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HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus

HPE's mainstream 2U two-socket rack server for 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with 32 DDR4-3200 slots, up to 38 SFF or 20 LFF drives, eight PCIe 4.0 slots and an OCP 3.0 NIC slot. HPE has retired it, so it is now bought used or refurbished.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per processor, 8 channels, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Type
HPE DDR4 Smart Memory RDIMM or LRDIMM, DDR4-3200 (speed limited by the processor)
Max (LRDIMM)
8.0 TB: 32 x 256 GB LRDIMM @ 3200 MT/s
Max (RDIMM)
2.0 TB: 32 x 64 GB RDIMM @ 3200 MT/s
DIMM kits
8, 16, 32, 64 GB RDIMM; 128 GB LRDIMM; 256 GB 3DS LRDIMM
Population
Even DIMM counts recommended; 3200 MT/s at 1 and 2 DIMMs per channel; no RDIMM/LRDIMM or 3DS/non-3DS mixing
Per-socket note
More than 1.5 TB per socket needs DIMMs larger than 128 GB

Storage

Chassis options
8 SFF (+ Universal Media Bay, up to 24 SFF front), 24 SFF, 8 LFF with Universal Media Bay, 12 LFF
Maximum drives
24 SFF front + 8 SFF mid-tray + 6 SFF rear = 38 SFF; 12 LFF + 4 LFF mid-tray + 4 LFF rear = 20 LFF
Front 8 SFF cages
12G SAS/SATA (P26930-B21), 24G x4 Tri-Mode U.3 (P26931-B21), 24G x1 Tri-Mode U.3 (P27194-B21), 16G x4 NVMe U.2 (P26932-B21)
Mid-tray
One of: 4 LFF SAS/SATA (P26919-B21), 8 SFF x1 Tri-Mode U.3 (P27193-B21), 8 SFF x4 Tri-Mode U.3 (P39769-B21); no full-length PCIe cards; 8 SFF mid-tray drives under 12 W
Rear
2 SFF cages in the primary, secondary or tertiary riser positions (up to 6 SFF) or 2 LFF cages (up to 4 LFF); rear drives under 10 W
NVMe
Up to 24 front NVMe SFF via SlimSAS NVMe risers, AROC-to-NVMe adapter (P14602-B21) or Tri-Mode controllers
Embedded
HPE SR100i Gen10 Plus software RAID: 14 SATA ports (12 usable), up to 2 direct-attached NVMe, UEFI and Windows only; Intel VROC (needs the second processor)
Essential RAID
HPE Smart Array E208i-a, E208i-p, E208e-p
Performance RAID
HPE Smart Array P408i-a, P408i-p, P408e-p, P816i-a (need Smart Storage battery P01366-B21 or hybrid capacitor P02377-B21)
Tri-Mode
HPE MR416i-a / MR416i-p, MR216i-a / MR216i-p, SR416i-a, SR932i-p (needs an x16 slot)
Max capacity
SFF SAS 397.8 TB; SFF NVMe 385.92 TB; LFF SAS/SATA 360 TB (20 x 18 TB)
Boot
HPE NS204i-p NVMe PCIe3 x8 OS boot device (UEFI only; slots 1, 2, 4, 7 or 8; needs Maximum Performance fans); optional HPE 32GB microSD RAID1 USB boot device
Optical
Optional DVD-ROM / DVD-RW (Universal Media Bay on 8 SFF, standard bay on 8 LFF)

Graphics

Integrated
iLO 5 video, up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz (32 bpp), 16 MB
GPU options
NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB (1), H100 80GB (2), L40 48GB (2, 8 SFF only), A40 48GB (2), A16 64GB (3), A30 24GB (3), A10 24GB (5), A2 16GB (up to 8), L4 24GB (up to 8)
Requirement
Maximum Performance fan kit (P14608-B21) and High Performance heatsink (P27095-B21); one GPU type per server; GPUs supported with CPUs of 270 W or less

