HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

The new HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is an accelerator-optimized 2U 2P solution that delivers exceptional compute performance, upgraded high-speed data transfer rate and memory depth at 2P compute capability. Powered by 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors with up to 96 cores, increased memory bandwidth (up to 6TB), high-speed PCIe Gen5 I/O, Gen5 EDSFF storage and the newly designed chassis supporting 8 single wide (SW) or 4 double wide (DW) GPUs*. The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is a perfect accelerator-optimized 2U 2P solution.

Notes: * EDSFF and the new GPU offering will be available in 1H’ 2023. Subject to change.

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 SFF  Server- Front View

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Quick removal access panel

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UID button

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Power On/Standby button and system power LED button

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Drive Bay 3. 8 SFF U.3 optional

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Health LED

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Drive Bay 2. 8 SFF U.3 optional

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iLO front service port

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Drive Bay 1. 8 SFF U.3 or Universal Media Bay optional

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NIC status LED

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Serial label pull tag

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USB 3.2 Gen1

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Rear View

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Primary Riser: PCI Slots (Slots 1–3 top to bottom)

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HPE Flexible Slot Power Supply bay 2

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OCP 3.0 Slot

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VGA connector

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Secondary Riser: PCI Slots (Slots 4–6 top to bottom)

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Serial port (optional)

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Tertiary Riser: (Slots 7–8 top to bottom, not shown). Optional rear 2 SFF cage

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Dedicated iLO management port

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Hot pluggable M.2 Boot Device (optional, not shown)

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USB 3.2 Gen1 ports

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HPE Flexible Slot power supply bay 1

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Internal View

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DDR5 DIMM slots. Shown populated in 24 slots

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Primary PCIe riser cage

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Hot Pluggable M.2 Boot Device bracket

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(Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 1

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(Under) Up to 2 Hot Plug redundant HPE Flexible Slot Power supplies

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2x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (one under primary riser cage)

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Rear 2SFF drive cage

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Fan cage shown with 6 Performance Hot-plug fans

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Secondary PCIe riser cage

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2 Processors (heatsinks shown)

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(Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 2

What’s New:

• Supports the 4^th Generation AMD EPYC™ Series Processors that supports up to 96 cores, 400W, and 384MB of L3 Cache.
  • 12 DIMM channels per processor for up to 6TB total DDR5 memory
  • Advanced data transfer rate and higher network speed from the PCIe Gen5 serial expansion bus
  • New HPE Integrated Lights-Out 6 (iLO 6) server management software
  • Supports hot-pluggable, high-availability RAID M.2 boot options.

Platform Information

Form Factor

• 2U rack

Chassis Types

• 8 SFF with optional Universal Media Bay, and optional SFF or NVMe drive bay options. Front drive bay supported up to 24 SFF
• 8 LFF with Universal Media Bay, and optional SFF or NVMe drive bay options. Front drive bay supported up to 12 LFF

Notes:

- DL385 Gen11 uses Basic Carrier drive cages.

- The 4 LFF rear drive box will consume space for the primary, secondary and tertiary risers.

- 3x 8 SFF drive cages can be used to build up a 24 SFF configuration.

- The 12 LFF configuration needs to be built up with 8LFF chassis and one 4LFF drive cage.

- The Universal Media Bay (P57857-B21) not available with the LFF chassis or the 24 SFF (3x 8SFF cages) configuration, and can only be populated in Box 1.

- U.3 x1 and U.3 x4 drive cages CAN mix.

System Fans

Standard – fan types included

• Choice of Standard Fan Kit or Performance Fan Kit

Notes:

- The DL385 Gen11 supports up to 6 fans with fan redundancy built in. One fan rotor failure will place server in degraded mode but fully functional. Two fan rotor failures could provide warning and imminent server shutdown.

- Each Fan kits are designated to operate under different configuration. For more information, please refer to the Cooling option message in the Unique option section.

Processors Up to 2 of the following depending on model.

Notes: For more information regarding AMD EPYC processors, please see the following: https://www.amd.com/en/products/epyc

Notes:

- All AMD EPYC processors can support up to 3TB of memory each under 1DPC, 12 channel per processor. 6TB of memory per two processors.

- 160 PCIe 5.0 lanes support with two sockets. Motherboard supports 3XGMI two-processor interconnect by default.

- The wattage information indicates the default cTDP (Configurable TDP) of the processor.

Chipset

No chipset – System on Chip (SoC) design.

On System Management Chipset

HPE iLO 6 ASIC

Read and learn more in the iLO QuickSpecs.

