The HPE Smart Array P830 Controller is a full height, half length, 12 Gb/s SAS capable, PCIe 3.0, RAID controller that provides
enterprise class storage performance for select
SAS/SATA lanes each supporting 12 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s SAS or SATA protocol. Advanced storage functional
Data Mirroring, Advanced Data Guarding, dual domain, makes it easier to protect the data.
HPE Smart Array P830 Controller
Models
HPE Smart Array P830/4GB FBWC 12Gb 2-ports Int SAS Controller (Extended)
698533-B21
HPE ProLiant Gen8 rack servers and tower servers. It features 16 physical
ity, such as Advanced
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The Smart Array
Advantage
The HPE innovative design and integration work of the Smart Array family of products creates
customer value that is unmatched in the industry. Use of Smart Array products across multiple
applications results in a much lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) than any other server storage RAID
product. The HPE Smart Array family brings an unparalleled return on investment through:
Data Compatibility among all models of Smart Array controllers allows simple and easy upgrades any
time needs for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase. Even successive generations of
Smart Array controllers understand the data format of other Smart Array Controllers.
Consistent Configuration and Management Tools. Most current shipping Smart Array products
utilize a standard set of management and utility software. These tools minimize Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) by reducing training requirements and tec
maintain the HPE server storage.
Smart Carrier is used across multiple Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers. With compatibility across
many enterprise platforms, you are free to deploy and re
increased storage capacity, migrate data between systems, and easily manage spare drives.
Pre-Failure Warranty means HPE Insight Manager not only reports when a drive is going to fail but
allows replacement of failing drives prior to act
Support Center or refer to your HPE Server documentation.
Key Features
• The P830 Controller supports up to 16 drives without expander; for example on a DL38x
match SAS and SATA drives. Deploy drive technology as needed to fit the computing
based
SSA), Systems Insight Manager (SIM), Array
Ports
• 16 SAS/SATA physical links distributed across 2 double wide Mini SAS 8i connectors
ual failure. For complete details, consult the HPE
Gen8 server that comes with 8 SFF drives can scale their internal storage by adding an
additional 8 SFF drive cage connected to Smart Array P830
• Seamless upgrades to and from other HPE Smart Array controllers.
• 16 SAS/SATA physical links distributed across 2 double wide Mini SAS 8i connectors for
attachment to internal drive backplanes
• 12 Gb/s SAS performance when used on a DL580 Gen8 with 12 Gb/s devices (HDD or SSD)
• 6 Gb/s SAS technology delivers up to 600 MB/s per physical link.
• 6 Gb/s SATA technology delivers up to 600 MB/s for directly attached SATA drives.
• Mix-and-
environment.
• PCI-e 3.0 8x host interface provides up to 8 GiB/s in each direction
• 4GB battery-backed write cache (not all of which is available for user data)
• Standard on the P830 are RAID 6 ADG, RAID 60 ADG, RAID 1 ADM, Capacity Expansion,
mirror split, recombine, and rollback in Online Mode, Drive Erase, Performance OptimizationDegraded Reads and Read Coalescing, Move/Delete any individual LUNS and Online Split
Mirror.
• Capable of supporting both legacy and UEFI boot operation on a DL580 Gen8 server
• Recovery ROM protects against ROM corruption
• The HPE SSD Smart Path feature included in the Smart Array software stack improves SSD
read for all RAID levels and RAID 0 write operations by optimizing the path to each SSD
attached to the controller.
• The HPE SmartCache feature (already included with the P830 controller) is a controller-
read caching solution in a DAS environment that caches the most frequently accessed data
("hot" data) onto lower latency SSDs to dynamically accelerate application workloads.
• The HPE Secure Encryption, available as an option, is a Smart Array controller-based data
encryption solution for ProLiant Gen 8 servers that protects sensitive, mission critical data.
