The HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device is a self-contained boot solution in a simple pre-configured PCIe card that requires no GUI or user setup. This plug-and-play OS boot device includes two 480 GB M.2 SSDs enabling customers to mirror OS through hardware RAID 1. Based on NVMe technology HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device delivers up to 4x faster read capability than legacy SATA boot solutions.

What's New

• Supports HPE Synergy Gen10 Plus Compute platforms (see Server Support matrix for details)
• Dedicated Hardware RAID 1 OS Boot Device
• Includes two HPE enterprise-class 480 GB NVMe M.2 SSDs on a single Synergy add-in card
• Utilizes native in-box OS NVMe drivers

Key Features | Simple and Secure OS Mirroring through Dedicated Hardware RAID 1

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device is a complete turn-key optimized OS boot device that is easy to deploy - no need to configure or format simply insert and it works no GUI or user setup required.

Pre-configured RAID 1 OS boot utilizes a single Synergy designed card that connect to PCIe connection under Drive Cages to safely isolate OS from user data on today's most popular virtualized environments.

Uses native in-box driver support for VMware® Linux® and Windows® OS.

Supports secure firmware boot for simple and secure setup of HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 Plus Compute Modules.

Enables all drive bays be used for data greatly reducing server complexity while providing an economical way for booting in virtualized environments.

State-of-the-Art Hardware Accelerated RAID 1 NVMe OS Boot Device

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device combines the latest generation NVMe technology and hardware RAID 1 redundancy in support of OS applications.

Self-contained Hewlett Packard Enterprise Synergy Gen3 boot device is integrated with two HPE 480 GB enterprise-class NVMe M.2 SSDs allowing you to customize configuration.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise enterprise-class NVMe M.2 SSDs delivers enhanced data protection with power loss protection and error correction.

Based on Synergy design with NVMe technology the HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device delivers up to 4x times faster read capability than legacy SATA-based boot solutions.¹

Increased Storage Density and Dedicated HW RAID 1 Resiliency for OS Boot

HPE NS204i-d NVMe OS Boot Device and HPE USB Flash drive with dual 32 GB microSD cards on-board RAID 1 free up internal server storage bays enabling greater platform storage density.

HPE OS Boot Devices provides separate redundant disk solutions for the OS that enables a more robust optimized compute platform.

Dedicated Hardware (HW) RAID 1 OS boot mirroring eliminates downtime due to a failed OS drive - if one drive fails the business continues running.

HPE OS Boot Devices are certified for VMware and Microsoft Azure® Stack HCI for increased flexibility.

Full HW RAID 1 Boot Solution for VMware Environments

HPE USB Flash drive with dual 32 GB microSD cards and on-board RAID 1 Boot Devices deliver a redundant OS boot without consuming server storage drive bays.

Engineered with enterprise-class high endurance NAND for non-stop data center environments.

Integrated on-board RAID 1 for customers requiring "dual boot" solution.