Memory

One of the following depending on model

Notes:

- All processors support up to 6TB memory per server when 2 processors are supported.

- LRDIMM and Persistent Memory are not supported.

- For additional information, please see the HPE DDR5 SmartMemory QuickSpecs.

- For General Server Memory Population Rules and Guidelines for Gen11 see details here:

http://www.hpe.com/docs/memory-population-rules

Memory Protection

Advanced ECC

Advanced ECC uses single device data correction to detect and correct single and all multibit error that occurs within a single

DRAM chip.

Expansion Slots

Primary Riser

Notes:

- Bus width indicates the number of physical electrical lanes running to the connector.

- There are three Primary riser configurations:

• Default 1 slot only (1x16 on Slot3)
• Default Slot3 + Slot1 & 2 with HPE DL385 G11 2x16 Prim FIO Upg Rsr Kit (P57890-B21)
• HPE DL385 G11 x16 Prim FIO Rsr LFF Rear (P55098-B21) selectable when rear 4LFF SAS/SATA cage kit (P55088-B21) is configured

- When both Primary Slot1 & OCP Slot21 (OCP1) are supported, Slot1 & Slot21 (OCP1) combined can only support up to 112GB/s bandwidth due to processor limitation

Secondary Riser:

Notes:

- Bus width indicates the number of physical electrical lanes running to the connector.

- There are four Secondary riser configurations:

• 1 slot using HPE DL385 Gen11 x16 Sec Riser Kit (P55097-B21)
• 3 slots using Slot 6 P55097-B21 + Slot4 & 5 with HPE DL385 Gen11 2x16 Sec Upg Riser Kit (P57891-B21)
• HPE DL385 Gen11 x16 Sec FIO Rsr LFF Rear (P57892-B21) selectable when rear 4LFF SAS/SATA cage kit (P55088-B21) is configured
• HPE DL385 Gen11 x16 LP Sec Riser Kit (P59260-B21) selectable when HPE NS204i-u Gen11 Ht Plg Boot Opt Dev (P48183-B21) is selected and rear 4LFF SAS/SATA cage kit (P55088-B21) is configured

- When both Secondary Slot6 & Tertiary Slot7 are supported, Slot6 & Slot7 combined can only support up to 112GB/s bandwidth due to processor limitation

Tertiary Riser

Notes:

- Bus Width Indicates the number of physical electrical lanes running to the connector.

- There is one type of Tertiary riser configuration by selecting HPE DL385 Gen11 2x16 Tert FIO Riser Kit (P57893-B21)

- When both Secondary Slot6 & Tertiary Slot7 are supported, Slot6 & Slot7 combined can only support up to 112GB/s bandwidth due to processor limitation

Storage Controllers

The Gen11 controller naming framework has been updated to simplify identification as depicted below. For a more detailed breakout of the available Gen11 Smart Array controllers visit the controller data sheet

NVMe Boot Device

HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device

Notes:

- NS204i-u does not occupy a PCIe slot and is externally accessible.

- 2pcs of 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD are included in the NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot Device

- RAID 1 supported on the NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot Device.

- There are three locations where NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot Device can be supported:

• Tertiary location above power supplies
• Secondary Slot 4 location
• Secondary location when selected with the low profile secondary riser, below the 4LFF rear drive cage

Software RAID – NO Software RAID is support on AMD Gen11 servers

Smart Array Controller

• HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 Controller
• HPE MR216i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller
• HPE MR216i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR408i-o Gen11 x8 Lanes 4GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR416i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR416i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller
• HPE SR932i-p Gen11 x32 Lanes 8GB Wide Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage

Notes: For additional details, please visit:

HPE Compute MR Gen11 Controllers Quick Spec

HPE Compute SR Gen11 Controllers Quick Spec

Internal Storage Devices

One of the following depending on model

Optical Drive

• Available on SFF and LFF CTO Servers as an option (DVD-ROM or DVD-RW)

Hard Drives

• None ship standard

Graphics

Integrated Video Standard

• Video modes up to 1920 x 1200@60Hz (32 bpp)
• 16MB Video Memory

HPE iLO 6 on system management memory

• 64 MB Flash
• 8 Gbit DDR4 with ECC protection

Power Supply

• HPE 800W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit

Notes: Available in 94%. Power Efficiency

• HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit

Notes:

- Available in 94% Power Efficiency.

- 200-240VAC power input only.

• HPE 1600W ~48VDC Power Supply Kit

Notes:

- Available in 94% Power Efficiency.