• Consistent management software among most current shipping HPE Smart Array products,
including HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE
Diagnostic Utility (ADU), and Intelligent Provisioning
hnical expertise necessary to install and
-deploy these drives to quickly deliver
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Performance
• 12 Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane) on a DL580 Gen8
RAID Levels
• RAID 6 (Advanced Data Guarding): Supported with a minimum of 4 drives. This allocates two
(Distributed Data Guarding): Supported with a minimum of 3 drives. This allocates one
were a single physical drive. Each RAID 5 parity group can sustain a single drive failure without
the drive array to the data and the other half to the mirrored data, providing two copies of the
Online Management
Features
• Online array expansion
Availability
Provides increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality:
• Online logical drive extension
• 6 Gb/s SAS (600MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
• x8 6 Gb/s SAS physical lane (compatible with 6 Gb/s SATA )
• 4 GiBytes 72-bit wide DDR3-1866 Flash Back Write Cache provides up to 14.9 GB/s
maximum cache bandwidth
• PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width
• Read ahead caching
• Write-back caching
sets of parity data across drives. This level of fault tolerance can withstand a double drive
failure without downtime or data loss.
• RAID 60: Supported with a minimum of 8 drives. This volume is composed of two or more
RAID 6 sub-volumes (parity groups) where data is striped across each parity group as if it
were a single physical drive. Each RAID 6 parity group can sustain up to two drive failures
without incurring data loss.
• RAID 5
set of parity data across drives. This level of fault tolerance can withstand a single drive failure
without downtime or data loss.
• RAID 50: Supported with a minimum of 6 drives. This volume is composed of two or more
RAID 5 sub-volumes (parity groups) where data is striped across each parity group as if it
incurring data loss.
• RAID 1 & 10 (Drive Mirroring): Supported with a minimum of 2 drives. This allocates half of
data.
•RAID 1 ADM & 10 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring): Supported with a minimum of 3 drives.
RAID 1 ADM creates redundant copies of the data using 3 drives. RAID 10 ADM stripes data
across two or more sets of RAID 1 ADM volumes. This level of fault tolerance can withstand a
double drive failure within a RAID 1 ADM volume without downtime or data loss.
• Online capacity expansion
• Online logical drive extension
• Online RAID level migration
• Online stripe size migration
• Online mirror split, recombine and rollback
• Online and high performance offline Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
• Unlimited global online spare assignment
• User selectable expand and rebuild priority
• User selectable RAID level and stripe size
• User selectable read and write cache sizes
• Supports Predictive Spare Activation
• Online RAID level migration between any RAID levels
• Online stripe size migration
• Online capacity expansion
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• Online active drive replacement
Fault Prevention
The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur, allowing preventive action
to be taken:
Fault Recovery
Minimizes downtime, reconstructs data, and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure
corruption. A new version of firmware can be flashed to the ROM while the controller maintains
the controller will
Ease of Use
Consistency and Upgradeability on most current shipping Smart Array products make them unique in
the industry:
HPE SSD SmartPath
The HPE SSD Smart Path feature included in the Smart Array software stack improves Solid State Disk
(SSD) read performance by up to 4x.
accelerates reads for all RAID levels and RAID 0 writes.
HPE Smart Array SR
SmartCache
(optional license)
The HPE Smart Array SR SmartCache feature is a controller-based read and write caching solution in a
DAS environment that caches the most frequently accessed data ("hot" data) onto lower latency SSDs
to dynamically accelerate application workloads. The SmartCache architecture is flexible and supports
any HPE ProLiant Gen10 HDD for bulk storage and SSD as an accelerator. SmartCache is deployed and
managed using the HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA). SmartCache requires an optional
license (see Related Options section below for more information on the license).
For additional information please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/smartcache.
• Online drive firmware upgrade
• Unlimited global online spare
• S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology first developed at Hewlett
Packard Enterprise servers detects possible hard disk failure before it occurs, allowing
replacement of the component before failure occurs.
• Recovery ROM: This feature provides unique redundancy that protects from a ROM image
the last known working version of firmware. If the firmware becomes corrupt,
revert back to the previous version of firmware and continue operating. This reduces the risk
of flashing firmware to the controller.
• 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.
