Overview
HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11
Offers the most powerful and storage flexible 2P tower servers in a rack-mount chassis designed to fit a wide range of environments and deliver superior computing performance, security, reliability and scalability. Designed to meet a wide range of workloads in small offices, remote and branch offices of large enterprises, growing SMBs and data centres. HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 servers are a great choice to accelerate your business growth.
Front View – LFF chassis with optional Gen11 4LFF HDD Cage Kits shown (Tower mode)
| 1. | DisplayPort 1.1a | 8. | Optical drive bay |
| 2. | USB 3.2 Gen1 port | 9. | Media bay filler panel |
| 3. | iLO service port | 10. | Serial number/iLO information pull tab |
| 4. | UID button/LED | 11. | Box3: Default drive cage for 4LFF |
| 5. | NIC status LED | 12. | Box2: Optional drive cage for 8SFF/4LFF |
| 6. | Health LED | 13. | Box1: Optional drive cage for 8SFF/4LFF, or USB RDX docking station. |
| 7. | Power on/Standby button and system power LED |
Front View – SFF chassis with optional Gen11 8SFF HDD Cage Kits shown (Tower mode)
| 1. | DisplayPort 1.1a | 8 | Optical drive bay |
| 2. | USB 3.2 Gen1 port | 9. | Media bay filler panel |
| 3. | iLO service port | 10. | Serial number/iLO information pull tab |
| 4. | UID button/LED | 11. | Box3: Default drive cage for 8SFF* |
| 5. | NIC status LED | 12. | Box2: Optional drive cage for 8SFF |
| 6. | Health LED | 13 | Box1: Optional drive cage for 8SFF |
| 7. | Power on/Standby button and system power LED |
Notes: *Optional for 8SFF x4 U.3 drive kit or 12 EDSFF drive kit
Rear View – With HPE Flex Slot RPS shown
| 1. | HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (Optional) | 9. | iLO management port |
| 2. | PCIe Slots 9-10 (Optional tertiary riser, 2nd processor required for expansion card installation) | 10. | USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports x2 |
| 3. | Flexible Slot power supply 1 | 11. | External Fan connector 10 |
| 4. | Flexible Slot power supply 2 (Optional) | 12. | Slot 14 OCP 1 (Optional for OROC/NIC adapter) |
| 5. | VGA Port | 13. | PCIe Slots 1-4 (Primary riser) |
| 6. | External Fan connector 9 | 14. | Padlock eye |
| 7. | Slot 15 OCP 2 (Optional for NIC adapter) | 15. | PCIe Slots 5-8 (Secondary riser) |
| 8. | Serial port (Optional) | 16. | Kensington slot |
Internal View – with optional 2nd CPU, OCP NIC adapter and NS204i-u shown
| 1. | CPU Socket 11 & 22 | 7. | Serial port cable connector |
| 2. | Dual USB port (Stacked, Top: USB 3.2 Gen1 port, Bottom: USB 2.0 port) | 8. | Slot 15 OCP 2 (Optional for NIC adapter) |
| 3. | Megacell battery holder (Under) | 9. | HPE NS204i-u power connector |
| 4. | HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (Optional) | 10. | Primary riser connector |
| 5. | Secondary riser connector | 11. | Slot 14 OCP 1 (Optional for OROC/NIC adapter) |
| 6. | Tertiary riser sideband connector |
Notes:
– 1 CPU1 (bottom) shown Standard Heatsink with fully memory populated in 16 slots (32 slots in total)
– 2 CPU2 (top) shown Standard Heatsink with fully memory populated in 16 slots (32 slots in total)
Form Factor
- 4U tower with rack conversion capability
Notes: When deployed as a Rack model, this system will take up 5U-height space in a standard data center rack facility.
Chassis Types
- 8 SFF chassis with optional Tri-mode SFF cage kit (s), x4 NVMe SFF cage kit, 12 EDSFF cage kit and 1 slim-line DVD bay kit options
- 4 LFF chassis with optional LFF or SFF cage kit (s), USB RDX docking station and 1 slim-line DVD bay kit options
Notes:
– Mixed SFF and LFF drive cages is supported with LFF chassis, up to 3 drive cages.
– USB RDX docking station is supported up to 1 with LFF chassis.
– U.3 x4 NVMe 8SFF and 12 EDSFF drive cage kit are supported with SFF CTO server only, up to 1 drive cage.
System Fans
- Standard – 3 fans included
Notes:
– Base models typically ship with 3 standard fans as default with every ML350 Gen11 server operations.
– Performance models typically ship with 8 standard fans which provides N+1 redundant fan feature in most of the situations. For support detail or restriction, refer to ML350 Gen11 User Guide.
– Optional Redundant Fan Kit (P47219-B21), Second CPU Fan Kit (P47902-B21) and External GPU Fan Kit (P47220-B21) provides advanced cooling and redundancy functionality in heavier configurations. Configurations that require fan kit are provided in later sections.
Dimensions
- Tower
46.2 (H) x 71.2 (D) x 17.4 (W) cm
18.2 (H) x 28 (D) x 6.85 (W) in
- Rack – System only
17.4 (H/4U) x 64.8 (D) x 44.5 (W) cm
6.85 (H) x 25.51 (D) x 17.52 (W) in
- Tower-to-Rack Conversion Kit (1U)
4.445 (H/1U) x 69.2 (D/without CMA. Depth with CMA: 83.5) x 45.2 (W) cm
1.75 (H/1U) x 27.23 (D/without CMA. Depth with CMA: 32.89) x 17.795 (W) in
Weight (approximate)
24.73 kg (54.52 lb)
SFF Minimum:
8SFF chassis with 1x SFF HDD and 7x SFF HDD blanks, 1x HDD Drive Cage blank, 2x Media Bay blanks, 1x DVD bay blank, 1x processor including standard heatsink, 1x DIMM, 1x power supply (plus blank), 1x Primary Riser, 1x Riser Cage blank, 2x OCP blanks, Cables for the above.
