Standard Features
Key Features
ā¢ Storage interface (SAS/SATA)
o 8 SAS lanes across 2 x4 internal Mini-SAS ports
o 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology
o Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller
o Support for SAS tape drives
ā¢ PCI Express 3.0 x8 link
ā¢ RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
ā¢ Mixed Mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously)
ā¢ Windows Storage Spaces Direct validated
ā¢ VMware Virtual SAN certified
ā¢ Legacy and UEFI boot operation
ā¢ UEFI System Utilities (storage configuration)
ā¢ Up to 238 physical drives
ā¢ Up to 64 logical drives
ā¢ HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (optional license)
ā¢ HPE SSD Smart Path
ā¢ Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
ā¢ Rapid rebuild
ā¢ Drive Sanitize
ā¢ Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing
ā¢ Power efficiency
ā¢ Seamless upgrades from HPE Smart Array Software RAID
ā¢ Seamless upgrades to HPE Smart Array P-class Controllers
Ports
ā¢ Internal: 8 SAS/SATA lanes across 2 x4 internal Mini-SAS ports
Form Factor
ā¢ PCIe Plug-in Controller (occupies a PCIe expansion slot)
Performance
ā¢ 12Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
ā¢ 6Gb/s SATA (600 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
ā¢ PCI Express 3.0 x8 link width
Fault Prevention
The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur:
ā¢ Predictive drive failure detects possible drive failure before it occurs, allowing replacement of the component before failure occurs.
ā¢ Background surface scan checks drives during inactive periods and automatically remaps bad sectors, ensuring data integrity.
ā¢ HPE SmartSSD Wear Gauge reports the amount of lifetime remaining on your SSDs.
Fault Recovery
Minimizes downtime, reconstructs data, and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure ā¢ Recovery ROM: This feature protects the user from a firmware image corruption by storing a redundant copy of the firmware image. If the active firmware image becomes corrupt, the controller will use the redundant firmware image and continue operating.
ā¢ On-Line Spares: There is no limit to the number of spare drives that can be installed prior to drive failure. If a failure occurs, recovery begins with an On-Line Spare and data is reconstructed automatically.
ā¢ DRAM ECC detects and corrects data bit errors
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