HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11

Are you looking for a scalable, low-cost performance server solution for your virtualized and software-defined compute workloads?

The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 server is a low-cost 1U 1P solution that delivers exceptional value balancing compute, memory and network bandwidth at 1P economics.  Powered by 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors with up to 96 cores, increased memory bandwidth (up to 3 TB), high-speed PCIe Gen5 I/O and EDSFF* storage, and supporting up to 2 GPUs* at the front, this server is a superb low-cost, 1U 1P, performance solution for your virtualized workloads.  The silicon root of trust anchors the server firmware, creating a fingerprint for the AMD Secure Processor that must be matched exactly before the server will boot. The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 server is an excellent choice for virtualized workloads such as software-defined compute, CDN, VDI, and secure edge apps that require balancing processor, memory, and network bandwidth.

Front View - 8 SFF + optional 2 SFF Drive Bay shown

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Serial number pull tab

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NIC status LED

2.

Quick removal access panel 

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Unit ID button/ LED

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2 SFF Cage Bay (Optional - shown) **

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USB 3.2 Gen1 port

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Power On/Standby button and system power LED

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iLO Service Port

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Health LED

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8 SFF Cage Bay

Notes:

- *EDSFF and GPU Mode-X support available 1H 2023, subject to change

- **Optional: Optical Drives

Internal View – Standard for all HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen 11

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Megacell battery holder

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Primary PCIe 5.0 riser

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Hard drive backplane power connectors

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OCP 3.0 Slot 21 (Under)

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Chassis intrusion detection connector

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Processor shown with standard heat sink¹ (Up to 1)

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Up to 2 Hot Plug redundant HPE Flexible Slot Power supplies

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FHFL PCIe card holder

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Secondary PCIe 5.0 riser

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DDR5 DIMM slots²

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OCP 3.0 Slot 22 (Under)

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Hot plug fans³

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Internal Dual USB 3.2 Gen1 port

Notes:

- ¹Optional: Performance Heat Sink and Closed-Loop Liquid Cooling Heat Sink

- ²Fully populated 12 DIMMs shown

- ³7 dual rotor standard shown. Optional: Performance Fans and Liquid Cooling Fans

Rear View – Secondary Low Profile Riser Shown

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Primary PCIe 5.0 Riser

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Optional Serial port

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Optional NS204i-u hot-plug NVMe boot device

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Dedicated iLO management port

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Secondary PCIe 5.0 Riser¹

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USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (2)

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Hot-plug Power Supply 1 and 2²

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Unit ID LED

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Video (VGA) port

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OCP 3.0 slot 21

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OCP 3.0 slot 22

Notes:

- ¹low profile and full height options

- ²Hot-plug Power Supply 2 is optional

What’s New

• Supports the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors that supports up to 96 cores, 400W, and 384MB of L3 Cache.
• 12 DIMM channels per processor for up to 3TB total DDR5 memory 4800MT/s.
• Advanced data transfer rate and higher network speed from the PCIe Gen5 serial expansion bus
• Includes HPE Integrated Lights-Out 6 (iLO 6) server management software
• Supports hot-pluggable, high-availability RAID M.2 boot options.
• Supports up to 20 EDSFF Drive bay*.
• Supports up to 2x Single Width or 2x Double Width GPU cards at the front chassis*.

Notes: * EDSFF and GPU Mode-X support available 1H 2023, subject to change

Platform Information

Form Factor

• 1U rack

Chassis Types

• 8 SFF with options for aditional 2 SFF drive bay.
• 4 LFF with options for additional optical drive
• 20 EDSFF* drive bay.
• 2 Single Width or 2 Double Width GPUs* with 8 EDSFF* drive bay.

Notes: *EDSFF and GPU Mode-X support available 1H 2023, subject to change

System Fans

• Choice of Standard Fan Kit, Performance Fan and Liquid cooling Fan Kit

Notes:

- The DL325 Gen11 supports up to 7 fans with fan redundancy built in. One fan rotor failure will place server in degraded mode but fully functional. Two fan rotor failures could provide warning and imminent server shutdown.

