HPE ProLiant DL385 Rack Server (G10+) CTO

The HPE DL385 Gen10 Plus Rack Server is very similar to the DL385 Gen10 Rack Server. This system only supports the AMD EYPC Gen2 7000 Series. The HPE Rack server can support up to 2 Processors, mixing of processors is not allowed. This powerful 2U 2P Rack server supports 32 DDR4 DIMM on a 2-socket configuration. Mixing of x4 & x8 memory is not allowed. The Dl385 Gen10 Plus has 3 PCIe Risers for a total of 8 PCIe slots to use, which allows you to easily configure this server to your needs.

This Rack server has many storage upgrades for each chassis with limitations on some. The DL385 Gen10 Plus can support an extra front drive in the Media Bay slot, Internal drives that sit above the CPU and DIMMs, and finally rear drives that sit in the PCIe riser cages. We will go over the limitations here, for a full detailed understanding of all the limitations and requirements I suggest you read the spec manual below.

These servers do not come with an embeddedLOM, so the Choice of OCP or stand-up card is mandatory for network capabilities.

• (RDIMM) 8.0TB 32 x 256 GB RDIMM @ 3200 MHz Modules

The DL385 Gen10 Plus server has the support for a Type-A Array RAID on Chip (AROC) Smart Array also known as Flexible Storage Controllers. By Installing an AROC Card you will be saving a PCIe slot. The AROC spot on the system board also supports NVME drives with the AROC NVMe Adapter. The DL385 Gen10 Plus server also supports Smart Array PCI Stand-up Cards. If you want to install 24 drives, you will need the 12Gb SAS Expander that sits on the Primary Riser in Slot 3.

You have the ability to load the OS from two different boot devices. The HPE NS204i-p x2 Lanes NVMe PCIe3 x8 OS Boot Device (P12965-B21) or with a simple USB drive (P21868-B21). NS204i-p will only be supported in Slot 1 of the primary riser and Slot 8 of the tertiary riser. HPE Universal SATA AIC HHHL M.2 SSD Kit (878783-B21) and NS204i-p cannot be selected together. When NS204i-p and doublewide GPU are selected together Secondary Riser MUST be selected and the doublewide GPU can be a maximum of 2. SATA M.2 cannot be supported in LFF/SFF chassis with mid-tray configuration due to thermal concern

There are way too many PCIe risers to talk about each one. Below is a table showing you some information. To view more information about each riser, please click the view item button for all the limitations and requirements for each riser. If you want a detailed description of each riser please read the spec manual at the bottom of the page.

GPUs and Workload Accelerators will greatly speed up the computing speed for HPC or virtualization. The GPUs and Mid-tray drives can’t be installed together. You will also need to make sure you have the correct Riser installed to support the GPU along with any other requirements for the specific GPUs you install. When NS204i-p and doublewide GPU are selected together Secondary Riser MUST be selected and doublewide GPU can be a maximum of 2

Without an embeddedLOM on the system board, the HPE DL385 Gen10 Plus needs either an OCP 3.0 or a Stand-Up Network Adapter card installed for Network Capabilities. By installing the OCP 3.0 you will be saving a PCIe slot without any issues or limitations. If the OCP 3.0 card installed needs x16 lanes to support, please install the cable (P14318-001) to connect to CPU1 to upgrade and configure to one x16 OCP NIC. This rack server supports InfiniBand Adapters up 1P 200GB connectors.

With a ton of options, there are multiple reasons for the system to need to be cooled. 12 LFF or more drives require a Max performance fan kit (P14608-B21). If a CPU power is >180W then it is required to use a 2U Performance Heat sink. A max performance fan kit is required for rear drives or NVMe SFF configurations. SATA M.2 cannot be supported in LFF/SFF chassis with mid-tray configuration due to thermal concerns. If you have any concerns as to what devices have certain requirements. View the product for notes or read the spec manual below.

All power supplies in a server should match. Mixing Power Supplies is not supported. HPE Flexible Slot (Flex Slot) Power Supplies share a common electrical and physical design that allows for , tool-less installation into HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus 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.

The DL38X servers have these NVMe Balanced Support Bundles. What these bundles do is provide all the parts and cabling specs for an NVMe configuration. All the parts for each bundle are in the CTO which can be configured and set up for you. If you would like to know more about the Balanced NVMe Support Bundles please read the spec manual. The cabling of the Bundles is on the last pages of the PDF.

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