The refurbished HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server is the High-Density Four-Socket (4S) server with balanced performance, increased scalability and reliability, all in a 2U chassis. Supporting the latest Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 processors, the DL560 Gen9 Server offers greater processing power, along with increased storage capacity, IO bandwidth of up to seven (7) PCIe Gen 3.0 slots, up to 3TBs of memory, plus the intelligence and simplicity of automated management with HPE OneView and HPE iLO 4.
Built for corporate data centers, service providers requiring server consolidation, and virtualized environments with limited space, the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server delivers powerful four-socket performance in a rack form factor. It provides exceptional expandability, reliability, and management features to handle database, messaging, and business processing tasks.
What's New for DL560 Gen9
- The Intel Xeon E5-2600v4 processor family for demanding, foundational Scale-Up workload requirements.
- HPE DDR4 2400 MHz memory modules for increased performance for data-intensive application workloads.
- HPE Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 prevents unauthorized access to servers and store artifacts used to authenticate the server platforms.
4-socket Performance in a Dense 2U Form Factor
The HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server provides 4S computing in a dense 2U form factor and supports up to four Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4/v3 processors with the E5-4600 v4 processor providing up to 21% more processor performance bin to bin and 22% more cores and cache than the previous generation.
The HPE Flexible Smart Array and HPE Smart SAS HBA Controllers, with support of up to 4 GB FBWC, allow you the flexibility to choose the optimal 12 Gb/s controller most suited to your environment. Along with the embedded SATA HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller for boot, data and media needs.
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory improves workload performance and power efficiency while preventing data loss and downtime with enhanced error handling. Support for up to 3 TB DDR4 maximum capacity (48 DIMM slots) with speeds up to 2400 MHz with up to 23% performance gain.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers and 25GbE networking will transform data centers with improved performance and at an overall lower TCO than 10GbE.
New Generation Expandability and Reliability for Multi-workloads
The HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server supports up to seven PCIe 3.0 expansion slots, to support a GPU and networking cards offering increased I/O bandwidth and expandability.
Achieve greater capacity with a redesigned chassis including up to 24 Small Form Factor (SFF) HPE SmartDrives and NVMe options; along with an optional HPE Universal Media Bay delivering optimal performance, capacity, and reliability to meet various customer workload requirements at the right economics.
You have a choice of embedded 4x1GbE, HPE FlexibleLOM, PCIe standup 1GbE, 10GbE or 25GbE adapters 1 which provides flexibility of networking bandwidth and fabric so you can adapt and grow to changing business needs.
Support for up to two 1200W or 1500W HPE Common Slot Power Supplies for increased redundancy and reducing unnecessary downtime.
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HPE DL560 Gen9 Base Knowledge
The ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Rack Server is a 2U Server Chassis with 2 processor slots available. The number of processors can be one, two, or four. For a 4-processor configuration, you would require an optional HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 CPU Mezzanine Board kit (795107-B21). Mixing different processor models is not supported.
If only one processor is installed, only a quarter (12) of the total DIMM slots are available. When populating with four processors all (48) DIMM slots are available. RDIMM and LRDIMM are all distinct memory technologies and cannot be mixed within a server.
Maximum Capacity 6TB (48 x 128GB LRDIMM @2400MHz)>Maximum Capacity 1.5TB (48 x 32GB RDIMM @2400 MHz)
The DL560 Gen9 Rack Server From HPE holds up to 24 Drives. The DL560 comes with the embedded HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller that supports up to 10 SATA drives. With the DL560 Gen9 you have the option to install a 12GB 9 Port SAS Controller which supports the 24 Drive Configuration.
If you would like to save a PCI slot. The DL560 Gen9 Supports the Adaptive RAID on Chip slot (AROC) Storage Controllers. The H240ar, P440ar, and P840ar are all supported in the DL560 Gen9 Rack Server. If you install a Performance Storage Controller you will need to install the 96W Storage Battery for SAS and Flash Backed Write Cache to work properly.
HPE DL560 Gen9 Maximum Internal Storage
- Hot Plug SFF SATA 48TB 24 x 2TB
- Hot Plug SFF SAS 48TB 24 x 2TB
- Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD 92TB 24 x 3.84TB
- Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD 92TB 24 x 3.84TB
HPE DL560 Gen9 Drive Configurations
The DL560 Gen9 has 5 different storage upgrade kits. Below is the different drive configuration that is available for the DL560 Gen9 Rack Server.
- 8 Drives = 8SFF
- 10 Drives = 8SFF + 2SFF
- 14 Drives = 8SFF + 6 NVMe
- 16 Drives = 8SFF + 6 NVME + 2SFF
- 16 Drives = 8SFF + 8SFF
- 18 Drives = 8SFF + 8SFF + 2SFF
- 22 Drives = 8SFF + 6 NVMe + 8SFF
- 24 Drives = 8SFF + 8SFF + 8SFF
The first upgrade is the Universal Media Bay 1 Kit. It comes in two different types. HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 2SFF Universal Media Bay Kit (793479-B21) or the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Universal Media Bay Kit (795090-B21). If you install any one of these kits, you now have the option to install either DVD-ROM (726536-B21) or DVD-RW (72653-B21).
