HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 supply

About this model

The ProLiant DL380 Gen11 is the deepest-specified model in our catalogue: the published listing carries up to two 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors, 8 TB of DDR5 across 32 slots, eight PCIe Gen5 slots and Flexible Slot power up to 1600 W, with a second listing extending to 36 NVMe drives under iLO 6 management. It is the 2U that mainstream estates standardise on.

Configuration choices

Read the two listings as the configuration envelope: the chassis spans from a balanced dual-socket host to a 36-NVMe storage-fronted machine, and where your build lands inside that envelope is the quote. The decisions that matter are memory population (the 32 slots are the virtualisation argument), drive architecture (NVMe count against capacity tiers) and power rating against the rack.

iLO 6 in the second listing matters to operators: remote management is part of the platform decision, and estates standardised on iLO buy this model partly for the console they already know.

Where it fits

Buyers put this model to work in three recurring patterns:

• Virtualisation hosts — the memory ceiling is the headline.
• Database and application servers needing NVMe depth in 2U.
• The standard node of HPE-standardised estates.

In service

The DL380 Gen11's operational centre of gravity is iLO. Estates standardised on it run lights-out operations as a matter of routine — remote power, remote media, health telemetry into the monitoring stack — and the Gen11 model slots into that machinery without retraining anyone. When you price this model against other lines, price that continuity honestly: the console your operators already know is worth real money over a five-year life.

The configuration envelope cuts both ways in service. A chassis that can carry 36 NVMe drives and 8 TB of memory will tempt mid-life expansion, and the chassis rewards it — provided the initial build left the slots, bays and power headroom open. Write the expansion intention into the first quote; a power supply sized for today's build and a fully populated memory layout are the two quiet ways estates lock their own doors.

The specification, in one place

The published figures for the DL380 Gen11 are the ones carried on this page: form factor: 2U rack server; processors: Up to 2 × 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, 16–60 cores; memory: Up to 8 TB DDR5 across 32 slots; expansion: Up to 8 PCIe Gen5 slots and 2 OCP 3.0 slots; power: Flexible Slot power supplies, 800 W / 1000 W / 1600 W; second listing: Up to 144 cores total, up to 36 NVMe drives, iLO 6 management. Those figures are the anchor of the supply offer — they are what the configuration starts from, and every line beyond them (processor alternatives, memory populations, drive models and counts, power and rail options) is settled in writing on the quote rather than assumed from the badge.

Buyers comparing this model should hold the comparison to the same standard: configuration against configuration, line by line. In the HPE range this model is quoted alongside its ProLiant siblings in the same format, so a two-model comparison on one brief is always available. Ask for serial numbers before shipment, and keep the final written configuration with the asset record — it is the document the machine's whole service life will be checked against.