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Silver 2U rack server chassis with eight front 2.5 inch drive bays

HPE

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 8SFF 1x Xeon E5-2697 v3 256GB DDR4

SKU CH-843C-YGMEK

A 2U rack server holding eight 2.5-inch drive bays, one 14-core Xeon at 2.6 GHz and 256 GB DDR4 with a P440 SAS controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM256 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.6 GHz
  • Installed CPUs1
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • 14-core Xeon E5-2697 v3 at 2.6 GHz handles heavy workloads
  • 256 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory supports large datasets
  • Eight 2.5-inch drive bays with P440 SAS controller enable flexible storage
  • Dual 10 GbE and dual 1 GbE ports provide high-speed connectivity
  • HPE iLO Advanced remote management simplifies server administration

Server purpose

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server built for virtualisation clusters, database workloads and enterprise applications that demand high core counts and large memory capacity. It ships with a single Xeon E5-2697 v3 processor running at 2.6 GHz with 14 cores and 35 MB cache, plus 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed. The chassis supports up to eight 2.5 inch drive bays and a second processor socket for future expansion.

Thermals and power

Dual 500 W Flex Slot power supplies provide redundancy and efficient delivery under typical loads. The system uses HPE's standard thermal design with managed fan curves that balance airflow and acoustic output in data-centre racks. Power draw scales with CPU utilisation and the number of populated drive bays, while the integrated iLO Advanced remote management lets administrators monitor temperatures and power metrics without physical access.

Included controller and networking

A Smart Array P440 SAS controller handles RAID for SATA and SAS drives added to the eight-bay backplane. Networking is supplied by an Intel I350/X540 card delivering two 10 GbE and two 1 GbE ports for flexible uplink and management traffic. iLO Advanced enables remote console, virtual media and firmware updates across the fleet. Rails are available on request and the unit arrives with BIOS and firmware updated to the latest stable release.

How it compares

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Price $1,090.99
Cheaper than about 71% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 256 GB
Higher than about 60% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.6 GHz
Higher than about 80% of the 9,950 comparable items (median 2.3 GHz).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameHP
Product lineProLiant
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.6 GHz
Installed CPUs1
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM256 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage2,00
Disk controllerHPE Smart Array P440 SAS Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Graphics
Graphics chipIntegrated Graphics
Size & build
Product dimensions36 × 24 × 10 in
More details
Management controllerHPE iLO Advanced

Questions about this item

How do I install the Xeon E5-2697 v3 processor into this DL380 Gen9 and what step is often missed?

Open the chassis, locate the empty second CPU socket, align the processor notches with the socket keys, lower the retention lever fully, then attach the heatsink using the pre-applied thermal paste before closing the cover.

What maintenance or replacement will the 256GB DDR4 memory configuration need later?

The installed DDR4 ECC registered modules run at standard voltage; plan to add matching DDR4 DIMMs up to the 3TB maximum if workloads grow, and replace any module that reports corrected errors in iLO logs.

What limit appears first when the P440 controller drives eight SFF bays under sustained write load?

The P440 SAS controller's cache and the 500W power supplies set the practical ceiling; sustained writes across all eight bays will hit the controller's write-cache flush rate before the drives reach their SATA throughput limits.

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