Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller
Support for SAS tape drives 4 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)
PCI Express 3.0 x8 linkRAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, 1 ADM, 10 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring)
Mixed Mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously)
Windows Storage Spaces Direct validatedVMware Virtual SAN certified
Legacy and UEFI boot operationUEFI System Utilities (storage configuration)
Up to 238 physical drives
Up to 64 logical drivesHPE Smart Array SR Smart
Cache (enabled)
HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (optional license)
HPE SSD Smart Path
Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI) Rapid rebuild
Drive Sanitize
Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing
Power efficiency
Seamless upgrades from HPE Smart Array S-class and E-class controllersFIPS 140-2 Level 1 Implementation Under Test (expected validation complete in 2018) Ports Internal16 SAS/SATA lanes across 4 x4 Mini-SAS ports Form Factor
Type-a Flexible/Modular Controller (does not occupy a PCIe Expansion Slot) Performance12Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per SAS lane)
6Gb/s SATA (600 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per SAS lane)
PCI Express 3.0 x8 link width4 GB 72-bit wide DDR4-2100 Flash-Backed Write Cache provides up to 16.8 GB/s maximum cache bandwidth
Read ahead caching Write-back caching