Hewlett Packard Enterprise 726911-B21 External Smart Host Bus Adapter

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise 726911-B21 External Smart Host Bus Adapter delivers 12 Gb/s SAS external storage connectivity for HP ProLiant servers, providing a high-speed link to external disk enclosures. This H241 Smart Host Bus Adapter is a PCIe 3.0 x8 plug-in card with two external Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports, supporting SAS and SATA protocols, in HBA mode with no RAID functionality, and a full-height bracket. Compatible with HPE ProLiant Gen8/Gen9 servers, it is commonly deployed for external storage connectivity in data center servers, backup systems, and storage area networks, serving enterprise IT infrastructures that require scalable storage expansion and flexible operation for virtualization, database management, and high-availability storage. For maintenance teams and system integrators, this adapter enables straightforward storage expansion or replacement of existing HBAs.