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HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9

HPE's mainstream 2U two-socket rack server for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4, with 24 DDR4 DIMM slots (up to 3 TB), up to 26 SFF or 15 LFF drives and six PCIe 3.0 slots. HPE has retired it.

Memory

Slots
24 DIMM (12 per CPU, 4 channels per CPU, 3 DIMMs per channel)
Type
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory RDIMM or LRDIMM (no mixing)
Max (LRDIMM)
3 TB — 24 × 128 GB @ 2400
Max (RDIMM)
768 GB — 24 × 32 GB @ 2400
NVDIMM
128 GB — 16 × 8 GB; v4 CPUs with RDIMMs only
Speed
v4 CPUs: 2400 MT/s at 1 DPC; RDIMMs drop to 1866 at 3 DPC (single-rank to 2133 at 2 DPC), LRDIMMs stay at 2400. v3 CPUs: 2133 MT/s; 3 DPC runs RDIMMs at 1600, 64 GB LRDIMMs at 1866
Protection
Advanced ECC, Online Spare

Storage

Chassis options
8 SFF (field-upgradable to 16 / 24 SFF) · 8 SFF + 6 NVMe · 24 SFF (+2 rear SFF) · 12 LFF (+3 rear LFF or +2 rear SFF) · 4 LFF
NVMe
6 NVMe SFF in drive bay 2 (SFF chassis only), via the NVMe CTO chassis (810393-B21) or Express Bay kit 774741-B21
Universal Media Bay
724865-B21: front VGA and 2 × USB 2.0, optional optical drive and 2 SFF bays (724864-B21); bay 1 of 8 SFF / 16 SFF only
Embedded RAID
HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i: 10-port SATA, RAID 0/1/10/5, UEFI mode only
Flexible Smart Array / HBA
P440ar/2GB, P840ar/2GB, H240ar (no PCIe slot used)
PCIe controllers
Smart Array P840/4GB; Smart HBA H240; external P841, H241; 12Gb SAS Expander (727250-B21) for 24 SFF
M.2
HPE Universal SATA HHHL M.2 Kit (878783-B21) in a PCIe slot; B140i software RAID only
microSD
1 internal slot (not hot-plug); dual microSD optional
Max internal
397.8 TB — 26 × 15.3 TB SAS SSD (24 + 2 SFF); LFF 180 TB (15 × 12 TB)
Optical
9.5 mm SATA DVD-ROM / DVD-RW via the Universal Media Bay

Graphics

Integrated
Matrox G200eH2, 16 MB; 1280 × 1024 (32 bpp), 1920 × 1200 (16 bpp)
GPU options
NVIDIA Tesla M10, Tesla P40, Quadro P2000, P4000, P6000; AMD FirePro S7150x2 (final QuickSpecs); earlier revisions added Tesla M4, M40, P100 and Quadro M2000
Limits
Up to 2 double-wide (slots 2 and 5) or 3 single-wide cards, 11.25 in max length; 1 double-wide with the NVMe bay; no mixing GPUs
Requirements
GPU risers 719076-B21 / 719073-B21, Graphics Enablement Kit 719082-B21, one 1400 W PSU per card over 150 W, High Performance Fan Kit 719079-B21 for passive cards

Expansion

Primary riser (standard, CPU 1)
Slot 1 PCIe 3.0 x8 (x16 connector) FH · Slot 2 x8 (x16 connector) FH/HL · Slot 3 x8 FH/HL
Primary 2-slot GPU riser (719076-B21)
Slot 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 FH/FL · Slot 3 x8 FH/HL
Secondary 3-slot riser (719073-B21, CPU 2)
Slot 4 PCIe 3.0 x16 FH/FL · Slot 5 x16 FH/FL · Slot 6 x8 FH/HL
Slot power
All slots take 150 W+ cards with an additional power cable kit
FlexibleLOM
1 bay
Storage controller
Dedicated Flexible Smart Array / Smart HBA connector

Networking

Embedded
HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i (Broadcom BCM5719)
FlexibleLOM
1GbE 331FLR/366FLR; 10GbE 533FLR-T, 534FLR-SFP+, 536FLR-T, 546FLR-SFP+, 556FLR-SFP+, 560FLR-SFP+, 561FLR-T, 562FLR-SFP+; 10/25GbE 640FLR-SFP28; FDR InfiniBand/40GbE 544+FLR-QSFP
PCIe adapters
1GbE, 10GbE, 10/25GbE, InfiniBand EDR 100Gb (840/841QSFP28), Intel Omni-Path 100Gb (OP101)
iLO
1 GbE dedicated management port

Power

Options
HPE Flex Slot hot-plug: 500 W Platinum, 800 W Platinum, 800 W Titanium (96%), 1400 W Platinum Plus
DC / HVDC
800 W −48 VDC (720480-B21); 277 VAC / 380 VDC input also offered
Battery backup
Optional Flex Slot battery backup in a PSU bay
Redundancy
2 bays; all supplies must match
Fans
4 hot-plug (1 CPU) or 6 (2 CPUs); 12 LFF and 24 SFF ship with 6 High Performance fans; kit 719079-B21

Ports

USB
5 × USB 3.0 (1 front, 2 rear, 2 internal); 2 × USB 2.0 front with the Universal Media Bay; no front USB on 12 LFF
Video
VGA rear; front VGA with the Universal Media Bay (the two aren't active at the same time)
Serial
Optional rear (768896-B21)

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions (SFF)
8.73 × 44.55 × 67.94 cm (3.44 × 17.54 × 26.75 in), without bezel
Dimensions (LFF)
8.73 × 44.55 × 73.02 cm (3.44 × 17.54 × 28.75 in), without bezel
Weight
14.76 kg (32.6 lb) min, 8 SFF with 1 drive and 1 CPU – 23.6 kg (51.5 lb) max, 12 LFF with 2 CPUs
Operating temperature
10–35 °C; up to 40 °C or 45 °C for approved configurations (ASHRAE A3/A4)

Management

BMC
HPE iLO 4 (firmware 2.0), 4 GB NAND; 16 MB flash, 256 MB DDR3 ECC; iLO Advanced optional
Tools
Intelligent Provisioning, iLO RESTful API (Redfish 1.0 conformance), Smart Update Manager / SPP, HPE OneView (optional)
Diagnostics
Optional Systems Insight Display (768900-B21)
Security
UEFI Secure Boot; TPM 1.2 (488069-B21) or TPM 2.0 (745823-B21) option
Warranty
3 years parts, labor and on-site, next business day

Operating systems

Supported (QuickSpecs)
Windows Server, RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu, Oracle Solaris, VMware, Citrix XenServer, ClearOS
Final Gen9.0 SPP (April 2022)
Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; RHEL 7.8, 7.9, 8.4, 8.5; SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP2, 15 SP3; VMware vSphere 6.5 U3, 6.7 U2/U3, 7.0 U2/U3 (offline update only)

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4