HPE Smart Array P420 controller board, PCIe x8 low profile SAS controller that two internal x8 wide mini-SAS ports for up to 6Gb/sec transfer rate for SAS and SATA. Does include memory and backup power. HPE Smart Array P420 Controller is a low profile, 6 Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that provides enterprise class, storage performance and data protection for select Gen8 HPE ProLiant rack servers and tower servers.
- Part Number: 631670-B21
- Manufacturer: HPE
- Product Type: Storage Controller (RAID)
- Form Factor: Low Profile - Plug-in Card
- Controller Interface: SATA-600, SAS 2.0
- Bus Type: Pci-Express 3.0 x8
- RAID Levels: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10
- Ports: 2 x 6Gb/s SAS mini-SAS Internal
Key Features of the HPE Smart Array P420 Controller:
- The P420 controller supports up to 60 drives depending on the server implementation
- Seamless upgrades from past generations and upgrades to next generation HPE High Performance and high capacity SAS Smart Array controllers
- 6Gb/s SAS delivers high performance and data bandwidth and contains compatibility with 6Gb/s SATA.
- x8 PCIe 3.0 host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 8Gb/s maximum bandwidth
- Addition of the Flash backed Cache (FBWC) upgrade enables array expansion, logical drive extension, RAID migration, and stripe size migration
- Features HPE Smart Storage Administrator, HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) and Intelligent Provisioning
- Low-profile PCI express form factor that includes a full size bracket for deployment in either a low-profile or full sized slot