HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

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 is 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.

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11- SFF ServerFront View

1- Quick removal access panel

2- Power On/Standby button and system power LED button

3- Health LED

4- iLO front service port

5- NIC status LED

6- USB 3.2 Gen1

7- UID button

8- Drive Bay 3. 8 SFF U.3 optional

9- Drive Bay 2. 8 SFF U.3 optional

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

11- Serial label pull tag

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Rear View

1- Primary Riser: PCI Slots (Slots 13 top to bottom)

2- OCP 3.0 Slot

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

4- Tertiary Riser: (Slots 78 top to bottom, not shown). Optional rear 2 SFF cage

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

6- HPE Flexible Slot power supply bay 1

7- HPE Flexible Slot Power Supply bay 2

8- VGA connector

9- Serial port (optional)

10- Dedicated iLO management port

11- USB 3.2 Gen1 ports

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 - Internal View

1- DDR5 DIMM slots. Shown populated in 24 slots

2- Hot Pluggable M.2 Boot Device bracket

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

4- Rear 2SFF drive cage

5- Secondary PCIe riser cage

6- (Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 2

7- Primary PCIe riser cage

8- (Under) OCP 3.0 Slot 1

9- 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (one under primary riser cage)

10- Fan cage shown with 6 Performance Hot-plug fans

11- 2 Processors (heatsinks shown)

Specifications HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

Processor Type: AMD

Processor family: 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors

Processor core available: Up to 96, depending on processor

Processor cache: 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB or 384 MB L3 cache, depending on processor model

Maximum memory: 6.0 TB

Memory Slots: 24

Memory type: HPE DDR5 SmartMemory

Memory protection features: ECC

Drive supported: 8 or 12 LFF SAS/SATA with 4 LFF mid drive optional, 4 LFF rear drive
8 or 24 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe with 8 SFF mid drive optional and 2 SFF rear drive optional

Infrastructure management: HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning (embedded), HPE OneView Standard (requires download); HPE iLO Advanced, HPE iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition, and HPE OneView Advanced (require licenses)
Compute Ops Management Software

Power supply type: 2 Flexible Slot power supplies maximum, depending on model

Expansion Slots: 8 maximum, for detailed descriptions refer to the QuickSpecs

Network Controller: Choice of optional OCP plus standup, depending on model

Storage controller: HPE Tri-Mode Controllers, refer to the QuickSpecs for more detail.

Processor number: Up to 2

Processor speed: 4.0 GHz maximum, depending on processor