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HP ProLiant ML350 Gen9

HPE's 2-socket tower server for Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4, convertible to a 5U rack unit, with 24 DIMM slots (up to 3 TB), up to 48 SFF or 24 LFF drives and nine PCIe slots. HPE has retired it; it is a common used server for small offices and branch sites.

Memory

Slots
24 DIMM (12 per CPU, 4 channels per CPU, 3 DIMMs per channel)
Type
HPE SmartMemory DDR4 RDIMM or LRDIMM, 1.2 V; quad-rank RDIMMs not supported
Max with E5-2600 v4
3 TB LRDIMM (24 × 128 GB); 768 GB RDIMM (24 × 32 GB)
Max with E5-2600 v3
1.5 TB LRDIMM (24 × 64 GB); 768 GB RDIMM (24 × 32 GB)
DIMM sizes (v4)
RDIMM 8 / 16 / 32 GB DDR4-2400; LRDIMM 32 / 64 / 128 GB DDR4-2400
DIMM sizes (v3)
RDIMM 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DDR4-2133; LRDIMM 16 / 32 / 64 GB DDR4-2133
Speed (v4)
2400 MT/s at 1 DIMM per channel; 2400 at 2 DPC (2133 with 8 GB and single-rank 16 GB RDIMMs); 3 DPC 1866 RDIMM / 2133 LRDIMM
Speed (v3)
2133 MT/s at 1 and 2 DPC; 3 DPC 1600 (1866 with 32 GB RDIMM and 32/64 GB LRDIMM)
CPU speed caps
v3: E5-2603/2609 1600, E5-2620/2623/2630/2630L/2640 1866, others 2133. v4: E5-2603/2609 1866, E5-2620/2623/2630/2630L/2640 2133, others 2400
One CPU
Only the 12 slots of processor 1 are usable
Protection
Advanced ECC, online spare
With GPUs
System memory limited to 1024 GB or less

Storage

Standard
8 SFF or 8 LFF hot-plug SAS/SATA bays (one drive cage)
SFF expansion
Up to 6 × 8 SFF cages = 48 SFF (8SFF cage kit 778157-B21)
LFF expansion
Up to 3 × 8 LFF cages = 24 LFF (8LFF cage kit 726547-B21)
NVMe
Up to 6 SFF NVMe via the 6SFF Express Bay kit 726551-B21 (SFF chassis, one per server, box 1 or 4; bridge card in slot 3, 6 or 8)
Max capacity
288 TB (24 × 12 TB LFF SAS/SATA); 184.32 TB SFF SSD (48 × 3.84 TB)
Optical
Slim 9.5 mm SATA DVD-ROM or DVD-RW bay
Media cages
SFF media cage 726545-B21 (2 half-height or 1 full-height tape/RDX) or LFF media cage 726561-B21 (1 half-height)
Embedded RAID
HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i: SATA only, RAID 0/1/10/5, up to 10 drives, UEFI mode only (entry models)
Flexible Smart Array
P440ar/2GB FBWC or H240ar HBA on the board connector, up to 8 drives without using a PCIe slot (base and performance models ship P440ar)
PCIe controllers
Smart Array P440/4GB, P840/4GB, P441 (ext), P841 (ext); Smart HBA H240, H241 (ext)
SAS expander
12Gb SAS Expander 769635-B21 for 24 drives (with P440, P840 or H240); a 2nd expander 811216-B21 gives 25–48 drives with CPU 2, X4 RPS kit and P840
M.2
HPE Universal SATA HHHL M.2 kit 878783-B21; the M.2 enablement board fits only PCIe slot 1; RAID 0/1 through B140i
Flash boot
1 internal microSD slot (not hot-plug); internal USB for the Dual 8GB microSD USB kit

