653203-B21 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 8 SFF Configure-to-Order Server

The 653203-B21 is the HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 8 SFF configure-to-order server, a 2U rack server for AMD Opteron processors on an AMD SR5690 northbridge and SP5100 southbridge. Processor choices run from the quad-core Opteron 6308 to the sixteen-core 6386SE, and the server is upgradeable to two processors.

The base configuration includes an 8-SFF drive cage with a Systems Insight Display, 24 DIMM slots for RDIMM or LRDIMM memory, a Smart Array P420i controller with zero memory, three standard PCIe 2.0 slots, four system fans (two more come with a second processor), and an HPE iLO 4 management engine. USB provision is four rear, two front, two internal and one SD slot.

Memory is HPE SmartMemory in 24 slots, 12 per processor, with a maximum of 768GB (24 x 32GB LRDIMM at 800MHz). If only one processor is installed, only half the DIMM slots are available. An optional three-slot PCIe 2.0 riser needs the second processor, and a second set of 8 SFF bays allows up to 16 SFF drives but requires a second Smart Array controller.

Cache options, drives, an optical drive, a FlexibleLOM network adapter, power supplies and rail kits are selected separately, and the FlexibleLOM and power supply choices are required. The HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR adapter is one such FlexibleLOM option. The sibling model with eight LFF bays is the 669804-B21. Another Gen8 configure-to-order server is the 653200-B21 ProLiant DL380p Gen8 8 SFF server, and more servers are in HPE server systems.