HPE 380p Gen8 - Drive Cage

[CloudOne]

Hello,

I have HPE DL380 Gen8, with 8 SFF cage and optical drive on front, RAID controller is Smart Array P420I

I would like to upgrade this server with another 8SFF cage - 662883-B21, because I need 16 drives. 

What else would I need to buy so I can use all 16 drives ?

Do I need to buy another storage controler ? or anything else ?

HP ProLiant DL380p Generation8 (Gen8) (QuickSpecs/c04123238.pdf) (hpe.com)

[Ihaqueit]

You continue to use a single controller, but use a SAS expander to allow additional enclosures to be added.

[CloudOne]

Please remember that P420i controller is only 6Gb/s SAS. So do I also need to use 6Gb SAS expander ? 

Do you have an SKU for that SAS expander ? 

[Sebasbin]

Hi

As per server quickspecs below ,NOTE: The optional +8SFF drive bay requires an additional internal storage
controller be selected. HP recommends the HP Smart Array P420/1GB
FBWC 6Gb 2-ports Int SAS Controller (P/N 631670-B21).(Refer page 7 in below server Quick Specs)

https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04123238#

[CloudOne]

So That mean's I need another P420 to connect 8SFF cage ? 

My constrution will be acroding to that:

P420i controler will work as RAID and will have connected 2 x SSD for System

And second controler P420 (on PCIe), will work as HBA - Passthroug and will have connected 8 drives for vSAN 

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Your controller has no mixed mode for RAID and HBA at the same time anyway, so get another disk controller.