Overview:
Are you looking for an accelerator-optimized performance solution to run your AI, ML, or Big Data analytics workloads?
The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is a 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 and capacity, high-speed PCIe Gen5 I/O, enhanced GPU support, and EDSFF storage1, the HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is a superb accelerator-optimized 2U 2P solution.
Enhanced security features with the silicon root of trust from HPE are built into the firmware, creating a digital fingerprint for the AMD Secure Processor to validate safe operation prior to boot.
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is an excellent choice for compute and data storage demanding workloads requiring increased core count, and storage and I/O scalability.
What's New
- Powered by the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors with 5nm technology that supports up to 96 cores at 400W, 384 MB of L3 Cache, and 24 DIMMs for DDR5 memory up to 4800 MT/s.
- 12 DIMM channels per processor for up to 6 TB total DDR5 memory with increased memory bandwidth and performance, and lower power requirements.
- Advanced data transfer rates and higher network speeds from the PCIe Gen5 serial expansion bus, with up to 2x16 PCIe Gen5 and two OCP slots.
- Includes HPE Integrated Lights-Out 6 (iLO 6) server management software that enables you to securely configure, monitor, and update your HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers seamlessly from anywhere.
- Supports hot-pluggable, high-availability RAID M.2 boot options.
Note:
1 Enhanced GPU and Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) CTO server support will be available by Q1 2023.
Features:
Intuitive Cloud Operating Experience: Simple, Self-service, and Automated
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 servers are engineered for your hybrid world. The HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers simplify the way you control your business’s compute—from edge to cloud—with a cloud operating experience.
Transform business operations and pivot your team from reactive to proactive with global visibility and insight through a self-service console.
Automate tasks for efficiency in deployment and instant scalability for seamless, simplified support and lifecycle management, reducing tasks and shortening maintenance windows.
These experiences are engineered and built into all HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers, whether purchased as physical servers or consumed as-a-service using HPE GreenLake as your compute and storage demands grow.
Simplify and secure server management from edge to cloud with HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management is an as-a-service compute management experience that delivers greater simplicity, agility, and speed across your entire compute landscape, globally.
Trusted Security by Design: Uncompromising, Fundamental, and Protected
The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is tied into the silicon root of trust and the AMD Secure Processor, a dedicated security processor embedded in the AMD EPYC system on a chip (SoC), to manage secure boot, memory encryption, and secure virtualization.
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers use the silicon root of trust to anchor the firmware of an HPE ASIC, creating an immutable fingerprint for the AMD Secure Processor that must be matched exactly before the server will boot. This helps ensure malicious code is contained, and healthy servers are protected.
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers continuously protect healthy servers at the edge by providing rapid detection of security-compromised servers, even to the point of not allowing them to boot if it identifies and contains malicious code, with IDevID certificates installed by default.
HPE ProLiant Gen 11 servers provide automated recovery from a security event, including restoration of validated firmware, and facilitating recovery of the operating system, application, and data connections, and providing a fast path to bring a server back online and into normal operations.
From silicon to software, from factory to cloud, and from generation to generation, HPE ProLiant Gen11 is engineered with a fundamental security approach to defend against increasingly complex threats through an uncompromising commitment to constant security advancements that are built into our DNA.
Customized Performance for your Workloads: Accelerated, Open, and Efficient
Harness major computer performance. The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server is powered by the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors with 5nm technology that supports up to 96 cores, 400W, and 384 MB of L3 cache.
Advanced data transfer rates and higher network speeds from the PCIe Gen5 serial expansion bus, with up to 8x16 PCIe Gen5 and two OCP slots, improve I/O throughput and reduce latency.
Increased memory bandwidth and performance, and lower power requirements with 12 DIMM channels per processor for up to 6 TB total DDR5 memory.
Provide real-time operational feedback on server performance plus recommendations for fine-tuning BIOS settings to customize for changing business needs.
Hardware Specs:
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 server
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 SFF Server- Front View
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Quick removal access panel |
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Power On/Standby button and system power LED button |
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Health LED |
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iLO front service port |
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NIC status LED |
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USB 3.2 Gen1 |
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UID button |
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Drive Bay 3. 8 SFF U.3 optional |
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Drive Bay 2. 8 SFF U.3 optional |
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Drive Bay 1. 8 SFF U.3 or Universal Media Bay optional |
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Serial label pull tag |
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Rear View
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Primary Riser: PCI Slots (Slots 1–3 top to bottom) |
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OCP 3.0 Slot |
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Secondary Riser: PCI Slots (Slots 4–6 top to bottom) |
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Tertiary Riser: (Slots 7–8 top to bottom, not shown). Optional rear 2 SFF cage |
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Hot pluggable M.2 Boot Device (optional, not shown) |
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HPE Flexible Slot power supply bay 1 |
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HPE Flexible Slot Power Supply bay 2 |
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VGA connector |
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Serial port (optional) |
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Dedicated iLO management port |
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USB 3.2 Gen1 ports |
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Internal View
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DDR5 DIMM slots. Shown populated in 24 slots |
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Hot Pluggable M.2 Boot Device bracket |
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(Under) Up to 2 Hot Plug redundant HPE Flexible Slot Power supplies |
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Rear 2SFF drive cage |
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Secondary PCIe riser cage |
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(Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 2 |
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Primary PCIe riser cage |
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(Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 1 |
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2x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (one under primary riser cage) |
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Fan cage shown with 6 Performance Hot-plug fans |
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2 Processors (heatsinks shown) |
Services:
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Operational Services from HPE Pointnext Services
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HPE Pointnext Complete Care is a modular, edge-to-cloud IT environment service that provides a holistic approach to optimizing your entire IT environment, and achieving agreed upon IT outcomes and business goals through a personalized and customer-centric experience. All delivered by an assigned team of HPE Pointnext Services experts.
HPE Integration and Performance Services help you customize your experience at any stage of your product lifecycle with a menu of services based on individual needs, workloads, and technologies.
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- Deploy
- Integrate and migrate
- Operate and improve
- Financial Services
- Greenlake Management Services
- Retire and sanitize
- IT Training and personal development
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Defective Media Retention is optional and allows you to retain Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced by HPE due to malfunction.
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