This next option is not allowed to be installed with the kits above. They use the same Media Bay 1 slot. HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Bay1 8SFF Cage/Backplane Kit (795085-B21). There is another way to upgrade to 16SFF and keep the Media Bay 1 Kits as well. That is with the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Bay2 8SFF Cage/Backplane Kit (795084-B21). This upgrade kit is the best way to install 16SFF drives in the DL560 Gen9 Rack Server.
The fourth type of upgrade is for the NVMe Drives support. This DL560 Gen9 Rack Server supports up to 6 NVMe Drives with the HPE DL560 Gen9 NVMe 6 Solid State Drive Express Bay Enablement Kit (774743-B21). This kit comes with an Express Bay Bridge Board that takes up 1 PCI-e 3.0x16 slot.
With a combination of the above upgrade kits, we can make the 18, 22, and 24 Drive configurations. When installing more than 10 Drives you will need the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 SAS Expander Card (804228-B21).
HPE DL560 Gen9 NVMe Drives
The Support for the NVMe drives comes from the installation of the HPE DL560 Gen9 NVMe 6 Solid State Drive Express Bay Enablement Kit (774743-B21). This kit can only be installed in Bay 2 and takes up 1 PCI-e 3.0x16 Slot with the Express Bay Bridge Board. You have another option to install NVMe drives and that is with the NVMe PCIe Workload Accelerators.
HPE DL560 Gen9 M.2
Similar to the NVMe workload accelerators, the M.2 drives can be installed on a standup PCI card with up to 2 M.2 Drives and the drives only use the B140i SATA controller. With 7 PCI slots, you should have plenty of room for any type of configuration you desire.
HPE DL560 Gen9 PCI Risers
The DL560 Gen9 has 3 PCI riser slots. PCI riser slot 1 is the primary slot and has two Riser Options. The secondary PCI riser, and the Expansion slot 7 only have 1 riser option. Below is a table showing you how many slots and what size PCI slot each riser has.
| Expansion slot |
Expansion Slot # |
Technology |
Bus Width |
Connector Width |
Form Factor |
Notes |
| Primary Riser (Standard) |
1 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x16 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 1 |
| 2 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x16 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 1 |
| 3 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x8 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 1 |
| Primary Riser (Optional) 793475-B21 |
2 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x16 |
x16 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 1 |
| 3 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x8 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 1 |
| Secondary Riser (Optional) 793474-B21 |
4 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x16 |
x16 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 2 |
| 5 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x8 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 2 |
| 6 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x8 |
Half length/full height |
Proc 2 |
| Expansion Slot 7 |
7 |
PCIe 3.0 |
x8 |
x16 |
Low Profile |
Proc 2 |
The DL560 Gen9 has a dedicated FlexibleLOM slot under the Primary riser. Only one FlexibleLOM can be added to the server. For 10Gb adapters, a minimum of two Gigabytes (2 GB) of server memory is required per adapter.
HPE DL560 Gen9 Cooling
The DL560 Gen9 comes standard with 6 Hot Plug Fans (with N+1 redundancy). For all processor configurations, the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server requires six fan modules for redundancy. A fan failure causes a loss of cooling redundancy. A second fan failure or a missing fan module causes an orderly shutdown of the server.
HPE DL560 Gen9 GPU / Workload Accelerator
Two 9.5" single-wide cards are supported. The system supports Graphic Accelerators and NVMe Drive Workload Accelerators but does not have any GPU enablement kit for card support. Please check the NVMe Drive section for Workload Accelerator options.
HPE DL560 Gen9 Common Slot your power!
Mixing of power supplies in the same server is not supported. All power supplies must be of the same input voltage, output rating, and efficiency rating. If non-matching power supplies are installed, you may receive an error message and/or experience operational issues with your server.
HPE DL560 Gen9 Lights Out! iLO
HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO) - Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting, reporting, and remote management with HPE iLO.
UEFI - Configure and boot your servers securely with industry-standard Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI).
RESTful API - RESTful API for iLO 4 is Redfish 1.0 conformance for simplified server management such as configuration and maintenance tasks based on modern industry standards.
Intelligent Provisioning – Hassle-free server and OS provisioning for 1 or few servers with Intelligent Provisioning.
Embedded Remote Support - The Hewlett Packard Enterprise embedded remote support when used with Insight Online direct connect or HPE Insight Remote Support, allows HPE ProLiant servers to transmit hardware events directly to Hewlett Packard Enterprise or a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Partner for automated phone home support.