Graphics

Integrated
Matrox G200 (iLO), 16 MB flash / 256 MB DDR3; 1920 × 1200 at 16-bit, 1280 × 1024 at 32-bit
GPU / accelerator options
NVIDIA Tesla K40c; AMD FirePro W7100; NVIDIA Quadro M2000, M4000, M5000, P2000, P4000
Limits
Up to 4 cards. Quadro M2000/M4000/M5000/P2000/P4000 need E5-2600 v4
GPU slots
Slots 1 and 3 (CPU 1), slots 6 and 8 (CPU 2)
Requirements
Graphic Card Support Kit 726565-B21 per card (not for K2200/M2000); more than two double-wide cards need the X4 RPS Enablement Kit

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 3.0 x16 connector (x8 electrical), full-height full-length, CPU 1
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x8 connector (x4), FH/FL, CPU 1
Slot 3
PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16), FH/FL, CPU 1
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x8 connector (x4), FH/FL, CPU 1
Slot 5
PCIe 2.0 x8 connector (x4), full-height half-length, CPU 2
Slot 6
PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16), FH/FL, CPU 2
Slot 7
PCIe 3.0 x8 connector (x4), FH/FL, CPU 2
Slot 8
PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16), FH/FL, CPU 2
Slot 9
PCIe 3.0 x8 connector (x4), FH/FL, CPU 2
Flexible Smart Array
Dedicated board connector for P440ar / H240ar

Networking

Embedded
HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i (Broadcom BCM5719), 4 × RJ-45
iLO
1 GbE dedicated management port
Options
1 GbE: 331T, 332T, 361T, 366T; 10 GbE: 530T, 530SFP, 546SFP+, 557SFP+, 560SFP+, 561T, 562SFP+; 25 GbE: 640SFP28, 620QSFP28; InfiniBand FDR 545QSFP

Power

Bays
4 × HPE Flex Slot hot-plug (1 or 2 standard; the 3rd and 4th need the X4 RPS Enablement Kit 802988-B21)
Options
500 W Platinum, 800 W Platinum, 1400 W Platinum Plus, 800 W Titanium, 800 W Universal, 800 W −48 VDC
Rules
No mixing of PSU types; the 500 W unit is not supported with the X4 RPS kit
Input
100–120 VAC or 200–240 VAC (1400 W rated at 200–240 VAC)
Max heat
1400 W: 5459 BTU/hr; 800 W: 3207 BTU/hr (100 VAC); 500 W: 1979 BTU/hr (100 VAC)
Fans
1P: 3 non-redundant or 6 redundant; 2P: 4 non-redundant or 8 redundant (Redundant Fan Kit 725878-B21)

Ports

Front
2 × USB 2.0
Rear
2 × USB 3.0, 2 × USB 2.0, VGA, serial, 4 × RJ-45 1 GbE, iLO RJ-45
Internal
1 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0, USB tape connector, microSD slot
Security
Rear padlock hole and Kensington slot (locks not supplied by HPE)

Physical

Form factor
Tower, or 5U rack (Tower to Rack Conversion Kit 726567-B21)
Tower dimensions
46.4 × 21.9 × 76.9 cm (18.27 × 8.62 × 30.28 in), H × W × D
Rack dimensions
21.8 × 44.5 × 74.6 cm (8.58 × 17.51 × 29.37 in), H × W × D
Tower weight
30 – 55 kg (66.1 – 121.3 lb)
Rack weight
26 – 51 kg (57.3 – 112.4 lb)
Operating temperature
10 – 35 °C standard; 5 – 40 °C or 5 – 45 °C for approved configurations
Acoustics (idle)
19 – 21 dBA LpAm; 3.4 – 3.6 B LWAd

Management

BMC
HPE iLO 4 (firmware 2.0 or later), 4 GB NAND; iLO Advanced license optional
Tools
Intelligent Provisioning, iLO RESTful API (Redfish 1.0), HPE OneView, Smart Update Manager / SPP, Insight Control
Firmware
UEFI by default; Legacy BIOS mode selectable
Front display
Optional Systems Insight Display 726563-B21 (rack models only)
Security
TPM 1.2 (488069-B21) or TPM 2.0 (745823-B21, UEFI mode only); power-on and admin passwords; security bezel 660584-B21 (rack only)

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Canonical Ubuntu, VMware, Citrix XenServer, ClearOS

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 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
  • 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 E5-2683 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