615242-001 HP Sco8e 6GBPS 8 Ports PCI-E X8 SAS Low Profile

The HP 615242-001 SCO8E HBA is a low-profile card that can be used in servers with PCIe slots. It provides eight SAS/SATA ports with a data transfer rate of 6Gbps. The HBA supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, and 5. It also supports SAS expanders, which allow multiple SAS or SATA devices to be connected to a single SAS port.The SCO8E HBA uses the SAS protocol, which provides high-speed data transfer rates and advanced features such as hot swapping and daisy-chaining. It also supports SAS drives, which are designed for high-performance applications and have a longer lifespan than SATA drives.