HPE 726897-B21 Getting Started Guide

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HPE Smart Array P840 Controller

Overview

HPE Smart Array P840 Controller

The HPE Smart Array P840 Controller is a full height, PCIe3 x8, 12Gb/s SAS RAID controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance, increased internal scalability, and data protection for internal physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online RA level migration between any RAID levels with FBWC, global online spare, and pre drives without need for the SAS Expander Card providing point to point connectivity to SSDs for lower latency. This controlle transportable FBWC allowing the data in the cache to be migrated to a new controller.

The Ge resulting in simple upgrade process.

Models

HPE Smart Array P840 Controller

HPE Smart Array P840/4GB FBWC 12Gb 2-ports Int SAS Controller

726897-B21

to be purchased separately if this is the first P-series Smart Array controller on your Gen9 server.

HPE ProLiant Gen9 rack and tower servers. It features 16

-failure warning. This controller supports 16 r has

n9 controllers support the HPE Smart Storage Battery that allows multiple Smart Array controllers to be supported,

NOTE: HPE Smart Array P840/4GB FBWC controller option kit does not include the HPE Smart Storage Battery the backup

power source necessary to protect the data on the Flash-backed Write Cache. HPE Smart Storage Battery is an item that has

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QuickSpecs

HPE Smart Array P840 Controller

Standard Features

Key Features

• Storage interface (SAS/SATA)

Ports

• Internal: 16 SAS/SATA physical links across 2 x8 port

Performance

• 12Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)

1866 Flash Back Write Cache provides up to 14.9GB/s maximum

Online Management Features

• Online array expansion

Fault Prevention

The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur, allowing preventive action

o 16 physical links across 2 x8 internal ports o 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology o Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller o Support for SAS tape drives, SAS tape autoloaders and SAS tape libraries

• 4 GiBytes Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)

• PCI Express Gen3 x8 link

• RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60, 10 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring)

• RAID or HBA mode

• Legacy and UEFI boot operation

• Up to 200 physical drives

• Up to 64 logical drives

• HPE SmartCache (license included)

• HPE Secure Encryption (optional license)

• HPE SSD Smart Path

• VMware Virtual SAN certified

• Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)

• Rapid rebuild

• Drive Erase

• Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing

• Power Efficiency

• Seamless upgrades to and from other HPE Smart Array controllers

• Recovery ROM to protect against controller ROM corruption

• Full-height, half-length standard PCI Express plug-in card

o Dimension (excluding bracket): 6.6 in x 4.4 in x 0.6 in (16.8 cm x 11.1 cm x 1.5 cm)

• 6Gb/s SATA (600 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)

• PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width

• 4 GiBytes 72-bit wide DDR3-

cache bandwidth

• Read ahead caching

• Write-back caching

• Online capacity expansion

• Online logical drive extension

• Online RAID level migration

• Online stripe size migration

• Online mirror split, recombine, and rollback

• Online active drive replacement

• Online drive firmware upgrade

• Online and high performance offline Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)

• 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

• Supports Predictive Spare Activation

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HPE Smart Array P840 Controller

Standard Features

to be taken:

Fault Recovery

Minimizes downtime, reconstructs data, and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure

ontroller maintains

the last known working version of firmware. If the firmware becomes corrupt, the controller will

HPE SmartCache

The HPE 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 applicat supports any HPE ProLiant Gen9 supported HDD for bulk storage and any HPE ProLiant Gen9 supported SSD as an accelerator. HPE SmartCache is deployed and managed using the HPE Smart Storage Admin

For more information please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/smartcache

HPE Secure Encryption

HPE Secure Encryption is a Smart Array controller-based data encryption solution for ProLiant Gen9 servers that protects sensitive, mission critical data. This is an enterprise data at rest on any bulk storage attached to the HPE Smart Array co cache memory of the controller. HPE Secure Encryption is an optional license per server requiring encryption enablement (see Related Options for more information on the license).

The solution is available for both local and 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

For more information on please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/secureencryption

HPE SSD Smart Path

The HPE SSD Smart Path feature included in the Smart Array software stack improves Solid State Disk (SSD) read performance. With up to 4x better SSD read performance, HPE SSD Smart Path chooses the optimum path to the SSD and accelerates reads for all RAID levels and RAID 0 writes. HPE SSD Smart Path requires upd

http://www.hpe.com/servers/ssa

included as a base feature on HPE Smart Array P-series controllers.

Warranty

The warranty for this device is 3 years parts only.

Pre-Failure Warranty: Drives attached to the Smart Array Controller and monitored under Insight

• S.M.A.R.T.: Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology first developed at HPE 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.

• Recovery ROM: This feature provides unique redundancy that protects from a ROM image

corruption. A new version of firmware can be flashed to the ROM while the c

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.

ion workloads. The HPE SmartCache architecture is flexible and

istrator (HPE SSA). HPE SmartCache license comes standard with the P840 controller.

remote key management mode deployments. Local Key

servers to thousands of servers.

ated firmware, drivers, and configuration utility available at:

. HPE SSD Smart Path is ideal for read intensive workloads and is

-class encryption solution for

ntrollers including data on the

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