Description:

The HPE K2R82A MSA 2040 Energy Star LFF chassis is used in enterprise storage systems to provide scalable large form factor disk enclosure capacity for SAN environments. Commonly installed in data centers, virtualization clusters, and business-critical IT infrastructure supporting databases, backup systems, and cloud storage workloads. IT administrators and system integrators use this chassis for storage expansion, infrastructure upgrades, and replacement of legacy disk enclosures.

Applications:

The HPE MSA 2040 LFF chassis is widely used in enterprise and SMB environments requiring high-capacity storage with flexibility and scalability. It is commonly found in virtualization platforms, backup and disaster recovery systems, archive storage, and database environments where large-capacity 3.5-inch drives are preferred for cost-efficient data storage and long-term retention.

Technical Specifications:

• Form factor: 2U rack-mount storage chassis
• Drive type: Large Form Factor (LFF) 3.5-inch drives
• Drive bays: Up to 12 LFF drives (expandable via enclosures)
• Maximum scalability: Up to 96 LFF drives with expansion enclosures
• Connectivity: Supports 8/16Gb Fibre Channel, 1/10GbE iSCSI, and 6/12Gb SAS (via controllers)
• Cache (with controllers): Up to 6GB per controller
• Supported drives: SSD, Enterprise SAS, Midline SAS, Self-Encrypting Drives
• RAID support (via controllers): RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
• Expansion support: Up to 7 additional disk enclosures
• Maximum hosts supported: Up to 64 (v2 UI) / 512 (v3 UI)
• Maximum LUNs: 512
• Maximum LUN size: 140 TB
• Power supply: Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies
• Management: Web-based interface with snapshot and replication features
• Compliance: ENERGY STAR certified

Common Replacements:

• HPE MSA 2050 LFF (Q1J02A)
• HPE MSA 2060 LFF
• Dell EMC MD1400 LFF Storage Enclosure