HPE ProLiant DL80 Gen9 Server Overview

The DL80 Gen9 is still a highly scalable system. The 8 DIMM slots with high-speed DDR4 memory. It supports up to 256GB – easily enough for most small businesses. 12 hard disks has 4 cold-swap drive bays which can be upgraded to a maximum of 8 with HP’s enablement kit.

RAID with the embedded Dynamic Smart Array B140i controller which provides dual 4-port SATA connectors on the motherboard. We could create stripes, mirrors plus RAID5 arrays and manage them easily using HP’s Smart Storage Administrator utility.

With two CPUs installed, we could add additional riser cards to increase the slot count to 7 and there’s room over the PSU bay for a GPU card. HP’s iLO4 controller delivers unbeatable remote server management and monitoring tools which shares access with the first Gigabit port. Advanced license to get features such as OS remote control, virtual media, remote console record and playback plus advanced power monitoring and dynamic power capping.

Our configuration Tips: HP’s iOS Insight Online app with Passport account to view registered systems, monitor support cases and check support contracts. Server support as you only get access to regular ROM BIOS firmware updates with a valid warranty or support contract. However, it will provide open access to critical firmware updates regardless of support agreements.

Workloads: Multi-workload including Data, Cloud, virtualization, or core applications.