- 200-240VAC power input only.

HPE Flexible Slot (Flex Slot) Power Supplies share a common electrical and physical design that allows for hot plug, tool-less installation into HPE ProLiant Gen11 Performance Servers. Flex Slot power supplies are certified for high-efficiency operation and offer multiple power output options, allowing users to "right-size" a power supply for specific server configurations. This flexibility helps to reduce power waste, lower overall energy costs, and avoid "trapped" power capacity in the data center.

All pre-configured servers ship with a standard 6-foot IEC C-13/C-14 jumper cord (A0K02A). This jumper cord is also included with each standard AC power supply option kit. If a different power cord is required, please check the ProLiant Power Cables web page.

To review the power requirements for your selected system, please use the HPE Power Advisor Tool.

For information on power specifications and technical content visit HPE Server power supplies.

Interfaces

UEFI

Configure and boot your servers securely with industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/uefi.

Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Support for ProLiant Servers

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP4
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0

Notes: For more information on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server.

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/server-operating-systems.html

HPE Server UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an industry standard that provides better manageability and more secured configuration than the legacy ROM while interacting with your server at boot time. HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers have a UEFI Class 2 implementation.

Notes: The UEFI System Utilities tool is analogous to the HPE ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) of legacy BIOS. For more information, please visit http://www.hpe.com/servers/uefi.

UEFI enables numerous new capabilities specific to HPE ProLiant servers such as

• Secure Boot and Secure Start enabled for enhanced security
• Operating system specific functionality
• Support for > 2.2 TB (using GPT) boot drives
• USB 3.2 Gen1 Stack
• Embedded UEFI Shell
• Mass Configuration Deployment Tool using iLO RESTful API that is Redfish API Conformant
• PXE boot support for IPv6 networks
• Workload Profiles for simple performance optimization

UEFI Boot Mode only

• TPM 2.0 Support
• NVMe Boot Support
• iSCSI Software Initiator Support.
• HTTP/HTTPs Boot support as a PXE alternative.
• Boot support for option cards that only support a UEFI option ROM

Notes:

- For UEFI Boot Mode, boot environment and OS image installations should be configured properly to support UEFI.

- Enabling TPM 2.0 no longer requires TPM module option kit for Gen11. It is an embedded feature.

Industry Standard Compliance

• ACPI 6.1 Compliant
• PCIe 4.0 Compliant
• WOL Support
• Microsoft® Logo certifications
• Support for Microsoft Secure Code
• PXE Support
• VGA/Display Port

Notes: This support is on the optional Universal Media Bay.

• USB 3.1 Gen1 Compliant (internal)
• USB 2.0 Compliant (external ports)

Notes: This support is on the optional Universal Media Bay.

• USB NIC Driver in UEFI for Factory
• OCP 3.0 SFF NIC Support
• OCP 3.0 SFF Storage Support
• Embedded TPM Support
• Energy Star
• SMBIOS 3.1
• UEFI 2.7
• Redfish API
• IPMI 2.0
• Secure Digital 2.0
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Triple Data Encrytion Standard (3DES)
• SNMP v3
• TLS 1.2
• DMTF Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol (SMASH CLP)
• DMTF Redfish support for SecureBoot Key Management
• ACPI DSM Drive LED Management
• Memory Page Retire Support
• Retire old VMware Secure Boot Key
• MCTP over PCIe multi-segment (EDKII for GenoaPI 0.0.9.0, HPE under verifying0)
• Synergy: I3C Engine
• APML 1.0
• One Button Secure Erase Enhancements
• Active Directory v1.0
• European Union (EU) eco-design regulations for server and storage products, known as Lot 9, go into effect on March 1st, 2020. Among other requirements, for servers this directive establishes power thresholds for idle state, as well as efficiency and performance in active state which vary among configurations. HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers are compliant with Lot9 requirements. For more information regarding HPE Lot 9 conformance, please visit:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/about/environment/msds-specs-more.html

• ASHRAE A3/A4

Notes: For additional technical thermal details regarding ambient temperatures, humidity and features support please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/ashrae.

• UEFI Class 3 (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum)

Embedded Management

HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO)

Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting, reporting and remote management with HPE iLO.

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/ilo.

UEFI

Configure and boot your server(s) securely with industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Intelligent Provisioning

Hassle free server and OS provisioning for 1 or more servers with Intelligent Provisioning.