• GUI based configuration, management and diagnostic software tools with the HPE Smart
Storage Administrator
• Common data format between generations of products
• Data migration between servers and external Modular Smart Array enclosures
HPE SSD Smart Path chooses the optimum path to the SSD and
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HPE Smart Array SR
Secure Encryption
(optional license)
HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption is a Smart Array controller-based data encryption solution that
protects sensitive, mission critical data. This is an enterprise
on any drives attached to the HPE Smart Array c
Secure Encryption requires an optional license per server (see Related Options for more information on
the license).
The solution is available for both local and remote key management mode deployments. Lo
Management Mode is focused on single server deployment where there is one Master key per
controller that is managed by the user. Remote Key Management Mode is for enterprise wide
deployments from just a few servers to thousands of servers.
For more information on please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/secureencryption
Warranty
The warranty for this device is 3 years parts only.
Warranty Upgrade Options
ontrollers including data on the controller cache.
-class encryption solution for data-at-rest
cal Key
• Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4 hours
• Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 9 hours x 5 days to 24 hours x 7 days
• Duration - Select duration of coverage for a period of 1, 3, or 5 years
• Warranty upgrade options can come in the form of Care Packs, which are sold at the HPE
System level this product attaches too
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Server Support
For up to date compatibility, please see the following URL for complete Smart Array Controller
compatibility and support information:
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x64 & x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64 & x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64 & x86)
VMware ESXi 5.0 U2
VMware ESXi 5.1 U1
VMware vSphere 5.5
NOTE: HPE Smart Array controllers are supported by the server operating system. For more
inform
visit: http://www.hpe.com/info/ossupport
Software Suite
Most current shipping Smart Array products share a common set of configuration, management and
diagnostic tools, including
software consistency of tools reduces the cost of training for each successive generation of product and
takes much of the guesswork out of troubleshooting field problems. These tools lower the total cost of
ownership by reducing training and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain
storage.
HPE Systems Insight Manager
• Powerful server and server options/storage manager tool
HPE Smart Storage Administrator
• Comprehensive management for HPE Smart Storage products
For more information please visit:
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ation on HPE's server operating systems and virtualization software, please
HPE Smart Storage Administrator and HPE Systems Insight Manager. This
HPE server
• Monitors over 1200 system wide parameters
• Configuration/Diagnostic Utilities
• Simplified and intuitive interface and functionality
• Advanced scripting and diagnostic features
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-
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The defective media retention service feature option applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives
replaced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise due to malfunction.
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HPE Secure Encryption
HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (Data at Rest Encryption/per Server
Entitlement) E-LTU
Q2F26AAE
NOTE: HPE Secure Encryption licensing is based on the number of servers requiring encryption for
direct attached storage.
For more information visit:
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Dimensions
(excluding bracket)
6.6 in x 4.4 in x 0.7 in (16.8 cm x 11.1 cm x 1.8 cm)
Disk Drive and Enclosure
Interface
12 Gb/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) capable
6 Gb/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
6 Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA)
SAS Connectors
2 internal x8 Mini-SAS double-wide connector
SAS Port Link Rate
6 Gb/s per physical link supported; 12 Gb/s per physical link capable
PCI Link Rate
PCIe3 x8
Cache Memory Speed
DDR3-1866MHz, 72-bit wide bus at 14.9 GB/s (4 GiBytes cache module)
Physical Drives
Supported
Up to 16 physical drives without expander
Logical Drives Supported
Up to 64 logical volumes
Host Memory Addressing
64-bit, supporting greater than 4GiB (or 4.4 GB) server memory space
RAID Support
RAID 6, 60 (Advanced Data Guarding)
RAID 5, 50 (Distributed Data Guarding)
RAID 1, 10 (Drive Mirroring)
RAID 1 ADM, 10 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring)
RAID 0 (Striping)
Upgradeable Firmware
Upgradeable Firmware with recovery ROM feature
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Summary of Changes
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Date
Version History
Action
Description of Change
04-Jun-2018
Version 3
Changed
SKU description and Service and Support were updated.