HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR G10 8Int 2G/12Gbit SAS Modular Controller dl180/dl360/380g10 dl345/360/380/385g10+ ml350g10

Particulars

HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 (8 Internal Lanes/2GB Cache) 12G SAS Modular Controller

Storage interface (SAS/SATA)

8 SAS lanes across 2 x4 internal Mini-SAS ports

12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology

Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller

Support for SAS tape drives

2 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)

PCI Express 3.0 x8 link

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, 1 ADM, 10 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring)

Mixed Mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously)

Windows Storage Spaces Direct validated

VMware Virtual SAN certified

Legacy and UEFI boot operation

UEFI System Utilities (storage configuration)

Up to 238 physical drives

Up to 64 logical drives

HPE Smart Array SR SmartCache (optional license)

HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (optional license)

HPE SSD Smart Path

Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)

Rapid rebuild

Drive Sanitize

Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing

Power efficiency

Seamless upgrades from HPE Smart Array S-class and E-class controllers

FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Implementation Under Test (expected validation complete in 2018)