788317-B21 HPE DL580 Gen9 Xeon E7-8890v3 18-Core Processor

This kit holds one Intel Xeon E7-8890v3 for the DL580 Gen9 and belongs to the HPE CPU range. The processor has 18 cores at 2.5GHz, 45MB of L3 cache and a 165W rating, with a 9.6GT/s QPI link.

Of the twelve E7 v3 processors offered for the DL580 Gen9, this is the fastest of the 18-core models: the 2.3GHz, 2.1GHz and 2.0GHz 18-core processors all clock lower, and their ratings fall from 150W to 115W against the 165W here. It shares both 2.5GHz and 165W with a 16-core processor that has two fewer cores.

A DL580 Gen9 runs with two, three or four of these processors in its four sockets. Every processor is paired with a memory cartridge, and the smallest memory build is two DIMMs per cartridge, four in all for a two-processor server. With four processors fitted the server has 72 cores and 180MB of L3 cache in total.

The replacement processor for this kit is spare 802278-001, and the screw-type heat sink spare is 735514-001. Installed DIMMs run at 1866, and every processor in a server has to be the same model because mixing models is not supported.