The HP Smart Array P420 Controller is a low profile, 6 Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that provides enterprise
class, storage performance and data protection for select HP ProLiant Gen8 rack servers and tower servers.
It features eight internal SAS ports and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online
RAID level migration (between any RAID levels) with flash back write cache, global online spare, and pre-failure warning. Data
Compatibility among all models of Smart Array controllers allows simple and easy migration at any time when needs for higher
performance, capacity, and availability increase. Even new generations of Smart Array controllers can understand the data format of
previous generations of Smart Array controllers.
What's New
HP Smart Array Advanced Pack 2.0 features are now part of the base features for the HP Smart Array P420 Controller at no
additional cost
Models
HP Smart Array P420
Controller
HP Smart Array P420/1GB FBWC 6Gb 2-ports Int SAS Controller
631670-B21
HP Smart Array P420/2GB FBWC 6Gb 2-ports Int SAS Controller
631671-B21
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array P420 Controller
Overview
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