The HPE Smart Array E208i-p SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, is an ideal cost-effective solution for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 and Software Defined Storage solutions. This controller operates in Mixed Mode which combines RAID and HBA operations simultaneously. It has eight internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, and provides enterprise-class reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs. This controller offers enhanced security by encrypting data-at-rest on any drive with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption.

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Technical Specifications	• Storage Interface (sas/sata) • 8 Sas Lanes Across 2 X4 Internal Mini-sas Ports • 12gb/s Sas, 6gb/s Sata Technology • Mix-and-match Sas And Sata Drives To The Same Controller • Support For Sas Tape Drives • Pci Express 3.0 X8 Link • Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 • Mixed Mode (raid Logic Drives And Hba Physical Drives Simultaneously) • Windows Storage Spaces Direct Validated • Vmware Virtual San Certified • Legacy And Uefi Boot Operation • Uefi System Utilities (storage Configuration) • Up To 64 Logical Drives • 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 Software Raid • Seamless Upgrades To Hpe Smart Array P-class Controllers
Server Support	• HPE Proliant Dl360 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Dl380 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Dl385 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Dl560 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Dl580 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Ml110 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Ml350 Gen10 • HPE Proliant Xl170r Gen10 • HPE Proliant Xl190r Gen10 • HPE Proliant Xl230k Gen10 • HPE Proliant Microserver Gen10
Opearting Systems	• Microsoft Windows Server • Microsoft Windows Hyper-v Server • Vmware Vsphere • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (rhel) • Suse Linux Enterprise Server (sles) • Centos • Clearos