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HP ProLiant ML350 Gen10

HPE's two-socket 4U tower for Intel Xeon Scalable 1st and 2nd gen, with 24 DIMM slots (up to 3 TB), up to 24 SFF or 12 LFF front drives and eight full-height PCIe 3.0 slots. It converts to a rack server with a 1U rail tray; HPE has retired it.

Memory

Slots
24 DIMM (12 per CPU, 6 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Type
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory, Registered (RDIMM) or Load Reduced (LRDIMM); no mixing
1st gen CPUs
DDR4-2666 DIMMs; max 768 GB RDIMM (24 × 32 GB) or 3 TB LRDIMM (24 × 128 GB)
2nd gen CPUs
DDR4-2933 DIMMs; max 1.5 TB RDIMM (24 × 64 GB) or 3 TB LRDIMM (24 × 128 GB)
Speed
Platinum and Gold 6000: 2666 MT/s (1st gen), 2933 MT/s at 1 DPC / 2666 at 2 DPC (2nd gen); Gold 5100: 2400 (5122: 2666); Gold 5200: 2666 (5222: 2933 at 1 DPC); Silver: 2400; Bronze: 2133 MT/s
1st gen kits
8, 16, 32 GB RDIMM; 64 GB LRDIMM; 128 GB 3DS LRDIMM (DDR4-2666)
2nd gen kits
8, 16, 32, 64 GB RDIMM (DDR4-2933)
Population
White slot first in each channel; balance DIMMs across both CPUs; slots 13-24 need CPU 2
Protection
HPE Smart Memory Fast Fault Tolerance (FIO setting 875293-B21)

Storage

Chassis options
8 SFF hot-plug (to 16 / 24 SFF) · 4 LFF hot-plug (to 8 / 12 LFF) · 4 LFF non-hot-plug SATA (to 12 LFF NHP)
Drive boxes
3 front boxes, each takes an 8 SFF or 4 LFF cage; mixed LFF + SFF supported (start from the 4 LFF chassis)
NVMe
8 SFF NVMe Express Bay (874569-B21) in box 2 of the SFF chassis; 4 drives per NVMe riser, 2 risers in PCIe slots 1 and 3 for 8 drives; not supported by Smart Array
Media bays
Box 1 can hold up to 2 half-height (5.25") media devices (RDX or LTO tape, kit 874570-B21) plus 1 slim SATA optical drive (kit 874577-B21)
Max capacity
240 TB LFF (12 × 20 TB); 57.6 TB SFF SAS HDD; 368.64 TB SFF SAS SSD; 61.44 TB NVMe (8 × 7.68 TB)
Embedded RAID
HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID: 14 SATA ports, RAID 0/1/5/10, UEFI mode only, Windows only; off by default
Modular controllers (no slot used)
Smart Array E208i-a, P408i-a, P816i-a SR Gen10
PCIe controllers
Smart Array E208i-p, P408i-p, P824i-p MR (internal); E208e-p, P408e-p (external)
24 SFF
Needs the 12G SAS expander card in PCIe slot 4
M.2
HPE Universal SATA HHHL M.2 kit 878783-B21 (2 × M.2 2280 SATA) in slots 1-4, one per server, S100i software RAID only
Boot device
HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS boot device (UEFI only)
Other
Internal microSD slot; internal USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports

Graphics

Integrated
iLO 5 video, up to 1920 × 1200 @ 60 Hz (32 bpp), 16 MB; VGA + DisplayPort at the rear (dual monitors in duplicate mode)
GPU options
NVIDIA Quadro P1000, P2000, P2200, P4000, P6000, RTX 4000, RTX 6000, RTX 8000, GV100 (with NVLink bridges); Tesla M10, P40, T4; NVIDIA A2
GPU slots
Slots 1 and 3 (CPU 1), 5 and 7 (CPU 2)
Max GPUs
4 for P1000 / P2000 / P2200 / RTX 4000 / T4 / A2; the final QuickSpecs lists 3 for P4000 / P6000 / GV100 and 2 for M10 / P40 / RTX 6000 / RTX 8000 (the 2019 edition allowed 4 of most)
Requirements
Redundant Fan Cage Kit 874572-B21 for every GPU; GPU power cable kit 877628-B21 above 75 W; no mixing GPU models

