HP 2.5Inch SFF SAS SATA NVMe SSD Drive Tray / Caddy / Carrier Sled for HP Proliant Gen10 G10 DL360 DL380 HPN: 727695-001
- Brand: HP
- Part #: 727695-001
- Specs:-
- :: Type: HP NVME drive tray
- :: Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
- :: Hard Disk Interface: NVMe
- Compatibility:
- All HP Proliant Gen10 servers that use 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe/SSD hotswap drives.
- :: HP Proliant DL360 Gen10 (G10)
- :: HP Proliant DL380 Gen10 (G10)
- ....extended compatibility list
- :: Proliant DL160 Gen8
- :: Proliant DL320e Gen8
- :: Proliant DL360e Gen8
- :: Proliant DL360p Gen8
- :: Proliant DL380e Gen8
- :: Proliant DL380p Gen8
- :: Proliant DL385p Gen8
- :: Proliant DL560 Gen8
- :: Proliant ML310e Gen8
- :: Proliant ML350e Gen8
- :: Proliant ML350p Gen8
- :: BL420c Gen8
- :: Proliant BL460c Gen8
- :: Proliant BL465c Gen8
- :: Proliant BL660c Gen8
- :: HPE WS460c Gen8
- :: Proliant XL230a Gen8
- :: Proliant XL230a Gen9
- :: Proliant XL250a Gen8
- :: Proliant XL250a Gen9
- :: Proliant SL230s Gen8
- :: Proliant SL250s Gen8
- :: Proliant DL20 Gen8
- :: Proliant ML30 Gen8
- :: ProLiant BL460c Gen9
- :: ProLiant BL460c Gen10
- :: Proliant DL360 Gen9
- :: ProLiant DL360 Gen10
- :: ProLiant DL380 Gen9
- :: ProLiant DL380 Gen10
- :: ProLiant DL388 Gen9
- :: Proliant DL560 Gen9
- :: Proliant ML350 Gen9
- :: Proliant BL660c Gen8
- :: HPE WS460c Gen8, and Proliant DL180 Gen8
- Condition: New
- Warranty: 1 (one) year Tekmart Africa warranty
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The SKU: 727695-001, is the primary HP part number for a 2.5-inch NVMe caddy, especially for newer generation ProLiant servers (Gen9, Gen10, Gen10 Plus, Gen11).
This caddy is also sometimes referred to with part number 651699-003, which often comes bundled or is a compatible replacement.
Here's why these caddies are important for NVMe drives:
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::U.2 Interface: While the caddy itself is just a physical tray, it's designed to house 2.5-inch NVMe drives that typically use a U.2 interface. This interface is specifically for NVMe SSDs and provides significantly higher bandwidth than traditional SAS or SATA interfaces.
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::SmartDrive Carrier (SC2): These caddies are part of HP's "SmartDrive Carrier" system, which includes features like LED indicators to show drive status (activity, health, etc.) and, in some cases, authentication to ensure that genuine HPE drives are used.
- ::Server Compatibility: These particular caddies are widely compatible with many HPE ProLiant servers that support 2.5-inch hot-swap drives and have NVMe backplanes, including popular models like the DL360, DL380, ML350, and others from Gen9 onwards.
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While designed for NVMe, they are generally backward compatible and can hold 2.5-inch SAS and SATA drives. However, their main purpose in newer Gen9/Gen10/Gen10 Plus/Gen11 servers is to accommodate NVMe drives where the server has an NVMe backplane.
When searching for or purchasing an HP 2.5-inch NVMe caddy, looking for this part number (727695-001) is your best bet to ensure compatibility with HPE ProLiant servers that support NVMe storage.
When you push the NVMe drive in its caddy into a SAS/SATA backplane slot, the drive's PCIe pins will connect to the SAS/SATA data lines. Since there is no PCIe signal on those lines, the NVMe SSD will receive no data communication and will not be detected by the server's firmware or operating system.
The connector on the NVME backplane is physically different (though it looks similar to a SAS connector) and is designed to carry a direct PCIe signal (typically 4 lanes per drive) to the server's CPU/chipset, bypassing the SAS/SATA RAID controller entirely.
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