37.18 kg (81.97 lb)
SFF Maximum:
8SFF chassis with 24x SFF HDDs with 3x HDD Drive Cage, 1x DVD device, 2x processor including standard heatsink, 24x DIMMs, 2x power supply, 2x Primary Riser, 1x Tertiary Riser, 1x Megacell, 2x OCP, 8x Single Width GPU card, 2x x8 HHHL card (Max. 166g), Cables for the above.
27.42 kg (60.45 lb)
LFF Minimum:
4LFF chassis with 1x LFF HDD and 3x HDD blanks, 1x HDD Drive Cage blank, 2x Media Bay blanks, 1x DVD bay blank, 1x processor including standard heatsink, 1x DIMM, 1x power supply (plus blank), 2x Primary Riser, 1x Tertiary Riser, 1x Megacell, 2x OCP blanks, 2x SR932i-p card, Cables for the above.
43.05 kg (94.91 lb)
LFF Maximum:
4LFF chassis with 12x LFF HDDs with 3x HDD Drive Cage, 1x DVD device, 2x processor including performance heatsink, 24x DIMMs, 2x power supply, 2x Primary Riser, 1x Tertiary Riser, 1x Megacell, 2x OCP, 4x Double Width x16 GPU card, 2x FHHL card, 1x NS204i-u, Cables for the above.
Configuration Information
| CTO Server | HPE ML350 Gen11 LFF CTO Server | HPE ML350 Gen11 SFF CTO Server |
| SKU Number | P48404-B21 | P48405-B21 |
| Processor Sockets | 2 Sockets available | |
| Processor | Intel Fourth or Fifth Generation Xeon® Scalable Processors | |
| DIMM Slots | 32 DIMM slots available* | |
| Storage Controller | Embedded controller with 2 SlimSAS ports, Choice of HPE OCP-type RAID (OROC) and/or PCIe Standup controller card (s) | |
| PCIe | 4 PCIe Gen5 slots (x8, x8, x8, x8) in primary riser as standard
Notes: PCIe slots 5 – 10 require the second processor to enable. |
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| Drive Cage – included | 4 LFF SAS/SATA Drive Cage | 8 SFF SAS/SATA/x1 NVMe Drive Cage |
| Additional drive cages | Optional 4LFF SAS/SATA Drive Cage kit and 8SFF SAS/SATA/x1 NVMe Drive Cage kit. Up to 3 drive cages in total. | Optional 8 SFF SAS/SATA/x1 NVMe Drive Cage kit. Up to 3 drive cages in total. |
| 8SFF U.3 x4 NVMe drive cage | Not available | Optional, Up to 1
Notes: Default 8 SFF drive cage will be removed. |
| 12EDSFF x4 NVMe drive cage | Not available | Optional, Up to 1
Notes: Default 8 SFF drive cage will be removed. |
| Boot option | Optional, HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (P48183-B21) | |
| ODD | Optional, Up to 1 | |
| Half-Height RDX | Optional, Up to 1 | Not available |
| Megacell Battery | Optional | |
| Network Controller | Choice of HPE OCP-type networking adapter and/or PCIe Standup controllers.
Default selected with Broadcom BCM5719 Ethernet 1Gb 4-port BASE-T OCP3 Adapter for HPE (P51181-B21) |
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| Redundant Fan Kit | Optional, 3 fans as standard | |
| Power Supply | Optional HPE Flex Slot Hot Plug Power Supply Kit. Up to 2 PSU. | |
| Management | HPE iLO with Intelligent Provisioning (standard), iLO Advances and OneView (optional), HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management (subscription included) | |
| USB | 5x 3.2 Gen1/2.0 USB ports, Plus front iLO Service Port | |
| Tower-to-Rack conversion kit | Optional, Tower to Rack kit is not factory integratable option and only can be shipped with standalone package. | |
Notes:
– * 32 DIMM slots require selection of 2 processors.
– Internal RDX can only be selected with LFF chassis and Box1 drive cage space will be occupied.
– 8 SFF x4 NVMe or 12 EDSFF drive cage can only be selected with SFF chassis and default 8SFF drive cage will be removed.
– To get advanced cooling in richer configurations and/or under certain ambient environmental conditions, the additional Fan kits: Redundant Fan Kit (P47219-B21) and Second CPU Fan Kit (P47902-B21) may require.
– Second CPU Fan Kit (P47902-B21) is required when any following options are selected: Second processor, HPE NS204i-u Gen11 Ht Plg Boot Opt Dev(P48183-B21), Tertiary riser kit (P49693-B21).
– Both Redundant Fan Kit (P47219-B21) and Second CPU Fan Kit (P47902-B21) are required with any following conditions: Redundant Fan feature is required, 300W~350W TDP processor, 256GB memory or GPU is selected.
– Mixed LFF and SFF Drive cages can be supported in one system. Please select the LFF CTO Server (P48404-B21) as the base configuration to start with.
– Refer to HPE Power Advisor Tool to review the power requirement for your selected configuration and determine what power supply module(s) to select.