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AB036B is the core I/O storage controller of the HP Integrity rx6600, chosen by option code. For HP-UX and OpenVMS systems the core controller is the HP PCI-X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter, AB036B#006 or AB036B#106. Code 006 has no factory RAID; code 106 factory-configures RAID-1, which needs at least two disks of the same size and speed. RAID-1 is the only RAID level on this adapter.
The adapter allows a maximum of two internal RAID 1 volumes (2x2 disks) plus one global hot spare, so five disks at most sit in RAID arrays. The other three of the eight disks the controller handles are used normally but cannot be put in RAID. Each of its eight ports connects one SAS disk. Systems with 9 to 16 disks add a second SAS controller for disks 9 through 16, and that second controller cannot be factory configured for RAID. MirrorDisk/UX covers software mirroring on HP-UX.
Other variants share the AB036B number. The PCI-X Smart Array P600 8-port controller for Windows and Linux systems uses AB036B#100 (RAID-1), #500 (RAID-5) and #510 (RAID-6). The PCI-Express 8-port Smart Array P400 uses AB036B#130, #530 and #540 for RAID-1, RAID-5 and RAID-6; it needs the PCI-Express backplane, sits in slot 3 and handles internal SAS disks only. RAID-5 needs three identical disks and RAID-6 needs four.
On the PCI-X 2.0 backplane the controller occupies core I/O slot 1, next to the dual-port LAN adapter in slot 2. The HP Integrity rx6600 and rx3600 both use this core I/O controller family.
| Designation | AB036B |
| Manufacturer | HPE |
| Type | core I/O SAS controller, HP Integrity rx6600 |
| HP-UX and OpenVMS controller | PCI-X 8 internal port SAS HBA (#006, #106) |
| Factory RAID | #106 provides RAID-1 |
| Disks per controller | 8 |
| Maximum RAID | two RAID 1 volumes and a hot spare (5 disks) |
| Windows and Linux variant | PCI-X Smart Array P600 (#100, #500, #510) |
| PCIe variant | Smart Array P400 (#130, #530, #540) |
| Core I/O slot | 1 |