411508-B21 HP Smart Array E200/128 Controller

• 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.
• x4 2.5G PCI Express host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 2 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
• Addition of the battery backed cache upgrade enables BBWC, RAID 5, Capacity Expansion, 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.
• Support for up to 2 TB in a single logical drive.
• 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. Some of these features are not available with ProLiant 100 series platforms.
• The SA-E200 controller supports up to 8 drives. The SA-E200i supports 2-8 drives depending on the server implementation.

• Online Capacity Expansion (with BBWC upgrade)
• Online RAID Level Migration (with BBWC upgrade)
• Online Stripe Size Migration (with BBWC upgrade)
• Mirror splitting and recombining
• 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

• Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 internal x4 wide port connectors.

• 3G SAS (300MB/s bandwidth per physical link)
• x8 3G SAS physical links (compatible with 1.5G SATA)
• 64 MB or 128 MB DDR1-266 battery-backed cache provides up to 4.2 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
• x4 2.5G PCI Express host interface provides 2 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
• MIPS 32-bit Processor
• Read ahead caching
• Write-back caching (with battery-backed write cache upgrade)

• Up to 6TB of total storage with 6 x 1TB SATA MDL hard drives (3.5")
  NOTE: Support for greater than 2TB in a single logical drive.
• Up to 1.168TB of total storage with 8 x 146GB SFF SAS hard drives

• Online Capacity Expansion (with BBWC upgrade)
• Online RAID Level Migration (with BBWC upgrade)
• Online Stripe Size Migration (with BBWC upgrade)
• Global Online Spare
• Pre-Failure Warranty

• S.M.A.R.T.: Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology first developed at HP detects possible hard disk failure before it occurs, allowing replacement of the component before failure occurs.
• Drive Parameter Tracking monitors drive operational parameters, predicting failure and notifying the administrator.
• Dynamic Sector Repairing continually performs background surface scans on the hard disk drives during inactive periods and automatically remaps bad sectors, ensuring data integrity.
• Smart Array Cache Tracking monitors integrity of controller cache, allowing pre-failure preventative maintenance.

• Keeps data available and server running while a failed drive is being replaced; several fault tolerance configurations are supported including:
• RAID 5 (Distributed Data Guarding): This allocates one set of parity data across drives and allows simultaneous write operations. This level of fault tolerance can withstand a single drive failure without downtime or data loss.
  NOTE: RAID 5 is available with the 128MB BBWC option on the Smart Array E200i.
• RAID 1, 1+0 (Drive Mirroring): This allocates half of the drive array to data and the other half to mirrored data, providing two copies of every file. It is a high-performance RAID.

• On-Line Spares: There is no limit to the number of spare drives that can be installed prior to drive failure. If a failure occurs, recovery begins with an On-Line Spare and data is reconstructed automatically.
• DRAM ECC corrects against single bit data and address corruption.
• Battery-backed write cache upgrade provides for up to three days of battery power for data cache retention. The data backup duration could be extended anytime the server's auxiliary power is available during system power down.

• GUI based configuration, management and diagnostic software tools
• Common data format between generations of products
• Data migration between servers and external StorageWorks Modular Smart Array enclosures

• HP ProLiant BL (BladeSystem)
  • ProLiant BL460c Server Blade
• HP ProLiant ML (expansion-optimized)
  
  • ProLiant ML350 G5

• HP ProLiant BL (BladeSystem)
  • ProLiant BL20p Server Blade G4
• HP ProLiant DL (rack-maximized)
  • ProLiant DL360 G5

• Powerful server and server options/storage manager tool
• Monitors over 1200 system wide parameters
• Configuration/Diagnostic Utilities
• SIM is only for the HP ProLiant 300, 500 and Blade series servers.

• Powerful Web based configuration utility for all Smart Array controllers
• Provides a graphical view of HP drive array configurations.
• Allows for management of multiple arrays over a secure internet connection from anywhere in the world.
• Easy to use Wizards for configuration
• Runs offline for all supported Operating Systems on the ProLiant 300, 500 and Blade series and runs online for Windows and Linux. For online configuration of NetWare, use CPQONLIN.

• A simple method for managing logical volumes during system power up by pressing F8 during POST
• Allows the ability to create arrays, logical volumes, and assign an online spare drive.
• Allows the ability to view and delete logical volumes
• Allows the ability to select the boot controller
• For advanced array configurations use ACU

• In depth diagnostic and reporting utility for all Smart Array controllers
• Runs offline for all supported Operating Systems, and runs online for Windows and Linux in HP ProLiant 300, 500 and Blade series servers

Technical Specifications