HPE 240GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF Smart Carrier SSD (P04557-B21) is an enterprise 2.5-inch SFF SATA SSD designed for HPE server platforms. The supplied description matches HPE's 240GB 6Gb/s SATA Read Intensive Smart Carrier (SC) Digitally Signed Firmware family. HPE documentation lists closely related 240GB SC SKUs with Gen9/Gen10 compatibility and hot-plug support.
- Part Number: P04557-B21
- Manufacturer: HPE / Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Product Type: Enterprise Solid State Drive
- Storage Capacity: 240GB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Workload Type: Read Intensive (RI)
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch SFF
- Carrier Type: Smart Carrier (SC)
- Plug Type: Hot-Plug
- Firmware: Digitally Signed Firmware (DS)
- Flash Type: TLC NAND
- Drive Type: Enterprise SATA SSD
- Application: Server boot, web servers, read caching, databases, virtualization, and read-intensive enterprise workloads.
- Compatible Systems: HPE ProLiant server platforms supporting 2.5-inch SFF SATA Smart Carrier SSDs, including compatible Gen9/Gen10 systems.
- Hot-Plug: Yes
- Drive Carrier Included: Yes — Smart Carrier configuration
- Power/Data Interface: SATA
- Related HPE 240GB SC SKUs: P04556-B21 and 875503-B21 are documented HPE 240GB SATA 6G RI SFF SC SSDs; exact NAND/controller configuration can vary by SKU.