe 3.0; x4/x8; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH (6)3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 1 PCI Express & 9 PCI Express 2.0 One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH Two PCIe 3.0; x8/x16;hl/fh One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8;hl/fh One PCIe 3.0; x4/x8; FL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; LP (5)3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 18TB iodrive2 or 19.2TB ioscale2 16.2TB iodrive2 or 17.6TB ioscale2 11

DL500 & 900 Series DL500 Series Servers DL560 Gen8 DL580 G7 CPUs Max. 4 Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series 8/6/4 Core Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series 10/8/6/4 Core Max Memory Slots 48 DDR3 64 DDR3 5 SFF SAS/SSD 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (P77) 2013.06.30 14 Aug 2013 (P65) 2013.07.01 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 2U 4U PCIe Bus Type 6 PCI Express 3.0 1 PCI Express 10 PCI Express 2.0 Two PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH Three PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 slot; HL/FH One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; HL/FH 11 Slots (w/io Expander option) One PCIe; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH Six PCIe 2.0; x8/x16; FL/FH (6) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 (10) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 Total 18TB iodrive2 or 19.2TB ioscale 2 30TB iodrive2 or 32TB ioscale 2 DL500 & 900 Series Servers CPUs DL585 G7 Max. 4 CPUs AMD Opteron 6200 Series AMD Opteron 6100 Series 16/12/8 Core DL980 G7 Max. 8 CPUs Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series Intel Xeon E7-2800 Series (10/8/6/4 Cores) Max Memory Slots 48 DDR3 128 DDR3 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (A16) 2013.06.04 11 Sep 2013 (P66) 2013.07.29 13 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor 4U 8U PCIe Bus Type 11 PCI Express 2.0 16 PCI Express 2.0 11 Slots (w/ IO Expander option ) Four PCIe 2.0; x16/x16 slot; FL/FH Seven PCIe 2.0; x8/x16; FL/FH (11)3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 1 One PCIe; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; FL/FH Six PCIe 2.0; x8/x16; FL/FH Four PCIe 2.0; x8/x16 slot; LP One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8 slot; LP (10)3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale2 + (5) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 Total 33TB iodrive2 or 35.2TB ioscale2 36TB iodrive2 or 40.2TB ioscale2 12

BladeSystems BL400c Series BL400c Series BL420c Gen8 BL460c G7 Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series 8/6/4 Core Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 series 6/4/2 Core Max Memory Slots 12 DDR3 12 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (I30) 2013.06.30 14 Aug 2013 (I27) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor Half Height Blade Half Height Blade PCIe Bus Type 2 PCI Express 3.0 2 PCI Express 2.0 I/O Mezzanine Slots (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 3.0; x8; Type A One PCIe 3.0; x16; Type B (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type I One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type II (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 Type B Mezz (2) 640GB iodrive Mezz Total 1.2TB iodrive2 1.28TB iodrive BL400c Series BL460c Gen8 BL465c G7 Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series 8/6/4 Core AMD Opteron 6200 Series 16/12/8 Cores Max Memory Slots 16 DDR3 16 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (I31) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 (A19) 2012.12.08 10 Jan 2013 Server Form Factor Half Height Blade Half Height Blade PCIe Bus Type 2 PCI Express 3.0 2 PCI Express 2.0 I/O Mezzanine Slots (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 3.0; x8; Type A One PCIe 3.0; x16; Type B (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type I One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type II (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 Type B Mezz (2) 640GB iodrive Mezz Total 1.2TB iodrive2 1.28TB iodrive 13

BL400c & 600c Series BL400c & 600c Series BL465c Gen8 BL660c Gen8 AMD Opteron 6200 Series 16/12/8 Cores Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series 8/6/4 Core Max Memory Slots 16 DDR3 32 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (A26) 2013.06.09 11 Sep 2013 (I32) 2013.06.30 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor Half Height Blade Half Height Blade PCIe Bus Type 2 PCI Express 2.0 3 PCI Express 3.0 I/O Mezzanine Slots (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type A One PCIe 2.0; x16; Type B (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 3.0; x8; Type A Two PCIe 3.0; x16; Type B (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 Type B Mezz (2) 1.2TB iodrive2 Type B Mezz Total 1.2TB iodrive2 2.4TB iodrive2 14

