The HP H222 Host Bus Adapter provides flexibility and speed. With its 4 internal and 4 external SAS ports, it is ideal for internal or external connectivity to tape drives, HDDs and external JBODs. Supporting 6Gb/s SAS and SATA devices and using PCIe 3.0 for up to 8GT/s maximum bandwidth, it is a high performance storage solution for select HP ProLiant DL/ML/SL Gen8 servers. The HP H222 can also provide high performance for SSDs that do not require data protection. Faster, Cost Effective. The HP H222 HBA is optimized for use in select HP ProLiant DL/ML/SL Gen8 servers. Support for PCIe 3.0, which represents the next generation in server I/O and means faster throughput.