Even without a license, a minimum of 512MB Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC) is required to enable RAID 5, 50, 6, and 60. How to Install a License Key
HPE removed the requirement for a SAAP 2.0 license to enable RAID 6 and RAID 60 . Users with this firmware (or newer, such as version 8.32) can use these RAID levels as standard baseline features.
These "Advanced Data Guarding" (ADG) levels provide higher fault tolerance by allowing for two simultaneous drive failures.
Hp Smart Array P420i License Key May 2026
Even without a license, a minimum of 512MB Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC) is required to enable RAID 5, 50, 6, and 60. How to Install a License Key
HPE removed the requirement for a SAAP 2.0 license to enable RAID 6 and RAID 60 . Users with this firmware (or newer, such as version 8.32) can use these RAID levels as standard baseline features.
These "Advanced Data Guarding" (ADG) levels provide higher fault tolerance by allowing for two simultaneous drive failures.