Overview, Features – HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers User Manual
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Overview
Features
Supported feature
B120i controller
B320i controller
Drive support
Hot-plug SATA drives
and SATA SSD
Yes
Yes
Hot-plug SAS drives
and SAS SSD
No
Yes
1
Direct Connect drives Yes
Yes
Physical drives
6
8
Logical drives
8
8
Smart Carrier LED
support
Yes
2
Yes
2
Online spares
Yes
Yes
Cache module support
Optional 512 MB
FBWC module
Yes
3
Yes
RAID support
RAID 0, 1, and 1+0
Yes
Yes
RAID 5
Yes
4
Yes
4
Firmware and utility
support
SATA drive firmware
flash
Yes
Yes
SAS drive firmware
flash
No
Yes
ACU
Yes
Yes
HP SIM
Yes
Yes
Intelligent Provisioning Yes
Yes
1
The HP Dynamic Smart Array B320i RAID controller supports SAS drives when the HP Smart Array SAS License Key is
installed. For more information, see "Installing the HP Smart Array SAS License Key (on page
)."
2
For more information on Smart Carrier LED support, see "Drive LEDs (on page
)."
3
The 512 MB FBWC module is not supported on HP ProLiant ML310e, DL320e, and SL140s Gen8 Servers.
4
HP Dynamic Smart Array RAID controllers support RAID 5 when an optional 512 MB FBWC module is installed. For
more information, see "Upgrading to 512 MB FBWC (on page
)."
For more information about product features, specifications, options, configurations, and compatibility, see
the QuickSpecs on the HP website
. At the website, choose the
geographic region, and then locate the product by name or product category.