S2C84A HPE MSA 2072 10/25GbE iSCSI SFF hybrid-flash storage array

The S2C84A is the HPE MSA 2072 10/25GbE iSCSI SFF hybrid-flash storage array, a 2U block system with 24 SFF drive bays. Two factory-integrated 1.92 TB Read Intensive SFF SSDs and one MSA Data Services license come with it.

The license adds performance tiering, 512 snapshots with volume copy, and Remote Snap replication, and covers the license requirement when HDDs and SSDs share one system. Two controllers provide eight iSCSI host ports in total (IPv4 and IPv6), and the array ships without SFPs. Fit a 4-pack of 10Gb transceivers such as the C8R25B MSA 10Gb Short Range iSCSI SFP+ 4-pack or 25Gb transceivers such as the S0K91A MSA 25Gb SFP28 Short Range 4-pack, or use direct attach copper cables instead, for example the J9281D 10G SFP+ 1m DAC cable or the JL488A 25G SFP28 3m DAC cable. Ten and 25 Gb transceivers can sit in the same array, and four or eight SFPs per array are supported.

Drive options cover every HDD and SSD type except self-encrypting drives, and up to nine drive enclosures attach over 12 Gb SAS for a maximum of 240 SFF drives. Cache is 48 GB per array. HPE ProLiant DL and ML servers work with it, and other HPE servers are paired by operating system and HBA in HPE SPOCK.

Further MSA arrays, drive enclosures, SFP transceivers and SSD options are grouped together under the HPE storage system category of the store.