| Technical specifications | HPE MSA 2040 Storage |
| Drive description | Up to 199 SFF SAS/MDL SAS/SSD/SED or 96 LFF SAS/MDL SAS/SED |
| Maximum including base array and expansion, depending on model | |
| Drive type | Please refer to QuickSpecs for detailed information on supported hard drives: |
| Capacity | Supported 768 TB maximum including expansion, depending on model |
| Storage expansion options | HPE MSA 2040 3.5-inch LFF disk enclosure or D2700 2.5-inch |
| SFF disk enclosure MSA 2040 supports up to 7 disk enclosures | |
| Storage host interface | 4-Port SAN Controller: 8 Gb/16 Gb Fibre Channel and/or 1GbE/10GbE |
| iSCSI 4-Port SAS Controller: 6 Gb/12 Gb SAS (autoswitching) | |
| Storage controllers | MSA 2040 SAN Controller MSA 2040 SAS Controller |
| SAN backup support | Yes |
| Systems Insight Manager support | Yes |
| ENERGY STAR® Compliance | Yes |
| Note MSA 2040 ENERGY STAR Certification is listed on the EPA website | |
| Compatible operating systems | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows® 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Hyper-V HP-UX Red Hat® Linux SUSE Linux | |
| VMware® ESXi 5.x VMware ESXi 6.x Detailed information available at: | |
| Clustering support | Windows, Linux®, HP-UX |
| Form factor | 2U base array, 2U LFF or SFF disk enclosures |
| Warranty (parts-labor-onsite) | 3/0/0 |
