The HP Smart Array E200 is HP's entry level PCI Express (PCIe) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller. The full size card has 8 ports and utilizes DDR1-266 memory. The E200 is ideal for RAID 0/1 and has128 MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC) module for RAID 5.

Key Features

• 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.

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

• 3Gb/s SAS (300MB/s bandwidth per physical link)
• x8 3Gb/s 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)

Given the increasing need for high performance and rapid capacity expansion, the SA-E200 offers:

• 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 2.4TB of total storage with 8 x 300GB SFF SAS hard drives

Provides increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality:

• 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

The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur, allowing preventive action to be taken:

• 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.

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

• 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.

Consistency and Upgradeability make the Smart Array family unique in the industry:

• 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

For up to date compatibility, please see the following URL for complete Smart Array E200/E200i Controllers compatibility and support information:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html

Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)
Solaris 10 for x86/x64 based Systems
VMware

For more information on HP's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server and Smart Array RAID controller, please visit our Support Matrix at: http://www.hp.com/go/ossupport

• 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

Warranty

Standalone telephone support

Hardware Product Services

Warranty Upgrade Options

HP Care Pack Information

SAS Connectors

Cache Memory Speed

Server Interface

SAS Speed

Cache Memory

Logical Volumes Supported

Maximum Volume Capacity

Host Memory Addressing

RAID Support

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For hard drives, 1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.