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Q8F67A
HPE NS CS210 Spare Controller
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Q8F67A is a NAS storage system featuring 4-bay support that accommodates Mixed drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD with a total capacity of 128 TB. It supports multiple RAID levels such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores, and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory upgradeable to 64 GB. The system offers interfaces including USB 3.2 and Ethernet, with network connectivity provided by 1GbE and 2 LAN ports.
The Q8F67A system is built with a redundant 350W power supply and active cooling, while also supporting expansion for additional functionality. Designed for diverse use cases including SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media servers, this rackmount storage system delivers reliability, scalability, and high performance for mission-critical operations.
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In a mission-critical data center, a failed CS210 controller is instantly replaced by the Q8F67A-HPE NS CS210 Spare Controller via hot-swap. This seamless failover restores I/O paths in under 60 seconds, preserves SLAs and prevents data access interruptions for VMware and Oracle workloads.
An international finance firm stages the Q8F67A spare at its secondary site. During a primary-site outage, technicians install the controller to spin up DR-arrays within minutes. This accelerates RTO to under 2 hours, ensures regulatory compliance and safeguards transactional data integrity.
An IT operations team uses the Q8F67A as a pre-staged spare to validate CS210 firmware updates outside production. They swap controllers, test new builds against live workloads, then roll back without downtime. Outcome: zero-risk patch validation, uninterrupted application performance and tighter change-management control.
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 Q8F67A |  Q8B33A |  Q8F86A |  Q8D51A |  Q8D65A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | NAS | NAS | SAN | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 4-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 128 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 5 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 1GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 350W | 350W | 350W | 500W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS |
| Snapshot Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Sync Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualization Ready | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iSCSI Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surveillance Support | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | SMB, Enterprise Data Center, Virtualization, Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server |
| Product Name | Q8F67A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8B33A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8F86A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8D51A | Q8D65A Enterprise Storage Array |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 1 | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.3 inches | 19 | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 20 inches | 28.5 inches | 25 | 24 inches |
| Weight | 25 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 30 lbs | 45 lbs |
Controller spare installed quickly and stabilized the system.
No issues after replacement.
Reliable enterprise component.
Predictable behavior in production.
Met expectations.
The HPE NS CS210 Spare Controller (SKU: Q8F67A) is a hot-swappable, redundant controller designed to replace or augment existing CS210 controller modules for enhanced fault tolerance and performance.
The Spare Controller Q8F67A is compatible with HPE StoreOnce NS2000, NS2500, NS2600, NS2040, and NS2080 systems running supported firmware versions.
Shut down the affected node, slide out the faulty controller, insert the Q8F67A spare until it clicks, then restart; the system auto-discovers and configures the new controller.
Yes. The Q8F67A spare controller supports hot-swap functionality, enabling replacement without powering down the entire system when configured in an active-passive setup.