Overview
HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11
The HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 server is a GPU server built to meet the growing demands of enterprise AI, supporting four double-wide or eight single-wide gas pedals in a standard 2U 2P form factor. The “a” stands for gas pedal optimization, which provides excellent cooling performance for dense GPUs. HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 servers are powered by fourth- and fifth-generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processors and cutting-edge GPUs to accelerate machine learning, deep learning, AI training and inference workloads, as well as advanced engineering applications or graphics-intensive workloads.
Front View – 8SFF drive bay shown
| 1. | Quick removal access panel | 7. | UID button/LED |
| 2. | Power On/Standby button and system power LED | 8. | GPU cage 2 (1 or 2 DW or 4 SW GPUs) |
| 3. | Health LED | 9. | Drive Box 1 (8 SFF or EDSFF drives) |
| 4. | iLO front service port | 10. | GPU cage 1 (1 or2 DW or 4 SW GPUs) |
| 5. | USB 3.0 port | 11. | Serial number label pull tab |
| 6. | NIC status LED |
Internal View
| 1. | 8 SFF NVMe or EDSFF drive bay | 6. | Secondary Riser |
| 2. | GPU cages for 4 double-wide or 8 single-wide GPUs | 7. | Primary Riser |
| 3. | 6 hot-plug fans with N+1 redundancy | 8. | Internal USB 3.0 port |
| 4. | Chassis intrusion detection (optional) | 9. | 2 processors (heatsinks showing) |
| 5. | Up to 4 hot-plug, redundant power supplies | 10. | DDR5 DIMM slots (support up to 24 DIMMs) |
Rear View
| 1. | Primary Riser. PCIe 5.0 slots (slots 2 & 3) | 6. | OCP 3.0 slot 18/OCP2 (optional) |
| 2. | Secondary Riser. PCIe 5.0 slots (slots 5 & 6) | 7. | Optional serial port |
| 3.. | Power supply 3 and 4 (for DW GPU auxiliary power) | 8. | Dedicated iLO management port |
| 4. | Power supply 1 and 2 (for the system board) | 9. | 2 USB 3.0 ports |
| 5. | VGA connector | 10. | OCP 3.0 slot 17/OCP1 (PCIe 5.0 x8, upgradable to x16) |
Form Factor
- 2U rack
Chassis Types
- 4DW(double-wide GPU) chassis with one drive bay for drive cage options.
- 8SW (single-wide GPU) chassis with one drive bay for drive cage options.
Notes: The DL380a Gen11 comes with an 8SFF x4 U.3 NVMe drive bay by default.
System Fans
- 6dual-rotor hot-plug fans with N+1 redundancy by default
Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth)
Server
8.75 x 44.8 x 81.6 cm
3.44 x 17.64 x 32.13 in
Package
27.3 x 60 x 106 cm
10.75 x 23.6 x 41.73 in
Weight (approximate)
Server
35.96 kg (79.11 lb) 1
With Package:
48.33 kg (106.33 lb) 2
Notes:
– 1 4 Double Wide chassis with 1x drive cage, 4x double-wide GPUs, 2x processors and heatsinks, 24x DIMMs, 8x SSDs, 4x power supplies, 1x NS204i-u, 2x Stacking Risers, 4x PCIe cards, 2x OCP cards, 1x storage battery.
– 2 Server plus rail kit, CMA, power cords.
Configuration Information
| CTO Server Models | HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 4 Double Wide Configure-to-order Server |
| SKU Number | P54903-B21 |
| TAA SKU* | P54903-B21#GTA |
| Processor | Not included as standard |
| DIMM Slots | 24 DIMM slots |
| Storage Controller | Embedded Intel VROC NVMe RAID (requires licenses for non-Intel NVMe SSDs), choice of HPE Tri-Mode controllers |
| PCIe | Two standard and two optional |
| Drive Cage | Not included as standard |
| Network Controller | Choice of OCP 3.0 or stand-up network adapters for primary networking selection plus additional/optional stand-up network adapters
Choice of OCP 3.0 or stand-up network adapters Notes: No embedded networking |
| Fans | 6 dual-rotor redundant system fans |
| Management | HPE iLO with Intelligent Provisioning (standard), iLO Advanced and OneView (optional)
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) |
| USB | 4 USB 3.0 (1 front, 2 rear, 1 internal) plus iLO front service port |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) | Embedded TPM
Notes: Disabled on shipments to China |
| CTO Server Models | HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8 Single Wide Configure-to-order Server |
| SKU Number | P54902-B21 |
| TAA SKU* | P54902-B21#GTA |
| Processor | Not included as standard |
| DIMM Slots | 24 DIMM slots |
| Storage Controller | Embedded Intel VROC NVMe RAID (requires licenses for non-Intel NVMe SSDs), choice of HPE Tri-Mode controllers |
| PCIe | Two standard and two optional |
| Drive Cage | Not included as standard |
| Network Controller | Choice of OCP 3.0 or stand-up network adapters for primary networking selection plus additional/optional stand-up network adapters
Choice of OCP 3.0 or stand-up network adapters Notes: No embedded networking |
| Fans | 6 dual-rotor redundant system fans |
| Management | HPE iLO with Intelligent Provisioning (standard), iLO Advanced and OneView (optional)
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) |
| USB | 4 USB 3.0 (1 front, 2 rear, 1 internal) plus iLO front service port |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) | Embedded TPM
Notes: Disabled on shipments to China |
Notes:
– *HPE offers multiple Trade Agreement Act (TAA) compliant configurations to meet the needs of US Federal Government customers. These products are either manufactured or substantially transformed in a designated country. TAA compliance is only provided when HPE options are included as part of factory integrated orders (CTO).
– All CTO servers are Energy Star 3.0 compliant. After January 11, 2024, Energy Star 3.0 compliance is no longer valid. Energy Star 4.0 certification will be valid upon publication.