Key Features

• Storage interface (SAS/SATA)
• o 4 physical links across 4 x1 internal ports
• o o Internal: 4 SAS/SATA physical links across 4 x1 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
• 1 GiBytes 40-bit DDR3-1866MHz Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) provides up to 7.5GB/s
  maximum cache bandwidth
• PCI Express Gen3 x8 link
• RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
• RAID or HBA mode
• Legacy and UEFI boot operation
• Up to 4 physical drives
• Up to 64 logical drives
• HPE SmartCache (optional license)
• HPE Secure Encryption (optional license)
• HPE SSD Smart Path
• 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
• PCI Express flexible card
• Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.6 x 1.2 in (13.46 x 9.04 x 3.12 cm)

Disk Drive Interface

• 12Gb/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
• 6Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA)
• Server Interface
• x8 PCIe 3.0 provides 8GB/s maximum bandwidth
• Cache Memory
• 1GB flash backed write cache (FBWC) cache standard
• Logical Drives Supported
• 64 (with included 1GB cache)
• Host Memory Addressing
• 64-bit, supporting servers memory space greater than 4GB
• RAID Support
• RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 0 (striping), RAID 5, RAID 10
• Other
• Upgradeable firmware with recovery ROM Online drive flash (with SAS drives)

The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller is a Flexible Smart Array, 12Gb/s SAS RAID controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance and data protection for the HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade when adding D2220sb in adjacent slot. It features four internal physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality with flash- backed write cache (FBWC). The Smart Array P246br Controller delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality; including 1GB flash back write cache, pre-failure warning, and optional Secure Encryption. Data compatibility between HPE Smart Array Controllers means customers can easily upgrade to future Smart Array Controllers.
The Gen9 Server family of controllers supports the HPE Smart Storage Battery. With HPE Smart Storage Battery, multiple Smart Array controllers are supported without needing additional backup power sources for each controller, resulting in a simple upgrade process and at a reduced cost.

NOTE:

HPE Smart Array P246br/1GB FBWC controller option kit includes the HPE Smart Storage Battery the backup power source necessary to protect the data on the Flash-backed Write Cache.

This controller needs to have sas cables used with it to on the Gen 9 HPE Servers. This is not compatible with the NVMe FIO Settings.