SCSI/RAID Controllers

The HPE Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, is an ideal cost-effective solution for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 and Software Defined Storage solutions. This controller operates in Mixed Mode which combines RAID and HBA operations simultaneously. It has eight internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, and offers encryption for data-at-rest on any drive with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption. This type-a modular controller occupies a dedicated storage slot without occupying a PCIe expansion slot and provides enterprise-class reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs.

Are you looking for a cost effective, enterprise-class controller for internal attached drives without occupying a PCIe expansion slot? The HPE Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12 Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, provides a cost-effective storage solution with enterprise-class reliability supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 and software-defined storage (SDS). This controller has eight internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, supports Mixed Mode operations of RAID and HBA simultaneously, and offers encryption for data-at rest on any drive. This type-a modular controller occupies a dedicated storage slot without occupying a PCIe expansion slot.

Cost-Effective SAS Storage Connectivity

The HPE Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 Controller is a cost effective enterprise-class controller that provides the basic building blocks for simple RAID storage solutions while delivering 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity on HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers when connected to 12 Gb/s internal storage devices.

Offers a low-cost solution to enable software-defined storage.

Built-in Reliability and Security

The HPE Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 Controller protects data-at-rest on any drive attached to the controller with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (optional license).

Comply with regulations for sensitive data, such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption.

Preserve data integrity with HPE SmartSSD Wear Gauge, which alerts you to potential drive issues before a drive fails.

Improved Efficiency and Storage Management

The HPE Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 Controller has increased flexibility with Mixed Mode which operates in RAID and HBA simultaneously and eliminates the expense of having to purchase another controller.

Rapidly configure simple RAID volumes on servers with the UEFI storage configuration tool, which also facilitates scripting support to configure an array via iLO through RESTful interface.

Quickly set up, configure, and manage drives attached to the controller with HPE Smart Storage Administrator (SSA), an intuitive interface used to create RAID volumes, manage advanced controller features, and deploy Smart Array solutions.

The HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, is ideal for maximizing performance while supporting advanced RAID levels with 2 GB flash-backed write cache (FBWC). This controller operates in Mixed Mode which combines RAID and HBA operations simultaneously. It has eight internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, and offers encryption for data-at-rest on any drive with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption. This type-a modular controller occupies a dedicated storage slot without occupying a PCIe expansion slot and provides enterprise-class storage performance, reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs.

The Gen10 controllers are supported by the HPE Smart Storage Battery, which supports multiple devices and is sold separately.

The HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device is a self-contained boot solution in a simple, pre-configured PCIe card that requires no GUI or user setup. This plug-and-play OS boot device includes two 480 GB M.2 SSDs, enabling customers to mirror OS through hardware RAID 1. Based on NVMe technology, HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device delivers up to 4x faster read capability than legacy SATA boot solutions.

What's New

• Supports HPE Synergy Gen10 Plus Compute platforms (see Server Support matrix for details)
• Dedicated Hardware RAID 1 OS Boot Device
• Includes two HPE enterprise-class 480 GB NVMe M.2 SSDs on a single Synergy add-in card
• Utilizes native in-box OS NVMe drivers

Key Features | Simple and Secure OS Mirroring through Dedicated Hardware RAID 1

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device is a complete, turn-key optimized OS boot device that is easy to deploy - no need to configure or format, simply insert and it works, no GUI or user setup required.

Pre-configured RAID 1 OS boot utilizes a single Synergy designed card that connect to PCIe connection under Drive Cages to safely isolate OS from user data on today's most popular virtualized environments.

Uses native in-box driver support for VMware®, Linux®, and Windows® OS.

Supports secure firmware boot for simple and secure setup of HPE Synergy 480 , Gen10 Plus Compute Modules.

Enables all drive bays be used for data, greatly reducing server complexity, while providing an economical way for booting in virtualized environments.

State-of-the-Art, Hardware Accelerated RAID 1 NVMe OS Boot Device

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device combines the latest generation NVMe technology and hardware RAID 1 redundancy in support of OS applications.

Self-contained Hewlett Packard Enterprise Synergy Gen3 boot device is integrated with two HPE 480 GB enterprise-class NVMe M.2 SSDs allowing you to customize configuration.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise enterprise-class NVMe M.2 SSDs delivers enhanced data protection with power loss protection and error correction.

Based on Synergy design with NVMe technology, the HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device delivers up to 4x times faster read capability than legacy SATA-based boot solutions.¹

Increased Storage Density and Dedicated HW RAID 1 Resiliency for OS Boot

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device and HPE USB Flash drive with dual 32 GB microSD cards on-board RAID 1 free up internal server storage bays enabling greater platform storage density.

HPE OS Boot Devices provides separate, redundant disk solutions for the OS that enables a more robust, optimized compute platform.

Dedicated Hardware (HW) RAID 1 OS boot mirroring eliminates downtime due to a failed OS drive - if one drive fails the business continues running.

HPE OS Boot Devices are certified for VMware and Microsoft Azure® Stack HCI for increased flexibility.

Full HW RAID 1 Boot Solution for VMware Environments

HPE USB Flash drive with dual 32 GB microSD cards and on-board RAID 1 Boot Devices deliver a redundant OS boot without consuming server storage drive bays.

Engineered with enterprise-class high endurance NAND for non-stop data center environments.

Integrated on-board RAID 1 for customers requiring "dual boot" solution.

What's New

• High-speed 144b DDR4 8 GB cache with integrated cache protection to accelerate RAID and cache performance in the SR932i-p.
• IImpressive RAID 5 Write Performance: Up to 12 GB/s throughput and up to 850K IOPs with the SR932i-p.
• Integrated Switchtec™ PCIe switch enabling increased performance and reduced latency access to NVMe storage devices for HBA and RAID modes.
• Supports Hardware Root of Trust.

Key Features | Industry's Highest Performance RAID Controller

The Microchip SmartRAID Controllers for HPE Gen10 Plus features up to 46 GB/s bi-directional throughput and up to 3.5M IOPs.

Impressive RAID 5 Transactional Performance

Up to 12 GB/s throughput and up to 850K IOPs via high-speed 144b DDR4 8 GB cache with integrated cache protection.

Increase RAID Controller Density

The Microchip SmartRAID Controllers for HPE Gen10 Plus is a type-a Flexible/Modular Controller and does not occupy a PCIe Expansion Slot.

Supports up to 32 direct-connected NVMe/SAS/SATA storage devices.

Fully-utilized online capacity expansion and RAID level migration, a dynamic caching algorithm, and hot-plug drive support.

Integrated Switchtec PCIe Switch

The Microchip SmartRAID Controllers for HPE Gen10 Plus feature increased performance and reduced latency access to NVMe storage devices for HBA and RAID modes.

With the HPE Silicon Root of Trust integration, this product is designed with enhanced security and a controller-based encryption feature.

Utilize secure boot support for the uEFI host BIOS and Smart Storage Administrator GUI and CLI utilities for configuration, management and diagnosis of SmartRAID controllers.

Controller-based Encryption feature.