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length (CPU 1); GPU-capable
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x4 in x8 connector, full height, full length (CPU 1)
Slot 3
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length (CPU 1); GPU-capable
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x4 in x8 connector, full height, full length (from the PCH)
Slot 5
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length (CPU 2); GPU-capable
Slot 6
PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, full length (CPU 2)
Slot 7
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length (CPU 2); GPU-capable
Slot 8
PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, full length (CPU 2)
Storage controller
Dedicated Smart Array modular controller (AROC) connector on the system board

Networking

Embedded
HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 369i (4 × 1 GbE RJ45); no 10 or 100 Mb/s
1 / 10 GbE options
Ethernet 1Gb 4-port I350-T4V2; 10Gb 2-port 521T, 562T, 562SFP+ / X710-DA2, BCM57416 BASE-T
25 / 100 GbE options
10/25Gb 2-port 621SFP28, Intel E810-XXVDA2 / XXVDA4; 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 / MCX515A-CCAT
InfiniBand / Omni-Path
InfiniBand FDR 544+QSFP, EDR 840QSFP28 (1 or 2 port); Intel Omni-Path OP101 100Gb
Fibre Channel
SN1100Q, SN1200E (16Gb); SN1600E, SN1610E, SN1610Q (32Gb)
iLO
Dedicated 1 GbE management port

Power

Non-hot-plug
HPE 500 W standard non-hot-plug (92%), pre-configured LFF NHP models only, tower mode only; upgrade with RPS enablement kit 874571-B21
Flex Slot (hot-plug)
500 W Platinum (865408-B21), 800 W Platinum (865414-B21), 800 W Titanium (865438-B21), 800 W -48 VDC (865434-B21), 800 W Universal 277 VAC / 380 VDC (865428-B21), 1600 W Platinum (830272-B21)
Also in the User Guide
HPE 1800-2200 W Flex Slot Titanium (200-240 VAC)
Redundancy
Two identical Flex Slot supplies give 1+1; no mixing
Input
100-120 VAC / 200-240 VAC (1600 W rated at 200-240 VAC)
Max heat (800 W)
3067 BTU/hr at 100 VAC

Ports

Front
2 × USB 3.0, iLO service port
Rear
DisplayPort, VGA, serial, iLO RJ45, 4 × 1 GbE RJ45, 2 × USB 3.0
Internal
1 × USB 3.0, 1 × USB 2.0, microSD
USB total
6 (2 front, 2 rear, 2 internal)

Physical

Tower (H × W × D)
462.5 × 174 × 648 mm
Rack (H × W × D)
174 (4U) × 445 × 648 mm, plus a 1U sliding rail tray (874578-B21): 5U in the rack
Weight
21 kg minimum, 42 kg maximum (QuickSpecs; the User Guide says 41 kg)
Fans
2 standard non-hot-plug fans; Redundant Fan Cage Kit 874572-B21 adds 4 hot-plug fans (6 total, N+1)
Operating temperature
10-35 °C standard; 5-45 °C extended for approved configurations
Acoustics (LWAd, idle / operating)
3.9-4.4 B / 4.2-4.4 B
Security
Lockable front bezel, padlock eye, Kensington slot, optional TPM 2.0 (864279-B21)

Management

BMC
HPE iLO 5 (standard with Intelligent Provisioning); iLO Advanced license optional
Firmware
UEFI Class 2 (default) or legacy BIOS; Secure Boot, Silicon Root of Trust, Server Configuration Lock, One Button Secure Erase
Interfaces
Redfish / iLO RESTful API, IPMI 2.0, SNMP v3, SMASH CLP
Software
HPE OneView, InfoSight for Servers, Smart Update Manager / SPP, GreenLake Compute Ops Management
Warranty
3 years parts, 3 years labour, 3 years on-site next business day

Operating systems

Windows
Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
VMware
vSphere 6.0 U3, 6.5 U2, 6.7 U1
Linux
RHEL 7.6; SLES 12 SP3, 12 SP4, 15; ClearOS 7.6; CentOS 7.6 (community)
Note
List as of the June 2019 US QuickSpecs; later OS support is on HPE's certification matrices

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8176
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8164
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6154
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6152
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6150
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6148
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6146
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6144
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6142
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6140M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6140
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6138
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6136
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6134M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6134
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6132
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6130
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6128
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6126
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5122
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5120
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5118
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5115
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4116
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4114
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4112
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4110
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4108
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6254
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6246
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6244
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6234
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6212U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6210U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5222
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5217
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4216
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4208
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6256
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6250L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6250
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R