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/intelligentprovisioning.

iLO RESTful API

iLO RESTful API is Redfish API conformance and offers  simplified server management automation such as configuration and maintenance tasks based on modern industry standards. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/restfulapi.

Server Utilities

Active Health System

The HPE Active Health System (AHS) is an essential component of the iLO management portfolio that provides continuous, proactive health monitoring of HPE servers.  Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/ahs.

Active Health System Viewer

The Active System Health Viewer (AHSV) was deprecated as of March 2022. Users are now recommended to use the InfoSight (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/infosight.html) for Servers Portal for AHS viewing capabilities. In InfoSight for Servers portal, users will also be able to view hardware configuration details, firmware and driver information, warranty and support status of a server, wellness alerts, and create support cases for servers under a valid warranty or support contract.

HPE InfoSight provides the same security assurances as that of AHSV. Furthermore, InfoSight can be used as an AHSV replacement even if customers do not want to share AHSV logs and telemetry data on an ongoing basis.

Smart Update

Keep your server(s) up to date with the HPE Smart Update solution by using Smart Update Manager (SUM) to optimize the firmware and driver updates of the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP).  Learn more at

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/smart-update.html

iLO Amplifier Pack

Designed for large enterprise and service provider environments with hundreds of HPE servers, the iLO Amplifier Pack is a free, downloadable open virtual application (OVA) that delivers the power to discover, inventory and update Gen8, Gen9 , Gen10 & Gen10 Plus HPE servers at unmatched speed and scale.  Use with an iLO Advanced License to unlock full capabilities.

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/iLOamplifierpack.

RESTful Interface Tool

RESTful Interface tool (iLOREST) is a single scripting tool to provision using iLO RESTful API to discover and deploy servers at scale. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/resttool.

Scripting Tools

Provision one to many servers using your own scripts to discover and deploy with Scripting Tool (STK) for Windows and Linux or Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/powershell.

HPE OneView Standard

HPE OneView Standard can be used for inventory, health monitoring, alerting, and reporting without additional fees. It can monitor multiple HPE server generations. The user interface is similar to the HPE OneView Advanced version, but the software-defined functionality is not available. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/oneview.

HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management

HPE is intelligently transforming compute management with a completely new As a Service experience that delivers greater security, simplicity, and efficiency.  Discover a completely modernized compute management experience delivered through HPE GreenLake that securely streamlines operations from edge-to-cloud, and automates key lifecycle tasks (onboard, update, manage and monitor HPE servers), bringing the agility and greater efficiencies to wherever compute devices reside via a unified single browser-based interface. 

Compute Ops Management is built on a unique cloud-native architecture that abstracts, manages and controls HPE servers regardless of physical location. The management application resides in the HPE GreenLake cloud platform (access via https://console.greenlake.hpe.com) and leverages the HPE GreenLake architecture, security, and unified operations.

Each HPE ProLiant Gen11 rack, tower and micro server will include a 3-year subscription to HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management - Standard Tier. Upgrades to Standard Tier 5 Year term or to an Enhanced Tier, 3 or 5 Year term, subscription can be made at time of order.  Upgrades to Enhanced tier or OneView can also be made at any time.

Warranty

This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by HPE Services and a worldwide network of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Channel Partners resellers. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HPE Pointnext operational services or customized service agreements. Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.

Notes: Server Warranty includes 3-Year Parts, 3-Year Labor, 3-Year Onsite support with next business day response. Warranty repairs may be accomplished through the use of Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts. These parts fall into two categories: 1) Mandatory CSR parts are designed for easy replacement. A travel and labor charge will result when customers decline to replace a Mandatory CSR part; 2) Optional CSR parts are also designed for easy replacement but may involve added complexity. Customers may choose to have Hewlett Packard Enterprise replace Optional CSR parts at no charge. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/search-results.html?page=1&q=servers%20warranty&autocomplete=0

Security

• UEFI Secure Boot and Secure Start support
• Immutable Silicon Root of Trust
• FIPS 140-3 validation (iLO 6 certification in progress)
• Common Criteria certification (iLO 6 certification in progress)
• Configurable for PCI DSS compliance
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) on browser
• Support for Commercial National Security Algorithms (CNSA)
• Tamper-free updates – components digitally signed and verified
• Secure Recovery – recover critical firmware to known good state on detection of compromised firmware
• Ability to rollback firmware
• Secure erase of NAND/User data
• TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0

Notes: enabling TPM 2.0 no longer requires TPM module option kit for Gen11. It is an embedded feature.

• Bezel Locking Kit option
• Chassis Intrusion detection option