BL600c G7 Series BL600c G7 Series BL620c G7 BL680c G7 Intel Xeon E7-2800/8867L 10/8/6 Core (Max. 2) Intel Xeon E7-4800/8867L 10/8/6 Core (Max. 4) Max Memory Slots 64 DDR3 64 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 4 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (I25) 2013.07.01 14 Aug 2013 (I25) 2013.07.01 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor Full Height Blade Full Height Blade/Double Wide PCIe Bus Type 3 PCI Express 2.0 7 PCI Express 2.0 I/O Mezzanine Slots (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 2.0; x4; Type I Two PCIe 2.0; x8; Type II (7) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: Two PCIe 2.0; x8; Type I Four PCIe 2.0; x8; Type II One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type I (Ethernet Specific) (3) 640GB iodrive1 Mezz (6) 640GB iodrive1 Mezz Total 1.92TB iodrive Mezz 3.84TB iodrive Mezz BL600c G7 Series CPUs Max. 4 Max Memory Slots BL685c G7 AMD Opteron 6100 Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series 16/12/8 Cores 32 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (A20) 2013.06.04 11 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor Full Height Blade PCIe Bus Type 3 PCI Express 2.0 I/O Mezzanine Slots Total (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: One PCIe 2.0; x8; Type A Two PCIe 2.0; x8; Type B (3) 640GB iodrive Mezz 1.92TB iodrive Mezz 15

Hyperscale Servers Sl6500 Chassis Based SL Series SL170s G6 SL165s G7 Intel Xeon 5600 series Intel Xeon 5500 series 6/4/2 Cores AMD Opteron 6100 Series 12/8 Cores Max Memory Slots 16 DDR3 24 DDR3 2 LFF QR SAS/SATA 4 SFF QR SAS/SATA/SSD 6 LFF QR SAS/SATA 8 SFF QR SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version 2012.03.16 12 Apr 2012 2012.10.17 27 Nov 2012 Server Form Factor SL6500 (8 nodes in 4U) SL6500 (8 nodes in 4U) PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 (1) PCI Express 2.0 Slot One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16; Low Profile (2) PCI Express 2.0 Slot One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16; Low Profile One PCIe 2.0; x4/x8; Internal Only (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale Total 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 SL Series SL230s Gen8 SL250s Gen8 Intel Xeon E5-2600 8/6/4 Cores Intel Xeon E5-2600 8/6/4 Cores Max Memory Slots 16 DDR3 16 DDR3 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 4 SFF QR SAS/SATA/SSD 2 LFF QR SAS/SATA 4 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 4 SFF QR SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (P75) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 (P75) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor SL6500 (4 nodes in 4U) SL6500 (4 nodes in 4U) PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0 (2) PCI Express 3.0 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 Low Profile One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 HL/FH (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale + (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale (2) PCI Express 3.0 Slots One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8 Low Profile One PCIe 3.0; x16/x16 HL/FH 1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale + (1) 3.0TB iodrive2 or 3.2TB ioscale Total 4.2TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 4.2TB iodrive2 or 4.8TB ioscale2 16

SL Series Continued SL Series SL270s Gen8 SL390s G7 Intel Xeon E5-2600 8/6/4 Cores Intel Xeon 5600 series Intel Xeon 5500 series 6/4/2 Cores Max Memory Slots 16 DDR3 12 DDR3 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (P75) 2013.09.18 24 Sep 2013 (P69) 2013.07.02 14 Aug 2013 Server Form Factor SL6500 (2 nodes in 4U) SL6500 (2 nodes in 4U) PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0 (1) PCIe 3.0 Slot (1) PCIe 3.0 FlexLOM Slot (8) PCIe 3.0 GPU Only Slots One PCIe 3.0; x8/x8; Low Profile (1) PCIe 2.0 Slot (8) PCIe 2.0 GPU Only Slots One PCIe 2.0; x16/x16; Low Profile (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale Total 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 SL4500 Series Server SL Series SL4540 Gen8 SL4545 G7 Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series 8/6/4 Cores AMD Opteron 4200 Series 8/6 Cores Max Memory Slots 12 DDR3 12 DDR3 Up to 60 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD and 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Up to 60 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD and 2 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD Current BIOS Version (P74) 2013.06.30 14 Aug 2013 (A31) 2013.06.05 11 Sep 2013 Server Form Factor 4.3U (1 & 2 node configs) 4.3U (1 & 2 node configs) PCIe Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 (1) PCIe 2.0; x8/x8; Low Profile (1) PCIe 2.0; x8/x8; Low Profile (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale (1) 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale Total 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 1.2TB iodrive2 or 1.65TB ioscale2 FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact a SanDisk representative, 1-800-578-6007 or fusion-sales@sandisk.com The performance results discussed herein are based on testing and use of the above described products. Results and performance may vary according to configurations and systems, including drive capacity, system architecture and applications. 2014 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Fusion iomemory, iodrive, ioscale and others are trademarks of SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). 17