- Each Fan kits are designated to operate under different configuration. For more information, please refer to the Cooling option message in the Unique option section.

Processors – One of the following, depending on model.

Notes: For more information regarding AMD EPYC processors, please see the following:

https://www.amd.com/en/products/epyc

Notes:

- 6096pin LGA SP5 new socket type.

- 1MB L2/Core, Up to 32MB L3/CCD

- All 4th generation AMD EPYC processors can support up to 3TB of memory each under 1DPC, 12 channel per processor.

- 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes

- 64 IO Lanes support CXL1.1+ with bifurcations supported down to x4

- The wattage information indicates the default cTDP (Configurable TDP) of the processor.

Chipset

No chipset – System on Chip (SoC) design.

On System Management Chipset

HPE iLO 6 ASIC

Notes: Read and learn more in the iLO QuickSpecs.

Memory

One of the following depending on model

Notes:

- All processors support up to 3TB memory per server.

- LRDIMM and Persistent Memory is not supported.

- For additional information, please see the HPE DDR5 SmartMemory QuickSpecs.

- For General Server Memory and Persistent Memory Population Rules and Guidelines, see details here:

http://www.hpe.com/docs/memory-population-rules

Memory Protection

Advanced ECC

Advanced ECC uses single device data correction to detect and correct single and all multibit error that occurs within a single

DRAM chip.

Online Spare

Memory online spare mode detects a rank that is degrading and switches operation to the spare rank.

Notes: For more information see our Memory RAS feature technical whitepaper.

Expansion Slots

Notes:

- Secondary riser position supports both Low Profile or HHHL cards

- When NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device is selected, low profile secondary riser (P55029-B21) must be in the order.

- When supporting GPU1 & Slot21 scenario, GPU1 & Slot21 combined can support up to 112GB/s bandwidth due to AMD CPU limitation. 

- When supporting GPU2 & Slot1 scenario, GPU2 & Slot1 combined can support up to 112GB/s bandwidth due to AMD CPU limitation.

Storage Controllers

Boot Device

• HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device
• HPE DL325 Gen11 NVMe/SATA M.2 Enablement kit

Notes:

- Both Boot Device not occupied a PCIe slot

- Only one(1) NS204i-u or M.2 enablement kit could be supported in HPE DL325 Gen 11.

- NS204i-u is external accessible and the M.2 enablement kit is internal accessible.

- Two(2) M.2 SATA/NVMe SSD must be selected with the M.2 enablement kit.

- NS204i-u had embedded two(2) 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD.

- RAID 1 supported on the NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot device. No RAID supported on the M.2 enablement kit.

Smart Array Controllers

• HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 Controller
• HPE MR216i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller
• HPE MR216i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR408i-o Gen11 x8 Lanes 4GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR416i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller
• HPE MR416i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller
• HPE SR932i-p Gen11 x32 Lanes 8GB Wide Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage

Notes:

- For additional details, please visit:

HPE Compute MR Gen11 Controllers Quick Spec

Internal Storage Devices

Optical Drive

• Available on 8 SFF and 4 LFF CTO Servers as an option (DVD-ROM or DVD-RW)

Drives

• None ship standard

Graphics

Integrated Video Standard

• Video modes up to 1920 x 1200@60Hz (32 bpp)
• 16MB Video Memory

HPE iLO 6 on system management memory

• 64 MB Flash
• 8 Gbit DDR 4 with ECC protection

Power Supply

• HPE 500W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit

Notes: Available in 94% Efficiency.

• HPE 800W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit

Notes:  Available in 94% Power Efficiency.

• HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit

Notes:  Available in 94% Power Efficiency.

• HPE 1600W Flex Slot -48VDC Hot Plug Power Supply Kit

Notes:  Available in 94% Power Efficiency. 200-240VAC power input only.

HPE Flexible Slot (Flex Slot) Power Supplies share a common electrical and physical design that allows for hot plug, tool-less installation into HPE ProLiant Servers. Flex Slot power supplies are certified for high-efficiency operation and offer multiple power output options, allowing users to "right-size" a power supply for specific server configurations. This flexibility helps to reduce power waste, lower overall energy costs, and avoid "trapped" power capacity in the data center.  