Expansion

Primary riser (CPU 1)
Default: slot 1 x8 FH/FL, slot 2 x16 FH/FL, slot 3 x8 FH/HL (all x16 connectors); options: 2 x16 (slots 1/2 or 2/3), slot 1 x16 adder (P14600-B21), NVMe SlimSAS risers, rear drive cages
Secondary riser (CPU 2)
Slots 4-6: x8/x16/x8 (P14587-B21) or 2 x16 (P14589-B21 / P14590-B21); NVMe SlimSAS risers; rear drive cages
Tertiary riser (CPU 2)
Slots 7-8: 2 x8 FH/FL (P14581-B21) or 1 x16 FH/FL (P14588-B21); rear drive cages
OCP
1 x OCP 3.0 slot; x16 with the OCP x16 enablement kit (P36661-B21)
PCIe
PCIe 4.0 throughout; x16 cards in x8 slots may run below full speed

Networking

Embedded
None; choose an OCP 3.0 or PCIe adapter
OCP 3.0 adapters
1 GbE 4-port (Broadcom BCM5719, Intel I350-T4); 10 GbE (Broadcom BCM57416 / BCM57412, Intel X710-DA2, Marvell QL41132HQCU); 10/25 GbE (Broadcom BCM57504 / BCM57414, Intel E810-XXVDA2, Mellanox MCX631432AS / MCX562A); 100 GbE Intel E810-CQDA2; InfiniBand HDR / 200 GbE
PCIe adapters
1 GbE to 200 GbE Ethernet (Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox, Xilinx, HPE), InfiniBand HDR100 / HDR / NDR200, Omni-Path 100, HPE Slingshot SA210S (Cray solutions only)
Management
1 GbE dedicated iLO port

Power

Options
HPE Flex Slot hot-plug: 800 W Platinum; 800 W Titanium; 1000 W Titanium; 1600 W Platinum; 1800-2200 W Titanium
DC / HVDC
800 W -48 VDC; 1600 W -48 VDC; 800 W Universal 277 VAC / 380 VDC
Input
1600 W and 1800-2200 W need 200-240 VAC; 800 W Platinum accepts 100-240 VAC
Redundancy
2 bays, hot-plug redundant; mixing supply types is not supported
Fans
8 SFF with 1 CPU: 4 standard fans (+2 with the standard fan kit P37042-B21 for 2 CPUs); 8 LFF: 6 standard; 12 LFF and 24 SFF: 6 performance fans; Maximum Performance fan kit P14608-B21 (6 fans)

Ports

USB
Up to 5 x USB 3.0 (1 front, 2 rear, 2 internal); 2 x USB 2.0 front via the Universal Media Bay (standard on 8 LFF)
Video
VGA rear (standard); front DisplayPort via the Universal Media Bay; not active at the same time
Serial
Optional, rear (P14606-B21)
iLO
1 GbE dedicated rear port; front iLO service port (not on 12 LFF or with the Systems Insight Display)

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions (SFF)
8.75 x 44.54 x 71.2 cm (3.44 x 17.54 x 28.0 in), H x W x D
Dimensions (LFF)
8.75 x 44.54 x 74.9 cm (3.44 x 17.54 x 29.5 in)
Weight (SFF)
16.12 kg (35.54 lb) min to 28.77 kg (63.43 lb) max
Weight (LFF)
22.48 kg (49.56 lb) min to 33.99 kg (74.94 lb) max
Operating temperature
10-35 C standard; 5-10 C and 35-45 C for approved configurations
Warranty
3 years parts, 3 years labour, 3 years on-site next business day

Management

Controller
HPE iLO 5 ASIC; iLO Advanced licence optional
Tools
Intelligent Provisioning, iLO RESTful API (Redfish), IPMI 2.0, Smart Update / SPP, HPE OneView, GreenLake Compute Ops Management
Security
Silicon Root of Trust, UEFI Secure Boot, TPM 2.0 (P13771-B21), chassis intrusion detection, bezel lock; DL380T variant with HPE Trusted Supply Chain (P36394-B21)
Front panel
Optional Systems Insight Display (P27096-B21)

Operating systems

Support
Certified OS and hypervisors are listed in HPE's Servers Support & Certification Matrices
Boot
UEFI 2.6 by default; Legacy BIOS mode selectable (factory option 758959-B22)
Software RAID
SR100i: Windows only

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8351N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6354
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6348
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6346
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6342
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6334
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6326
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5317
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4316
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4314
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y