Hewlett Packard Enterprise 592261-002 Fibre Channel Array Controller

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise AP836B (spare 592261-002) is a Fibre Channel array controller for the HP P2000 G3 MSA storage system, handling RAID processing and data flow between servers and disks over 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity. It supports scalable, redundant configurations for high availability and performance in enterprise storage environments, including dual-controller active-active operation and compatibility with expanded MSA disk shelves. Key specifications include 2 × Fibre Channel ports per controller, RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50, ~2GB of cache (model dependent), and management via Web GUI, CLI, and SNMP. Typical applications are data centers, virtualization, backups, and other mission-critical storage infrastructures that require fast Fibre Channel connectivity and reliable data management.