HPE NS204i‑u Internal Cable Kit P52152-B21

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 NS204i‑u Internal Cable Kit P52152-B21

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 NS204i-u Internal Cable Kit (P52152-B21) is a specialized accessory designed to integrate the HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device into your HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 server. This kit is essential for customers looking to leverage high-performance, internal boot drives, freeing up front drive bays for data storage.

Technical Specifications and Purpose P52152-B21:

The P52152-B21 cable kit provides the necessary internal cabling to connect the NS204i-u device to the server’s motherboard. The NS204i-u itself is a non-volatile storage solution, typically featuring two M.2 NVMe SSDs, designed for dedicated boot and hypervisor functions. This particular cable kit ensures seamless power and data connectivity, optimizing the server’s internal layout.

Advantages:

Integrating the NS204i-u via this cable kit offers several key benefits:

• Optimized Boot Performance: NVMe M.2 drives provide significantly faster boot times and hypervisor loading compared to traditional SATA SSDs or HDDs.
• Space Optimization: By using dedicated internal M.2 slots for boot, the front drive bays remain available for revenue-generating data storage, maximizing server capacity.
• Enhanced Reliability: The NS204i-u typically offers hardware RAID 1 for the two M.2 drives, ensuring redundancy for the boot volume and increasing server uptime.
• Simplified Management: Being an integrated HPE solution, it ensures compatibility and easy management through HPE’s familiar tools.
• Reduced Cabling Complexity: The purpose-built kit simplifies the internal cabling, leading to a cleaner server interior and improved airflow.

Applications:

This cable kit, combined with the NS204i-u device, is ideal for:

• Virtualization Hosts: Provides a robust and fast boot device for hypervisors like VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or KVM, improving VM density and host responsiveness.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Essential for cloud deployments where quick provisioning and highly available boot volumes are crucial.
• Boot-from-Flash Solutions: Perfect for scenarios where dedicated internal boot media is preferred over traditional drives or network boot.
• Servers Requiring Maximum Front Drive Bay Utilization: Ideal for environments where every front-accessible drive bay is needed for data storage.

Compatibility:

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 NS204i-u Internal Cable Kit (P52152-B21) is specifically designed for the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 server. It ensures proper fit, power, and data connectivity for the HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device within this particular server model.