HP H221 User Manual

QuickSpecs

HP H221 Host Bus Adapter

Overview

The HP H221 Host Bus Adapter is a 2X4 external ports HBA provides customers with the flexibility and speed they have come to expect from HP. The H221 HBA has been optimized for connection to the SAS based HP P2000 G3 SAS Modular Smart Array, D2000 and D6000 Disk Enclosures, and MSA2040 SAN Storage; and provides support for both 6 Gb SAS and SATA Hard Disk Drives. In addition, the H221 HBA controller provides support for SAS tape drives. This SAS HBA is ideal for driving cost-effective and reliable scalability in today's data centers.

What's New

New HP221 PCIe 3.0 SAS HBA

Model

Host Bus Adapter

Kit contents

HP H221 Host Bus Adapter HP H221 PCIe 3.0 SAS Host Bus Adapter

HP H221 Host Bus Adapter Low profile controller bracket

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Compatibility

Servers

ProLiant DL (rack-optimized)

HP H221 Host Bus Adapter

HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL560 Gen8

ProLiant ML (expansion-optimized)

HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8

ProLiant SL (scalable line)

HP ProLiant SL210t Gen8 HP ProLiant SL270s Gen8 HP ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 Server HP ProLiant SL4545 G7 Server

NOTE:

This is a list of supported servers. Some may be discontinued.

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QuickSpecs

Standard Features

HP H221 Host Bus Adapter

Performance

HP Server Integration

Key Features

Ports

Performance

Designed to be as flexible as HP servers, HP H221 Host Bus Adapter provides support for the HP P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems. The HP adapter delivers exceptional system performance, with eight 6 Gb/s SAS ports providing up to 48 Gb/s total storage bandwidth.

Fully integrated and tested with ProLiant servers and management software.

SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 6 Gb/s per physical link Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives; deploy drive technology as needed 8 GB/s bandwidth for HP H221 PCIe 3.0 SAS HBA and 4 GB/s bandwidth for HP H221 Host Bus Adapter PCIe 3.0 x 8 capable on H221 PCIe 3.0 model or PCIe 2.0 x8 capable on H221 model

Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 x4 external SFF8088 Mini-SAS connectors

HP's High Performance Architecture sets new boundaries for industry performance expectations!

6 Gb/s SAS (bandwidth per physical link) 48 Gbps total available bandwidth (8 physical links x 6Gbps) PCIe 3.0 host interface x8 (8 GT/s theoretical bandwidth) on H221 PCIe 3.0 model or PCIe 2.0 host interface x8 (5 GT/s theoretical bandwidth) on the H221 model

Capacity

Form Factor

Fulfilling the need for high performance and capacity expansion, the HP H221 SAS HBA offers:

Up to 280TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP D6000 Disk Enclosure and 70 x 4TB LFF SAS hard drives Up to 200 TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2700 Disk Enclosures and 200 x 1TB SFF SATA hard drives Up to 240TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2700 Disk Enclosures and 200 x 1.2TB SFF SAS hard drives Up to 384TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2600 Disk Enclosure and 96 x 4TB LFF SAS or SATA hard drives Up to 384TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP P2000 G3 MSA and 96 x 4TB LFF SAS or SATA hard drives Up to 179TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP P2000 G3 MSA SFF plus 5 x HP D2700 Disk Enclosures and 149 x 1.2TB SFF SAS hard drives Up to 48TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP MSA2040 SAN Storage and 12 x 4TB LFF SAS hard drives Up to 24TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP MSA2040 SAN Storage and 24 x 1TB SFF SAS hard drives

Either high-profile or low-profile. (parts included with option)

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