All pre-configured servers ship with a standard 6-foot IEC C-13/C-14 jumper cord (A0K02A). This jumper cord is also included with each standard AC power supply option kit. If a different power cord is required, please check the ProLiant Power Cables web page.

To review the power requirements for your selected system, please use the HPE Power Advisor Tool.

For information on power specifications and technical content visit HPE Server power supplies.

Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Support for ProLiant Servers

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP4
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0

Notes:

- For more information on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server.

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/server-operating-systems.html

Industry Standard Compliance

• ACPI 6.1 Compliant
• PCIe 5.0 Compliant
• WOL Support
• Microsoft® Logo certifications
• PXE Support
• VGA/Display Port
• USB 3.2 Gen1 Compliant
• USB 2.0 Compliant
• Energy Star
• SMBIOS 3.1
• UEFI 2.7
• UEFI Class 3
• Redfish API
• IPMI 2.0
• Secure Digital 2.0
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Triple Data Encrytion Standard (3DES)
• SNMP v3
• TLS 1.2
• DMTF Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol (SMASH CLP)
• Active Directory v1.0
• ASHRAE A3/A4

Notes: For additional technical thermal details regarding ambient temperatures, humidity and features support please visit: http://www.hpe.com/servers/ashrae .

• UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum)
• APML 1.0

Embedded Management

HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO)

Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting, reporting and remote management with HPE iLO.

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/ilo.

UEFI

Configure and boot your servers securely with industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Intelligent Provisioning

Hassle free server and OS provisioning for 1 or more servers with Intelligent Provisioning.

Learn more at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c04465280&docLocale=en_US

iLO RESTful API

iLO RESTful API is DMTF Redfish API implementation and offers simplified server management automation such as configuration and maintenance tasks based on modern industry standards. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/restfulapi.

HPE Server UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an industry standard that provides better manageability and more secured configuration than the legacy ROM while interacting with your server at boot time. HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers have a UEFI Class 3 implementation.

UEFI enables numerous new capabilities specific to HPE ProLiant servers such as

• Secure Boot and Secure Start enable for enhanced security
• Operating system specific functionality
• Support for > 2.2 TB (using GPT) boot drives
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Stack
• Embedded UEFI Shell
• Mass Configuration Deployment Tool using iLO RESTful API that is Redfish API Conformant
• PXE boot support for IPv6 networks
• Workload Profiles for simple performance optimization
• Embedded TPM Support

UEFI Boot Mode only

• NVMe Boot Support
• iSCSI Software Initiator Support.
• HTTP/HTTPs Boot support as a PXE alternative.
• Boot support for option cards that only support a UEFI option ROM

Server Utilities

Active Health System

The HPE Active Health System (AHS) is an essential component of the iLO management portfolio that provides continuous, proactive health monitoring of HPE servers. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/ahs.

Active System Health Viewing

The Active System Health Viewer (AHSV) is deprecated as of March 2022. Users are now recommended to use the InfoSight for Servers Portal for AHS viewing capabilities. In InfoSight for Servers portal, users will also be able to view hardware configuration details, firmware and driver information, warranty and support status of a server, wellness alerts, and create support cases for servers under a valid warranty or support contract.

HPE InfoSight provides the same security assurances as that of AHSV. Furthermore, InfoSight can be used as an AHSV replacement even if customers do not want to share AHSV logs and telemetry data on an ongoing basis.

Smart Update

Keep your servers up to date with the HPE Smart Update solution by using Smart Update Manager (SUM) to optimize the firmware and driver updates of the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP). Learn more at

https://www.hpe.com/servers/smart-update.html

iLO Amplifier Pack

Designed for large enterprise and service provider environments with hundreds of HPE servers, the iLO Amplifier Pack is a free, downloadable open virtual application (OVA) that delivers the power to discover, inventory and update Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 and Gen10 Plus HPE servers. Use with an iLO Advanced License to unlock full capabilities.

Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/iLOamplifierpack.

RESTful Interface Tool

RESTful Interface tool (iLOREST) is a single scripting tool to provision using iLO RESTful API to discover and deploy servers at scale. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/resttool.

Scripting Tools

Provision one to many servers using your own scripts to discover and deploy with Scripting Tool (STK) for Windows and Linux or Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/servers/powershell.

HPE OneView Standard

HPE OneView is an on premesis, multi-generational server monitoring and management solution.  HPE OneView Standard can be used for inventory, health monitoring, alerting, and reporting without additional fees.  Customers can upgrade their management experience with an HPE OneView Advanced license, all provided by the same tool. Learn more at http://www.hpe.com/info/oneview.

HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management

HPE is intelligently transforming compute management with a completely new As a Service experience that delivers greater security, simplicity, and efficiency.  Discover a completely modernized compute management experience delivered through HPE GreenLake that securely streamlines operations from edge-to-cloud, and automates key lifecycle tasks (onboard, update, manage and monitor HPE servers), bringing the agility and greater efficiencies to wherever compute devices reside via a unified single browser-based interface. 

Compute Ops Management is built on a unique cloud-native architecture that abstracts, manages and controls HPE servers regardless of physical location. The management application resides in the HPE GreenLake cloud platform (access via console.greenlake.hpe.com) and leverages the HPE GreenLake architecture, security, and unified operations.

Each HPE ProLiant Gen11 rack, tower and micro server will include a 3-year subscription to HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management - Standard Tier. Upgrades to Standard Tier 5 Year term or to an Enhanced Tier, 3 or 5 Year term, subscription can be made at time of order.  Upgrades to Enhanced tier or OneView can also be made at any time.

Security

• UEFI Secure Boot and Secure Start support
• Immutable Silicon Root of Trust
• FIPS 140-3 validation (iLO 6 certification in progress)
• Common Criteria certification (iLO 6 certification in progress)
• Configurable for PCI DSS compliance
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) on browser
• Support for Commercial National Security Algorithms (CNSA)
• Tamper-free updates – components digitally signed and verified
• Secure Recovery – recover critical firmware to known good state on detection of compromised firmware
• Ability to rollback firmware
• Secure erase of NAND/User data
• TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 option
• Bezel Locking Kit option
• Chassis Intrusion detection option

Server Management

HPE iLO Advanced

HPE iLO Advanced licenses offer smart remote functionality without compromise, for all HPE ProLiant servers. The license includes the full integrated remote console, virtual keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM), multi-user collaboration, console record and replay, and GUI-based and scripted virtual media and virtual folders. You can also activate the enhanced security and power management functionality.

HPE OneView Advanced

HPE OneView Advanced offers a sophisticated level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. It builds upon the base features of HPE OneView Standard, provides full-featured licenses which can be purchased for managing multiple HPE server generations. To learn more visit http://www.hpe.com/info/oneview.

HPE InfoSight for Servers

HPE InfoSight for Servers combines the cloud-based machine learning of InfoSight with the health and performance monitoring of Active Health System (AHS) and iLO to optimize performance and predict and prevent problems. The end result is an intelligent environment that modernizes IT operations and enhances the support experience by predicting and preventing the infrastructure issues that lead to application disruptions, wasted IT staff time and missed business opportunities.

Learn more at https://www.hpe.com/servers/infosight

Warranty

This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by HPE Services and a worldwide network of HPE Authorized Channel Partners resellers. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HPE Pointnext operational services or customized service agreements. Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.

Notes: Server Warranty includes 3-Year Parts, 3-Year Labor, 3-Year Onsite support with next business day response. Warranty repairs may be accomplished through the use of Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts. These parts fall into two categories: 1) Mandatory CSR parts are designed for easy replacement. A travel and labor charge will result when customers decline to replace a Mandatory CSR part; 2) Optional CSR parts are also designed for easy replacement but may involve added complexity. Customers may choose to have Hewlett Packard Enterprise replace Optional CSR parts at no charge. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/search-results.html?page=1&q=servers%20warranty&autocomplete=0