topic Re: HPE DL380 Gen11 smart array controller in Servers - General

HPE DL380 Gen11 smart array controller

e1rson — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:20:21 GMT

Hello,

we need to configure a DL380 Gen11, we need to connect a MSA 2062 SAS.

In our HPE B2B portal we see that only one controller with external lanes is avaiable, the

804398-B21 - HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 (8 External Lanes/No Cache) 12G SAS PCIe Plug-in Controller

This controller has no cache so we may have performance issues with it, do you know if this is real ?

Only one controller with external lanes and no cache is available for 380 Gen 11 ???

Re: HPE DL380 Gen11 smart array controller

Suman_1978 — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:49:56 GMT

Hi,

Looks like this question was asked previously in another portal some months ago and the same has been copy/pasted here.
For your reference, you may check the QuickSpecs for both the products. Also refer to the MSA installation guide.

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50004307enw
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00094630enw

If you still need further assistance, please contact HPE Support and log a support ticket for help.

Thank You!
I work with HPE but opinions expressed here are mine.

Re: HPE DL380 Gen11 smart array controller

sdrake48 — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:42:57 GMT

Have same config but with DL385 gen11. The MSA2062 has its own flash-backed controller cache (8GB I believe), the e208 simply acts as passthru. Our r/w performance is outstanding - better than internal SAS drives with SR932 or MR408 controller.