AB378BR HPE Host Bus Adapter

AB378BR HPE Host Bus Adapter

HPE-branded Host Bus Adapter (HBA) — Fibre Channel or SAS HBA for HPE ProLiant SAN / external storage connectivity.

Specifications

• Part Number: AB378BR
• Brand: HPE
• Type: FC HBA (StoreFabric SN / Emulex / QLogic) or SAS HBA — see PN
• Speed: FC: 4G/8G/16G/32G/64G — SAS: 12G/24G — see PN
• Ports: Single (SP) / Dual (DP) — see PN
• Interface: PCIe Gen3 x8 / Gen4 x8 — see PN
• Form Factor: Standard PCIe (full-height + low-profile bracket) — see PN
• OEM: Emulex LightPulse / QLogic QLE / Broadcom — HPE-branded firmware (StoreFabric SN series)

Compatibility

HPE HBAs are ProLiant-generation-tolerant (PCIe forward-compatible) but verify firmware revision against connected SAN fabric / external storage array.

• 4Gb / 8Gb FC Legacy (StoreFabric SN1000Q / SN1100Q): ProLiant Gen8 — DL360p G8, DL380p G8, BL460c G8
• 16Gb FC (SN1100Q / SN1200E): ProLiant Gen9/Gen10 — DL360/DL380 Gen9/Gen10, BL460c Gen9
• 32Gb FC (SN1610E / SN1700Q): ProLiant Gen10/Gen10 Plus/Gen11 — DL360/DL380 Gen10/Gen10 Plus/Gen11
• 64Gb FC (SN1710E): ProLiant Gen11 — DL360/DL380 Gen11
• External SAS HBA (H241 / H244br / SR932i-p tri-mode): ProLiant Gen9+ + MSA / D2200sb / D3700 storage shelves

Use Cases

SAN connectivity for VMware vSphere / Hyper-V / KVM clusters, Oracle RAC, SQL Server AlwaysOn, SAP HANA, MS Exchange DAG. FC HBAs for HPE B-series / Brocade / Cisco MDS SAN fabrics. External SAS HBAs for tape backup, MSA / D-series storage shelves, NetBackup / Veeam / HPE StoreOnce targets.

Ships worldwide from ICD, Cairo, Egypt. All parts are tested, inspected, and backed by ICD's quality guarantee.