HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10 CTO Rack Server

The refurbished HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10 server delivers on scalability, performance, and reliability thus making it the ideal platform for businesses ready to run on-premises and hybrid cloud applications. These businesses need the right mix of compute and storage, enabling them to achieve their most important goals.

What’s New for DL180 Gen10

• Supports the second generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor family.
• Twelve LFF drive chassis supporting SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs with max 48 TB storage.
• HPE InfoSight provides a cloud-based analytics tool that predicts and prevents problems before your business is impacted.
• HPE OneView offers an automated, template-driven approach for deploying, provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.
• HPE Small Business Solutions are complete solutions and workload optimized built on ProLiant servers, providing the foundational on-premise component for the Hybrid Cloud.
• Available aggressively priced SMB offer models regionally released as “Smart Buy Express” in the U.S. and Canada, “Top Value” in Europe, and “Intelligent Buy” in Asia Pacific.

Dense Storage at Optimal Performance for Web Infrastructure and Service Providers

The flexible design provides choice of options and ability to scale. It is configured to meet the new standard of growing data center needs. The server supports Intel Xeon Scalable Processor series, up to eight cores (maximum 24) with 16 DDR4 2666 MHz (256 GB maximum).

Two PCIe 3.0 slots and HPE iLO 5, UEFI and legacy boot mode, along with the standard HPE Dynamic Smart Array S100i. You have a choice of HPE Flexible Smart Array or HPE Smart HBA controllers for performance or additional features.

500W multi-output, up to 94% efficiency (Titanium), Flexible Slot PS, Standard 3-3-3 warranty, HPE Secure Encryption.

HPE DL180 Gen10 Base Knowledge

HPE DL180 Gen10 comes with the (P11709-001) System board which supports first-generation and second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. The DL180 Gen10 can support 16 total DIMMs on a 2 Socket configuration with 8 DIMM slots per processor, 6 channels per processor, 2 channels @ 2 DIMMs per channel, and 4 channels @ 1 DIMM per channel.

• Maximum capacity (LRDIMM) 1.0 TB 16 x 64 GB LRDIMM @ 2933 MT/s
• Maximum capacity (RDIMM) 1.0 TB 16 x 64 GB RDIMM @ 2933 MT/s

The DL180 Gen10 Rack Server from HPE comes with the embedded HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID. This controller will operate in UEFI mode only. For legacy support an additional controller will be needed. Also, HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID is off by default and must be enabled using the Enable SW RAID option (784308-B21) while configuring.

The S100i Smart Array Controller with embedded software RAID supports 14 SATA drives. The DL180 Gen10 has many storage controller options with support for the 12Gb SFF SAS Expander Card Kit with Cables (875132-B21). This SAS option Connects more than 8 drives to a single controller and can only be used in Slot 1 on 8SFF CTO model (879517-B21).

The other storage drive option is the use of the Type-A Smart Array controller. The Type-A controller does not use a PCI slot and needs special cables to connect to the Drive Bays. You can find the correct cable by the names of the cables. If you install a Performance Smart Array you will need to install either the HPE Smart Storage Battery (P01366-B21) which is sold separately and supports 6 P-Class Smart Array controllers. Or the HPE Smart Storage Hybrid Capacitor with 145mm Cable Kit (P02377-B21). The Hybrid Capacitor supports up to 3 P-class Smart Array controllers

The final option for storage is the 2SFF rear drive cage. HPE DL180 Gen10 Rear 2SFF enablement Kit (875176-B21) is supported by all three chassis. The Rear 2SFF has specific cable kits for each controller. If you plan to use the P816i-a Controller, use the HPE DL180 Gen10 Rear 2SFF to P816i-a Enablement Kit (P37790-B21). This kit includes a rear-drive cage and cables to connect 2 rear SFF SAS/SATA drives to the P816i-a storage controller.

If installing the P816i-a storage controller, please take note of the correct cables in the CTO Cable section. The P816i-a is the only smart array that has a different 2SFF rear enablement kit.

HPE DL180 Gen10 Maximum Internal Storage

• Hot Plug LFF SAS HDD 144 TB 12 X 12 TB
• Hot Plug LFF SAS SSD 2 TB 12 X 1.6 TB
  
• Hot Plug LFF SATA HDD 144 TB 12 X 12 TB
• Hot Plug LFF SATA SSD 92 TB 12 X 68 TB
• Hot Plug SFF SAS HDD 4 TB 24 + 2 X 2.4 TB (with dual SFF rear drive option)
• Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD 200 TB 24 + 2 X 68 TB (with dual SFF rear drive option)
• Hot Plug SFF SATA HDD 52 TB 24 + 2 X 2 TB (with dual SFF rear drive option)
• Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD 200 TB 24 + 2 X 7.68 TB (with dual SFF rear drive option)

The DL180 Gen10 has different drive setups, each can support the 2 SFF Rear Drive Kit.

• 8 LFF
• 12 LFF
• 8 SFF
• 8 SFF + 8 SFF
• 8 SFF + 8 SFF + 8 SFF

HPE DL180 Gen10 M.2 Drives
The Universal SATA M.2 Kit will require a PCIe slot and support up to two of the same M.2 cards below.

HPE Universal SATA 6G AIC HHHL M.2 SSD Enablement Kit (878783-B21) will need the HPE DL1X0 Gen10 SATA M.2 Cable Kit (866456-B21) to be installed. You cannot mix M.2 Drives.

HPE DL180 Gen10 PCI Risers
The DL180 Gen10 HPE Rack Server has a total of 6 PCIe slots. When installing the second riser cage the second Processor must be installed. The Primary Riser Cage has 3 riser card options while the Secondary Riser Cage only has 2 riser card options. Below are the Riser Options and their slot details.

Anytime a CPU2 Riser is installed the second processor must also be installed.

The HPE DL180 Gen10 CPU1 FlexibleLOM Riser Kit (866941-B21) is required when installing any FlexibleLOM Adapters.

The HPE DL180 Gen10 Rear 2SFF Enablement Kit (875176-B21) and the CPU2 Riser kits can’t be installed at the same time. They take up the same slot in the rear of the chassis.

HPE DL180 Gen10 Cooling
HPE DL180 Gen10 Redundant Fan Kit (866947-B21) contains 1 additional fan. This is the only cooling kit for the DL180 Gen10 system. The Redundant Fan kit is for fan failure.

HPE DL180 Gen10 GPU / Workload Accelerator
The only mention of GPU or workload is in the Riser section. All other spec sheets never reference any supported GPUs or workload accelerators.

HPE DL180 Gen10 Flex Slot your power!
When selecting any FLEX Slot PSUs, you will need the HPE DL1X0 Gen10 Redundant Power Supply Enablement Kit (866442-B21).

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 Gen10 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.

More Info
The DL180 Gen10 has the option of a Modular Network Adapter which does not take up a PCI slot but does provide the system with a 1GB or 10GB adapter port. This option can be found in the Network Adapter section of the CTO and can be an alternative to a Network Adapter or FlexibleLOM Adapter that might take up a PCI slot.

HPE Rear Serial Port and Enablement Kit (764646-B21) option can be found in the cable section of the CTO.

HPE DL180 Gen10 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 - iLO RESTful API is Redfish API conformance and offers simplified server management automation 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.