1 x HPE P246br 1GB FBWC 12Gb 4-Ports SAS PCI-E 3.0x8 RAID Controller Card 750000-001
HPE Smart Array P246brController The HPESmart Array P246brController is a Flexible Smart Array, 12Gb/s SAS RAID controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance and data protection for the HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade when adding D2220sb in adjacent slot. It features four internal physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality with flash-backed write cache (FBWC). The Smart Array P246br Controller delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality; including 1GB flash back write cache, pre-failure warning, and optional Secure Encryption. Data compatibility between HPE Smart Array Controllers means customers can easily upgrade to future Smart Array Controllers.
The Gen9 Server family of controllers supports the HPE Smart Storage Battery. With HPE Smart Storage Battery, multiple Smart Array controllers are supported without needing additional backup power sources for each controller, resulting in a simple upgrade process and at a reduced cost.
Increased Performance for Applications
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity for HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Servers when connected to 12 Gb/s storage devices for increased performance in OS boot, messaging, database or general server applications and when a HPE D2220sb Storage Blade is installed.
Offers integrated 1GB DDR3-1866 Flash Backed Write Cache providing up to 14.9 GB/s cache bandwidth to reduce latency in write-intensive applications that require heavy logging such as databases.
Data Protection with Encryption Capability
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller offers optional HPE Secure Encryption capability that protects data at rest on any bulk storage attached to the controller.
Long-term data retention with integrated 1GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) for improved data reliability.
Delivers predictive spare activation for improved rebuild and increased uptime even in a recovery mode.
Configuration is both Efficient and Simple
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller and the attached storage devices are configured and managed by the easy–to-use HPE Smart Storage Administrator software which is included in the intelligent provisioning of the server.Data compatibility between the HPE Smart Array Controller family allows simple and easy migration at any time when needs for higher performance, capacity, or availability increase such as converting an existing storage volume to more advanced disk array configuration.
Specification Features
Storage interface (SAS/SATA):
4 physical links across 4 x1 internal ports
12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller
Support for SAS tape drives, SAS tape autoloaders and SAS tape libraries
1 GiBytes Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)
PCI Express Gen3 x8 link
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
RAID or HBA mode
Legacy and UEFI boot operation
Up to 4 physical drives
Up to 64 logical drives
HPE SmartCache (optional license)
HPE Secure Encryption (optional license)
HPE SSD Smart Path
Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
Rapid rebuild
Drive Erase
Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing
Power Efficiency
Seamless upgrades to and from other HPE Smart Array controllers
Recovery ROM to protect against controller ROM corruption
PCI Express flexible card:
Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.6 x 1.2 in (13.46 x 9.04 x 3.12 cm)
Ports
Internal: 4 SAS/SATA physical links across 4 x1 internal ports
Performance
12Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
6Gb/s SATA (600 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width
1 GiBytes 40-bit DDR3-1866MHz Flash-Backed Write Cache provides up to 7.5GB/s maximum cache bandwidth
Read ahead caching
Write-back caching
Online Management Features
Online array expansion
Online capacity expansion
Online logical drive extension
Online RAID level migration
Online stripe size migration
Online mirror split, recombine, and rollback
Online active drive replacement
Online drive firmware upgrade
Online and high performance offline Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
Unlimited global online spares assignment
User selectable expand and rebuild priority
User selectable RAID level and stripe size
User selectable read and write cache sizes
Supports Predictive Spare Activation
Software / System Requirements
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Ubuntu 14.04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
VMware ESXi 5.1 update 3
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
VMware ESX 6.0
VMware vSphere 5.5 update 2
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