Question 1
A field technician is upgrading an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server. The customer has purchased an HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 controller to provide hardware RAID for a new set of SAS drives. The technician needs to physically install the controller in the server chassis.
Based on the controller model name and the provided simplified system board layout, where must the technician install this specific controller?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B
The 'a' in the controller model P408i-a stands for 'AROC' (Advanced RAID on Chip), previously known as 'Array on Chip'. This designates it as a modular controller that installs into a dedicated, proprietary slot on the system board, not a standard PCIe slot. This design saves a valuable PCIe slot for other expansion cards.