The hp h240ar smart host bus adapter comes in a flexible smart sas hba form factor that provides a reliable high performing sas connectivity to the data in the server internal drives supported on select gen9 servers it features eight internal physical links and it delivers 12 gbs sas performance the h240ar smart host bus adapter provides flexibility to run as an hba mode or simple raid mode when operating in simple raid mode it provides raid 0 raid 1 and raid 5 with optional hp secure e