Smart Array P400i/256MB Controller (Internal): Description
The HP Smart Array P400 is HP"s first PCI-Express (PCIe) serial attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller and provides new levels of performance and reliability for HP servers, through its support of the latest SCSI technology and advanced RAID capabilities.
Features
HP Smart Array P400/256 MB Controller
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) support available
64 LUN support
Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 internal x4 wide port connectors
The SA-P400 Controller supports up to 18 drives depending on the server implementation. The SA-P400i Controller supports up to 6 drives depending on the server implementation
Seamless upgrades from past generations and upgrades to next generation HP high performance and high capacity Serial Attached SCSI Smart Array controllers
3G SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 300 MB/s per physical link and contains full compatibility with 1.5G SATA technology. x8 2.5G PCI Express host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 2 GB/s maximum bandwidth
Modular, easy-to-upgrade design lets you optimize performance by upgrading from 40-bit 256MB cache to 72-bit 512MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC)
Addition of the battery backed cache upgrade enables BBWC, RAID 6 with ADG, array expansion, logical drive extension, RAID migration, and stripe size migration
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives, lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your computing environment
Software consistency among all Smart Array family products: Array Configuration Utility (ACU),
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA), Systems Insight Manager, Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) and SmartStart
Support for greater than 2TB in a single logical drive
Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size bracket for deployment in either a lowprofile or full sized slot
Also Known As
Smart Array P400i/256MB Controller (Internal)
