The HPE Smart Array P431 Controller is a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that provides enterprise class storage performance, increased external scalability and data protection for Gen8 HPE ProLiant rack and Gen8 HPE ProLiant tower servers. The HPE Smart Array P431 Controller features eight external physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online RAID level migration (Between any RAID Levels) with Flash Back Write Cache and pre-failure warning. HP Smart Array P431 controller board, Dual Port PCIe3 x8, low profile, SAS controller that has two external x4 wide mini-SAS ports. For up to 6Gb/sec transfer rate for SAS. The HPE 698531-B21 includes the smart array battery.
- Part Number: 698531-B21
- Manufacturer: HP
- Form Factor: Plug-in Card
- Controller Type: 6Gb/s SAS
- Host Interface: Pci-Express 3.0 X8
- Number of Logical Drives Supported: 64
- Number of Physical Drives Supported: 200
- RAID Levels: 1, 150, 5, 50, 6, 60
