HPE 2.5-inch SATA HDDs in Basic Carrier (BC)

2.5-inch SFF SATA, Basic Carrier (BC)Hard drives

2.5-inch SATA 6G hard drives on the Basic Carrier (BC), the carrier of the 2.5-inch bays of most Gen10 Plus ProLiant servers and of the Gen11 and Gen12 servers: 7.2K rpm Business Critical (Midline) drives. A SATA drive runs on the embedded SATA controller as well as on a Smart Array or tri-mode controller. The Gen8 to Gen10 servers take Smart Carrier (SC) drives instead.

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  • SATA 6G
  • 7.2K rpm
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  • Tested or factory sealed

Carriers and classes from the HPE Hard Disk Drives QuickSpecs a00001287enw, version 40 (August 17, 2026), and from the QuickSpecs of each server.

All 2 2.5-inch SFF SATA, Basic Carrier (BC) hard drives

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2.5-inch SFF SATA, Basic Carrier (BC) hard drives: questions

Which servers take Basic Carrier SATA drives?

No Gen8 or later server we cover lists 2.5-inch SFF SATA, Basic Carrier (BC) hard drives in its HPE QuickSpecs; each product page names the servers the drive is for.

Basic Carrier or Smart Carrier?

The carrier has to match the bay. Most Gen10 Plus ProLiant servers and the Gen11 and Gen12 servers take Basic Carrier (BC) drives in their 2.5-inch bays; most Gen8 to Gen10 servers, and the DL325 Gen10 Plus and DL385 Gen10 Plus (v1), take Smart Carrier (SC) drives. The carrier is in the drive's name.

Does a SATA hard drive need a Smart Array controller?

No. The embedded SATA controller runs SATA drives; a Smart Array or tri-mode controller runs them too, with hardware RAID.

Servers HPE lists 2.5-inch SFF SATA, Basic Carrier (BC) hard drives for

From each server's HPE QuickSpecs. Each page lists the drives HPE lists for that server.

No Gen8 or later server we cover lists this drive type in its HPE QuickSpecs; each product page names the servers the drive is for.

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