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HP ProLiant DL380 Gen11

HPE's mainstream 2U two-socket rack server for 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, with 32 DDR5 slots (up to 8 TB), up to eight PCIe 5.0 slots plus two OCP 3.0 slots, and front, mid-tray and rear cages for up to 38 SFF, 20 LFF or 36 EDSFF drives. It also takes up to three double-wide GPUs.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per CPU, 8 channels, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Type
HPE DDR5 Smart Memory RDIMM (incl. 3DS 256 GB), Advanced ECC
Max
8.0 TB — 32 × 256 GB RDIMM (32 only with 8 SFF or 16 SFF; 16 max with 24 SFF)
DIMM sizes
16, 32, 64, 96, 128 and 256 GB
Speed
DDR5-5600 kits with 5th Gen CPUs; DDR5-4800 kits with 4th Gen (4400 MT/s at 2 DIMMs per channel); CPU sets the ceiling
Rules
Install in even quantities; no mixing x4/x8 or 3DS/non-3DS; 96 GB DIMMs can't be mixed and only on XCC/MCC CPUs; 96 GB and larger need the High Performance fan kit

Storage

Chassis options
8 SFF (up to 24 front with extra cages, + Universal Media Bay) · 24 SFF · 8 LFF · 12 LFF · 12 EDSFF
Front cages
8 SFF U.3 x1 Tri-Mode (default) or 8 SFF U.3 x4 Premium, up to 3 per 8 SFF chassis; 2 SFF in the Universal Media Bay
Mid-tray
8 SFF U.3 x1 or x4 Tri-Mode, or 4 LFF SAS/SATA
Rear
Up to 6 SFF on SFF chassis (2 SFF cages in the riser positions); up to 4 LFF or 2 SFF on LFF chassis
EDSFF
12 EDSFF front cage, up to 36 E3.S with EDSFF bundles; up to 2 SFF rear
Max SFF
38 drives (24 front + 8 mid-tray + 6 rear) in HPE's maximum-storage table (91.2 TB SAS HDD); SAS drive count is capped at 30–36 depending on cages
Max LFF
20 drives (12 front + 4 mid-tray + 4 rear), 360 TB
NVMe
Direct-attach bundles for 8, 16, 24 or 32 NVMe SFF (8 SFF chassis)
Boot device
HPE NS204i-u (2 × 480 GB M.2 NVMe, hardware RAID 1) or NS204i-u v2 960 GB, rear hot-plug
Embedded RAID
Intel VROC SATA (14 SATA ports, 12 accessible, RAID 0/1/5/10, UEFI only); Intel VROC NVMe (SFF only)
RAID controllers
HPE MR216i-p / MR216i-o, MR408i-o, MR416i-p / MR416i-o, SR932i-p Gen11; Smart Array E208e-p (external)
Optical
DVD-ROM / DVD-RW via Universal Media Bay (8 SFF) or ODD kit (8 LFF); not on 12 LFF or 24 SFF

Graphics

Integrated
iLO 6 video, up to 1920 × 1200 @ 60 Hz, 16 MB
GPU options
NVIDIA H100 80 GB PCIe, H100 NVL 94 GB, L40S 48 GB, L40 48 GB (up to 3 double-wide, some counts only with DLC); RTX 4000 Ada (up to 5); L4 24 GB (up to 8); A16 64 GB (up to 3); Intel Data Center GPU Max 1100 (up to 3)
Requirements
High Performance fan kit; GPU power cable kits (P56072-B21 double-wide, P39102-B21 A16, P77896-B21 8-pin); counts drop with more drive cages or without DLC

Expansion

Primary riser (CPU 1)
Slot 1 PCIe 5.0 x8 FH/FL · Slot 2 x16 FH/FL · Slot 3 x8 FH/HL (all x16 connectors); optional 3 × x16 riser
Secondary riser (CPU 2)
Slot 4 PCIe 5.0 x8 FH/FL · Slot 5 x16 FH/FL · Slot 6 x8 FH/HL; optional 3 × x16 riser
Tertiary riser (CPU 2)
Slot 7 PCIe 5.0 x16 FH/FL · Slot 8 PCIe 4.0 x16 FH/FL (PCIe 5.0 x8 with kit P53632-B21)
OCP 3.0
2 slots (OCP 2 carries shared NIC and Wake-on-LAN); x16 or x8 via enablement kits

Networking

Embedded
None — choose an OCP 3.0 or PCIe adapter (BTO models ship with one)
OCP 3.0 options
1 GbE 4-port (Broadcom BCM5719, Intel I350) up to 100 GbE (Intel E810-CQDA2, Broadcom BCM57608)
PCIe options
Up to 400 Gb InfiniBand NDR / Ethernet (NVIDIA MCX75310AAS); 32/64 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
iLO
1 GbE dedicated management port

Power

Options
HPE Flex Slot hot-plug: 800 W Platinum, 1000 W Titanium, 1600 W Platinum, 1800–2200 W Titanium
DC
1600 W −48 VDC
Also specified
800 W Titanium (200–240 VAC) and 800 W Universal (200–277 VAC) in the technical specifications
Redundancy
Two bays, hot-plug redundant; PSUs must match
Fans
4 standard (8 SFF, 8 LFF, 12 LFF); 6 High Performance on 24 SFF (kit P48820-B21 fills all 6 bays)

Ports

Front
1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, iLO service port (not with the Systems Insight Display)
Front (optional)
DisplayPort and USB 2.0 via the Universal Media Bay (8 SFF only)
Rear
2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, VGA, iLO 1 GbE; optional serial (P48824-B21)
Internal
1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 + 1 × USB 2.0
Video note
Front DisplayPort and rear VGA can't be active at the same time
Systems Insight Display
Optional (P48819-B21)

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions (SFF)
8.75 × 44.8 × 72.7 cm (3.44 × 17.64 × 28.62 in)
Dimensions (LFF)
8.75 × 44.8 × 73.25 cm (3.44 × 17.64 × 28.84 in)
Weight (8 SFF)
16 – 33 kg
Weight (12 LFF)
18 – 37 kg
Rails
Easy Install Rail 3 Kit; optional 2U cable management arm
Operating temperature
10–35 °C standard; 5–45 °C extended for approved configurations

Management

BMC
HPE iLO 6 (iLO Advanced optional), Intelligent Provisioning
Cloud
HPE Compute Ops Management (subscription)
Tools
iLO RESTful API (Redfish), IPMI 2.0, HPE OneView; OpenBMC via iLO 6 transfer of ownership
Security
Silicon Root of Trust, embedded TPM 2.0, UEFI Secure Boot, optional chassis intrusion and bezel lock; Trusted Supply Chain build sold as DL380T Gen11
Warranty
3 years parts, labor and onsite, next business day

Operating systems

Certified list
HPE Servers Support and Certification Matrices (the QuickSpecs defers to them)
Intel VROC
SATA: Windows and Linux; NVMe: Windows, Linux and VMware; UEFI mode only

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8581V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8570
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6558Q
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6554S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6534
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6530
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5520+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5515+
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U
  • Intel Xeon Max 9462
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8458P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6430
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5411N
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U